œ
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Translingual Edit
Pronunciation Edit
IPA (file)
Symbol Edit
œ
- (IPA) an open-mid front rounded vowel.
- (superscript ⟨ꟹ⟩) [œ]-coloring or a weak, fleeting, epenthetic or echo [œ].
- (VoQS, superscript ⟨ꟹ⟩) open-rounded labialization, less rounded than IPA ⟨ʷ⟩.
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English Edit
Symbol Edit
œ (upper case Œ)
Usage notes Edit
- It is normally used for words of either Ancient Greek or Latin origin. However, it has become rare and often absent in modern times, since it has been reduced to e in American English or separated as oe in Commonwealth English.
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French Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Symbol Edit
œ (lower case, upper case Œ)
- Ligature in French spelling, a combination of o and e
- Synonym: e dans l’o
German Edit
Symbol Edit
œ (lower case, upper case Œ)
Swedish Edit
Letter Edit
œ (upper case Œ)
- An archaic form of ö, a letter of the Swedish alphabet, written in the Latin script.