ô

See also: Appendix:Variations of "o"

ô U+00F4, ô LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH CIRCUMFLEX Composition: o [U+006F] + ◌̂ [U+0302] ← ó [U+00F3] Latin-1 Supplement õ → [U+00F5]

Translingual

Letter

ô (upper case Ô)

1. The letter o with a circumflex.

See also

• (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Sſs  Tt  Uu  Vv  Ww  Xx  Yy  Zz
• (Variations of letter O):  Óó  Òò  Ŏŏ  Ôô  Ốố  Ồồ  Ỗỗ  Ổổ  Ǒǒ  Öö  Ȫȫ  Őő  Õõ  Ṍṍ  Ṏṏ  Ȭȭ  Ȯȯ  Ȱȱ  Øø  Ǿǿ  Ǫǫ  Ǭǭ  Ōō  Ṓṓ  Ō̂ō̂  Ṑṑ  Ỏỏ  Ȍȍ  Ȏȏ  Ơơ  Ớớ  Ờờ  Ỡỡ  Ởở  Ợợ  Ọọ  Ộộ  Ɵɵ  ⱺ  ᴏ  Ｏｏ  Ꜵꜵ  Œœ  Ꝏꝏ  Ꝍꝍ  Ȣȣ
• (Letters using circumflex accent):  Ââ  Ấấ  Ầầ  Ẫẫ  Ẩẩ  Ậậ  Ĉĉ  Ḓḓ  Êê  Ḙḙ  Ếế  Ĝĝ  Ĥĥ  Îî  Ĵĵ  Ôô  Ồồ  Ŝŝ  Ûû  Ŵŵ  Ŷŷ  Ẑẑ

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English

Particle

ô

1. Obsolete spelling of O.
   • 1604, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, Second Quarto, D3:

     O all you hoſt of heauen, ô earth, what els, / And ſhall I coupple hell, ô fie, hold, hold my hart

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o/
• Rhymes: -o

Particle

ô

1. O (vocative)

   Ô mon Dieu!

   Oh my God!

   Ô Canada

   O Canada

Further reading

• “ô” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Gallo

Preposition

ô

1. with

Synonyms

• côteu

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Limburgish

Alternative forms

• ó
• ò
• o

Letter

ô

1. (obsolete) ó

Interjection

ô

1. oh!

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Neapolitan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /oː/

Contraction

ô

1. (Contraction of a 'o.) in (temporal preposition)
2. to the (specification of quantity)

Related terms

• â
• ê

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• ow (internet slang)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈo/

Interjection

ô

1. (informal) hey (used to draw someone’s attention)

   Ô João, vem cá.

   Hey John, come here.

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Sango

Noun

ô

1. The name of the Latin-script letter O.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) âa, bêe, dêe, êe, fêe, gâa, hâsi, îi, kâa, êle, êmo, êni, ô, pêe, êre, êsi, têe, ûu, vêe, wêe, yêe, zêe ^{(Category: sg:Latin letter names)}

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔo˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔow˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔow˧˧]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Portuguese ô.

Noun

ô

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Ô.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French o.

Noun

ô

1. The name of the Latin-script letter O.

Usage notes

The letters O and o take this name if they are not treated as alphabetic letters used to represent phonemes (/ɔ/). For example, in geometry, "point O" is called "điểm ô", not "*điểm o".

Synonyms

• o

Etymology 3

Sino-Vietnamese word from 烏 (“crow”).

Adjective

ô

1. (of a horse) black
   • (Can we date this quote?) “Lí ngựa ô [Ballad of the Black Horse]”:

     Khớp con ngựa ngựa ô.
     Khớp con ngựa ngựa ô.
     Ngựa ô anh khớp, anh khớp cái kiệu vàng.
     Ứ ư ừ ứ ư.
     Anh tra khớp bạc, lục lạc đồng đen,
     Búp sen lá giặm, dây cương nhuộm thắm, cán roi anh bịt đồng thoà.
     
     Là đưa í a đưa nàng, đưa nàng,
     Anh đưa nàng về dinh.
     Là đưa í a đưa nàng, đưa nàng,
     Anh đưa nàng về dinh.

     Bridlin' a black horse.
     Bridlin' a black horse.
     The black horse he bridled, he bridled with a golden litter.
     A-a-a-a-ah.
     On it he put a silver bridle, a black copper bell,
     Some lotus-shaped flaps, some crimson reins, and a whip whose handle he covered with brass.
     
     All that's to bring his damsel
     To his mansion.
     All that's to bring his damsel
     To his mansion.

   • (Can we date this quote?), Trần Tiến (lyrics and music), “Ngựa ô thương nhớ [Black Horse of Longing]”:

     Khớp ! Khớp ! Khớp ! Khớp con ngựa ô, ngựa ô, ngựa ô!
     Ngàn năm thương nhớ đất nước có bao bài ca, tình yêu, ngựa ô, để anh đón nàng.
     Ứ ư ư ư ư ừ ừ ừ.
     Cho ai yêu thương nhau bên nhau mãi mãi.

     Bridle! Bridle! Bridle the black horse! The black horse! The black horse!
     Forever longing for the land where there are songs, love, black horses, so he can go get his damsel.
     A-a-a-a-a-a-a-ah.
     So those in love can be together for eternity.

See also

• đen
• mun
• mực

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

(classifier cái, chiếc) ô • (𢄓)

1. (Northern Vietnam, Central Vietnam) umbrella (cloth-covered frame used for protection against rain or sun)

   Synonym: dù

Etymology 5

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ô

1. (of a table or grid) a cell
2. a blank (space to be filled in on a form or template)

   ô trống ― a blank

See also

• cột (“column”)
• hàng (“row”)
• bảng (“table”)