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TranslingualEdit

 
o U+006F, o
LATIN SMALL LETTER O
← n
[U+006E] 		Basic Latin p →
[U+0070]
ｏ U+FF4F, ｏ
FULLWIDTH LATIN SMALL LETTER O
← ｎ
[U+FF4E] 		Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ｐ →
[U+FF50]
 
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LetterEdit

o (upper case O)

  1. The fifteenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /o/
  • IPA
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SymbolEdit

 
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o

  1. (IPA) close-mid back rounded vowel

GalleryEdit

  • Letter styles

  • Capital and lowercase versions of O, in normal and italic type

  • Uppercase and lowercase O in Fraktur

See alsoEdit

Other representations of O:

EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

o (lower case, upper case O, plural o's)

  1. The fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.
See alsoEdit

NumberEdit

o (lower case, upper case O)

  1. The ordinal number fifteenth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.

NounEdit

o (plural oes)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter O.
  2. A zero (used in reading out numbers).
    It is currently two-o-five in the afternoon (2:05 PM).
    The first permanent English settlement in America was in Jamestown in sixteen-o-seven (1607).
Alternative formsEdit
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

InterjectionEdit

o

  1. (archaic, always capitalized in modern usage) The English vocative particle, used before a pronoun or the name of a person or persons to mark direct address.
    • 2007 (1640), The Bay Psalm Book, Cosimo Classics, p.37, 41 & 46:
      I lift my soule to thee o Lord
      mee, o Iehovah, heare
      In thee, o Lord, I put my trust
  2. Alternative form of oh
TranslationsEdit

NounEdit

o

  1. (IRC) Operator
  2. Object, see SVO

AdjectiveEdit

o

  1. Over

Etymology 3Edit

Alternative spelling of o'

PrepositionEdit

o

  2. Alternative form of of

Further readingEdit

AragoneseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin illum, accusative form of ille (“that”).

ArticleEdit

o m (definite singular)

  1. the
    O río Ebro ― The Ebro River

Usage notesEdit

  • Becomes l' before many words beginning with a vowel.
  • The form lo, either pronounced as lo or ro, can be found after words ending with an -o.
  • Eastern dialects use the form el.

AsturianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin aut.

ConjunctionEdit

o

  1. or

AzerbaijaniEdit

EtymologyEdit

Other scripts
Cyrillic о
Roman o
Perso-Arabic او‎

Cognate with Old Turkic [Term?].

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

o lower case (upper case O)

  1. The twenty-first letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

PronounEdit

o

  1. he, she, it

DeclensionEdit

Declension of Azerbaijani personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
nominative mən sən o biz siz onlar
accusative məni səni onu bizi sizi onları
dative mənə sənə ona bizə sizə onlara
locative məndə səndə onda bizdə sizdə onlarda
ablative məndən səndən ondan bizdən sizdən onlardan
genitive mənim sənin onun bizim sizin onların

BorôroEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

o

  1. tooth

CatalanEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

o f (plural os)

  1. The Latin letter O (lowercase o).

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin aut.

PronunciationEdit

ConjunctionEdit

o

  1. or

Crimean TatarEdit

PronounEdit

o (personal)

  1. he, she, it

PronounEdit

o (demonstrative)

  1. that

SynonymsEdit

  • (in the northern dialect) anav

CzechEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *o(b), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ebʰi.

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

o

  1. about
  2. for

Usage notesEdit

The meaning about is followed by locative case, while the second meaning, for, is followed by accusative case.

DanishEdit

ParticleEdit

o

  1. (elevated or humorous) Vocative particle.
    • 1867, Sigurd MÜLLER, Digte, page 132
      O, du dødsens Sol / O, forbandede Sol, / Som har seet, hvad jeg saae!
      O sun of death / O accursed sun / Who has seen what I saw!
    • Henrik Pontoppidan, Det forjættede land: Med forord af Kristian Bang Foss, Gyldendal A/S (→ISBN)
      ... løftede i ekstase blikket mod stjernehimlen og bad: „O, min Fader i det høje, ... du ... du alene forstøder mig ikke!
      ... ecstatically lifted his gaze towards the starry sky and prayed: "O my Father in the high, ... you ... you alone will not repudiate me!
    • 1926, Tilskueren
      Min Elskede, o min Elskede. Sabine. Men Du maa bort.
      My beloved, o my beloved. Sabine. But you must leave.
    • 1854, Henrik Wergelands Samlede Skrifter, page 341
      Giulio: […] O forhadte Venedig, aldrig meer jeg dig vil se!
      Giulio: […] O loathsome Venice, I never want see you again!

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

InterjectionEdit

o

  1. oh

LetterEdit

o (lower case, upper case O)

  1. The fifteenth letter of the Dutch alphabet.

See alsoEdit

  • Previous letter: n
  • Next letter: p

EsperantoEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

o (lower case, upper case O)

  1. The nineteenth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

NounEdit

o (accusative singular o-on, plural o-oj, accusative plural o-ojn)

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

See alsoEdit

ExtremaduranEdit

ConjunctionEdit

o

  1. or

FalaEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Portuguese o, from Latin illo (“he”).

ArticleEdit

o m (plural os, feminine a, feminine plural as)

  1. masculine singular definite article (the)
    • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Chapter 1: Lengua Española:
      O términu de Valverdi, mais grandi, limita con Portugal, precisamenti con dois distintius Departamentos, que eran Beira Alta con capital en Guarda, a Beira Baixa con capital en Castelo Branco.
      The Valverde locality, the biggest, borders Portugal, more precisely with two distinct departments, which were Beira Alta with Guarda as its capital, and Beira Baixa with Castelo Branco as its capital.

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Portuguese ou, from Latin aut (“or”).

ConjunctionEdit

o

  1. or
    • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme 6:
      Poin encontralsi, a o millol, hasta “oito” o mais.
      There can be found, at best, up to “eight” or more.

FaroeseEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

o (upper case O)

  1. The seventeenth letter of the Faroese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

FinnishEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

o (lower case, upper case O)

  1. The fifteenth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called oo and written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

o m (plural os)

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

AbbreviationEdit

o

  1. (computing) octet (B (byte))

Derived termsEdit

FulaEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

o (lower case, upper case O)

  1. A letter of the Fula alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Usage notesEdit
See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

SuffixEdit

o (plural ɓe)

  1. Noun class indicator for nouns (singular) having to do with people, and for loan words
Usage notesEdit

PronounEdit

o

  1. he, she (third person singular subject pronoun; short form)
Usage notesEdit
  • Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).
  • This is used in all conjugations except for affirmative non-accomplished (where the long form is used).
Alternative formsEdit
Related termsEdit
  • omo (second person singular subject pronoun; long form)
  • himo (second person singular subject pronoun; long form; variant in Pular)
  • kanko (emphatic form)
Derived termsEdit
  • makko (possessive pronoun)

ArticleEdit

o

  1. (definite) the (when it follows the noun)
    Debbo o ― the woman
Usage notesEdit

DeterminerEdit

o

  1. (used in indicating someone)
    O debbo ― this/that woman
Usage notesEdit

GalicianEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Portuguese o, from Latin illum, from ille.

ArticleEdit

o m sg (feminine singular a, masculine plural os, feminine plural as)

  1. (definite) the
Usage notesEdit

The definite article o (in all its forms) regularly forms contractions when it follows the prepositions a (“to”), con (“with”), de (“of, from”), and en (“in”). For example, con o (“with the”) contracts to co, and en o (“in the”) contracts to no.

Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the main entry.

PronounEdit

o

  1. accusative of el
Usage notesEdit

The Galician pronouns, being atones, are usually appended to the verb; though sandhi, o could acquire the form -no (for example, when appended to a verb form ended in a falling diphthong or in a nasal consonant, the nasal in -no having an antihiatic epenthetic origin) or -lo (when appended to a verb form ended in a -s or -r, the l having its origin in the assimilation of the -s or -r with the l present in the pronoun before the 12th century).

GermanEdit

InterjectionEdit

o

  1. O
    • 1843, Gallus Schwab, Gebetbuch für katholische Christen, Bamberg, p.45:
      Sei gegrüßet, o Du mein Jesu! Mit tieftster Demuth bete ich Dich an und verehre Dich!

GothicEdit

RomanizationEdit

ō

  1. Romanization of 𐍉

GuaraníEdit

EtymologyEdit

Clipping of óga.

NounEdit

o

  1. house

HawaiianEdit

ConjunctionEdit

o

  1. or, lest

PrepositionEdit

o

  1. of, belonging to

Usage notesEdit

  • Used for possessions that are inherited, out of personal control, and for things that can be got into (houses, clothes, cars), while a is used for acquired possessions.

IdoEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • (context pronunciation, letter name) IPA(key): /o/

LetterEdit

o (upper case O)

  1. The fifteenth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

ConjunctionEdit

o

  1. Apocopic form of od

Related termsEdit

  • e (“and”)
  • a (“to”)

ItalianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin ō (the name of the letter O).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

o f (invariable)

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

Etymology 2Edit

VerbEdit

o

  1. Misspelling of ho.

Etymology 3Edit

From Latin aut.[1]

Alternative formsEdit

  • od (used optionally before words beginning with a vowel)

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /o/
  • Rhymes: -o
  • Hyphenation: ó

ConjunctionEdit

o

  1. or

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Angelo Prati, "Vocabolario Etimologico Italiano", Torino, 1951

JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

o

  1. Rōmaji transcription of お
  2. Rōmaji transcription of オ
  3. Rōmaji transcription of を
  4. Rōmaji transcription of ヲ

LadinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin aut.

ConjunctionEdit

o

  1. or

LatinEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • ô (for the vocative particle)
  • ōh (for the interjection meaning "oh")

Etymology 1Edit

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LetterEdit

o

  1. A letter of the Latin alphabet.

Etymology 2Edit

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PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ō (indeclinable)

  1. The name of the letter O.
Coordinate termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • o in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • o in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • o in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • o in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • monstrous: o facinus indignum! (Ter. Andr. 1. 1. 118)
    • to take the military oath: sacramentum (o) dicere (vid. sect. XI. 2, note sacramentum...)
  • o in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), part III: “Summary of the Ancient Evidence”, page 32: "Clearly there is no question or doubt about the names of the vowels A, E, I, O, U. They are simply long A, long E, etc. (ā, ē, ī, ō, ū). Nor is there any uncertainty with respect to the six mutes B, C, D, G, P, T. Their names are bē, cē, dē, gē, pē, tē (each with a long E). Or about H, K, and Q: they are hā, kā, kū—each, again, with a long vowel sound."

Etymology 3Edit

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PronunciationEdit

InterjectionEdit

ō

  1. o! (vocative particle)
    • 63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations Oratio in Catilinam Prima in Senatu Habita.II:
      O tempora, o mores! Senatus haec intellegit, consul videt; hic tamen vivit. Vivit?
      Shame on the age and on its principles! The senate is aware of these things; the consul sees them; and yet this man lives. Lives!
    • 4th century, St Jerome, Vulgate, Judges 3:19
      et reversus de Galgalis ubi erant idola dixit ad regem verbum secretum habeo ad te o rex et ille imperavit silentium egressisque omnibus qui circa eum erant (Then returning from Galgal, where the idols were, he said to the king: I have a secret message to thee, O king. And he commanded silence: and all being gone out that were about him,)
  2. oh!

LatvianEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

PronunciationEdit

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LetterEdit

 
O

o (lower case, upper case O)

  1. The twenty-third letter of the Latvian alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.

Usage notesEdit

In native Latvian words (and in some older borrowings), o represents the sound of IPA [uə̯] (e.g., otrs [uə̯tɾs]). In more recent borrowings, it represents the original sound of the word, i.e. [o] or [oː] (e.g., opera [oːpeɾa]).

See alsoEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

o m (invariable)

  1. The name of the Latin script letter O/o.

See alsoEdit

LigurianEdit

Ligurian Definite Articles
singular plural
masculine o i
feminine  a e

EtymologyEdit

From earlier ro ← lo, from Latin illum, form of ille (“that”).

PronunciationEdit

ArticleEdit

o m sg (plural i)

  1. the

LithuanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ō; compare Proto-Slavic *a (“and, but”). From Proto-Indo-European *h₁od; compare Sanskrit आत् (āt, “afterwards, then, so”), Avestan 𐬁𐬀𐬝‎ (āat̰, “afterward, then”), perhaps the ablative singular of *h₁e- (“demonstrative pronoun”).

PronunciationEdit

IPA(key): /oː/

ConjunctionEdit

õ

  1. (coordinating, adversative) and, but (used to express binary contrasts)
    Taĩ ne kažkàs, ką̃ víenas gãli darýti, õ kìtas – nè.
    It's not something that some people can do and others can't.

LivonianEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

o (upper case O)

  1. The twenty-second letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

MalayEdit

LetterEdit

o

  1. The fifteenth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

MandarinEdit

RomanizationEdit

o

  1. Nonstandard spelling of ō.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of ó.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of ǒ.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of ò.

Usage notesEdit

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

MaoriEdit

ParticleEdit

o

  1. of
    2006, Joanne Barker, Sovereignty Matters, page 208:
    In 1979 a gathering of elders at the Waananga kaumatua affirmed te reo Maori “Ko te reo te mauri o te mana Maori” the language is the life principle of Maori mana.

Usage notesEdit

Used instead of a when the possessor has no control over the relationship (inalienable possession).

Middle EnglishEdit

ArticleEdit

o

  1. Alternative form of oo

See alsoEdit

Middle Low GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *awjō. Cognate with Old Norse ey (Swedish ö, Norwegian øy).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ö

  1. island

NavajoEdit

LetterEdit

o

  1. The twenty-second letter of the Navajo alphabet:
    o = /o˨/
    ǫ = /õ˨/
    ó = /o˥/
    ǫ́ = /õ˥/
    oo = /oː˨˨/
    ǫǫ = /õː˨˨/
    óo = /oː˥˨/
    ǫ́ǫ = /õː˥˨/
    oó = /oː˨˥/
    ǫǫ́ = /õː˨˥/
    óó = /oː˥˥/
    ǫ́ǫ́ = /õː˥˥/

NeapolitanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin aut.

PronunciationEdit

ParticleEdit

o

  1. or

NorwegianEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /uː/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /uː/, /ʊ/, /ɔ/
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LetterEdit

o

  1. The 15th letter of the Norwegian alphabet.

Old PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From earlier lo, la, from Latin illum, illam (the initial l having disappeared; compare Spanish lo and la).

PronunciationEdit

ArticleEdit

o

  2. the (masculine singular definite article)
    • 13th Century - Cantiga de Santa Maria no. 23
      Esta é como Santa Maria acrecentou o vinho no tonel, por amor da bõa dona de Bretanha.
      This is how Holy Mary added the wine to the barrel, out of love for the good lady of Britain;
    • 13th Century - Cantiga de Santa Maria no. 48
      Esta é como Santa Maria tolheu a agua da fonte ao cavaleiro.
      This is how Holy Mary restricted the water of the fountain from the knight.

Usage notesEdit

  • O becomes -no and a becomes -na after nasal sounds:
    Non queria o meu coraçon nen-nos meus olhos.
    She wanted neither (the) my heart nor (the) my eyes.
    Ambas eran-nas melhores que (h)omen pode cousir.
    Both were the best that (a) man can contemplate.
  • O becomes -lo and a becomes -la after other consonants, and the preceding consonant is elided:
    E vós faredes depoi-lo melhor!
    And later ye shall do the best.
    Sobre toda-las bondades que ela (h)avia era que muito fiava en Santa Maria;
    Above all the virtues she possessed was how much she trusted Holy Mary.
  • O becomes el- in front of the noun rei:
    Deu ora el-rei seus dinheiros a Belpelho.
    The king, then, gave his money to Belpelho.
    Se fosse seu o tesouro que el-rei de França ten.
    Were it his the treasure that the king of France has.

DescendantsEdit

  • Galician: o
  • Portuguese: o

O'odhamEdit

ParticleEdit

o

  1. future tense marker: will; going to.

Usage notesEdit

Not to be confused with ʼo, the third person copula.

ReferencesEdit

  • Zepeda, Ofelia (1983) A Tohono Oʼodham Grammar, Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, pages 169

See alsoEdit

O'odham Auxiliary
Person Imperfective Perfective Future
1SG 'I' Long 'añ 'añt o
Short ñ nt
2SG 'THOU' Long 'ap 'apt
Short a pt
3SG 'S/HE/IT' Long/Short 'o
1PL 'WE' Long 'c 'att
Short c tt
2PL 'Y'ALL' Long 'am 'amt
Short m mt
3PL 'THEY' Long 'at 'o
Short t


PolishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *o(b), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ebʰi

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

o

  1. (+ locative) about (concerning)
    Opowiedz mi o twojej pracy.
    Tell me about your job.
    Ta książka jest o potędze miłości.
    This book is about the power of love.
  2. (+ locative) at (telling the time)
    Spotkajmy się o piątej po południu.
    Let's meet at five PM.
  3. (+ locative, used in descriptions) with
    Była piękną kobietą o długich jasnych włosach.
    She was a beautiful woman with long fair hair.
    chłopiec o zielonych oczach
    a boy with green eyes; a green-eyed boy
  4. (+ accusative) on, against
    Nie opierajcie się o te drzwi.
    Don't lean on this door.
    Dziewczynka uderzyła głową o stół.
    The little girl hit her head on the table.
  5. (+ accusative) for
    Weronika poprosiła mnie wczoraj o pomoc.
    Veronica asked me for help yesterday.
    Walczyliśmy dzielnie o naszą wolność.
    We were bravely fighting for our freedom.
  6. (+ accusative) by (a difference)
    Spóźniła się o piętnaście minut.
    She was fifteen minutes late.
    Czuję się o wiele lepiej.
    I feel much better.
    Obniż podkład o dwa półtony.
    Lower the instrumental by two semitones.

Further readingEdit

  • o in Polish dictionaries at PWN

PortugueseEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • (letter): IPA(key): /ˈɔ/, /ˈo/
  • (article, pronoun): IPA(key): /u/, /ʊ/

Etymology 1Edit

LetterEdit

o (lower case, upper case O)

  2. The fifteenth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Portuguese o (compare Galician o), from Vulgar Latin lo, *illu, from Latin illum, from ille (with an initial l having disappeared; compare Spanish lo).

ArticleEdit

o m (feminine a, masculine plural os, feminine plural as)

  2. the (masculine singular definite article)

Usage notesEdit

Usage of the definite article in Portuguese has some differences from that of English, such as:

  • it can be used with abstract mass nouns:
    O amor é melhor que a guerra.
    Love is better than war.
  • it can be optionally used with adjectival possessive pronouns, and mandatorily with substantival possessive pronouns:
    (O) meu livro é melhor que o seu.
    My book is better than yours.
  • it can be used with personal names:
    O João foi até a cidade.
    John went to the city.
  • it can be used without a possessive pronoun when referring to a relative:
    O pai está viajando.
    (My) dad is travelling.
    Ele não gosta da tia.
    He doesn’t like his aunt.
  • more often than in English, it used with a singular to indicate a generic example of, or the noun in general:
    O carvalho é uma árvore grande.
    The oak is a big tree.

QuotationsEdit

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:o.

See alsoEdit
Portuguese articles (edit)
Singular Plural
Masculine Feminine Masculine Feminine
Definite articles
(the) 		o a os as
Indefinite articles
(a, an; some) 		um uma uns umas

PronounEdit

o m (personal)

  2. him, it (as a direct object; as an indirect object, see lhe; after prepositions, see ele).

QuotationsEdit

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:o.

Usage notesEdit
  • Becomes -lo after verb forms ending in -r, -s, or -z, the pronouns nos and vos, and the adverb eis; the ending letter causing the change disappears.
    After ver:
    Posso vê-lo? ― May I see him/it?
    After conheces:
    Conhece-lo?. ― Do you know him/it?
    After fiz:
    Fi-lo ficar contente. ― I made him/it become happy.
    After nos:
    Deu-no-lo relutantemente. ― He gave him/it to us reluctantly.
    After eis:
    Ei-lo! ― Behold him/it!
  • Becomes -no after a nasal sound:
    Detêm-no como prisioneiro. ― They detain him/it as a prisoner.
    Põe-no aqui. ― Put him/it here.
  • In the colloquial speech of some parts of Brazil, it is being abandoned in favor of the nominative form ele.
    Eu o vi. → Eu vi ele. ― I saw him/it.
See alsoEdit
Portuguese personal pronouns (edit)
Number Person Nominative
(subject) 		Accusative
(direct object) 		Dative
(indirect object) 		Prepositional Prepositional
with com 		Non-declining
m f m f m and f m f m f m f
Singular First eu me mim comigo
Second tu te ti contigo você
o senhor a senhora
Third ele ela o
(lo, no) 		a
(la, na) 		lhe ele ela com ele com ela o mesmo a mesma
se (reflexive) si (reflexive) consigo (reflexive)
Plural First nós nos nós connosco (Portugal)
conosco (Brazil) 		a gente
Second vós vos vós convosco vocês
os senhores as senhoras
Third eles elas os
(los, nos) 		as
(las, nas) 		lhes eles elas com eles com elas os mesmos as mesmas
se (reflexive) si (reflexive) consigo (reflexive)
Indefinite se (reflexive) si (reflexive) consigo (reflexive)

Rapa NuiEdit

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PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Polynesian *o.

ParticleEdit

o

  1. possessive particle marking an inalienable possession; of
    2008, Sharon Chester, A wildlife guide to Chile, page 15:
    Polynesians are thought to have arrived at Easter Island around AD 800. They called the island Rapa Nui, or more familiarly Te Pito o Te Henua, the Navel of the World.

Usage notesEdit

Inserted before the relevant pronoun. Only for possessions like hands or parents that do not have the ability to no longer be yours; otherwise, use a.

Etymology 2Edit

From Spanish o (“or”).

ConjunctionEdit

o

  1. or

Usage notesEdit

Generally used in favor of complex native grammatical structures used to achieve the same ends.

RomanianEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

LetterEdit

o (lowercase, capital O)

  1. The eighteenth letter of the Romanian alphabet representing the phoneme /o/. Preceded by n and followed by p.
Usage notesEdit

See O.

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin ūna, feminine of ūnus.

ArticleEdit

o

  1. feminine singular nominative of un: a/an (indefinite article)
  2. feminine singular accusative of un: a/an (indefinite article)
    O femeie frumoasă
    A beautiful woman
Related termsEdit
See alsoEdit
indefinite article forms singular plural
m, n f
nom/acc un o niște
gen/dat unui unei unor

Etymology 3Edit

InterjectionEdit

o!

  1. oh!

Etymology 4Edit

From a root *eaua, from Latin illam, accusative feminine singular of ille.

PronounEdit

o f (unstressed accusative form of ea)

  1. (direct object) her
    O cunoști?
    Do you know her?
    O cunoști pe Iulia?
    Do you know Iulia?
Related termsEdit
  • îl (masculine equivalent)
  • le (plural)

Etymology 5Edit

VerbEdit

(el/ea) o (modal auxiliary, third-person singular form of vrea, used with infinitives to form presumptive tenses)

  1. (he/she) might

SamoanEdit

PrepositionEdit

o

  1. of

ScotsEdit

PrepositionEdit

o

  1. of

Scottish GaelicEdit

Alternative formsEdit

PrepositionEdit

o

  1. from

Derived termsEdit

  • The following prepositional pronouns:
Person Number Prepositional pronoun Prepositional pronoun (emphatic)
Singular 1st uam uamsa
2nd uat uatsa
3rd m uaithe uaithesan
3rd f uaipe uaipese
Plural 1st uainn uainne
2nd uaibh uaibhse
3rd uapa uapasan

Serbo-CroatianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

o (Cyrillic spelling о)

  1. The 21st letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica), preceded by nj and followed by p.

Alternative formsEdit

  • O (uppercase)

Etymology 2Edit

From Proto-Slavic *o(b), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ebʰi. See o-, ob-.

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

o (Cyrillic spelling о)

  1. (+ accusative case) on, against
    ob(j)esiti nešto o kuku ― to hang something on a hook
    udariti glavom o zid ― to hit one's head against the wall
    ogr(ij)ešiti se o zakon ― to violate a law
  2. (+ locative case) about, concerning, of, on
    brinuti se o nekome ― to take care of somebody
    v(ij)est o katastrofi ― news about the catastrophe
    R(ij)eč je o..., radi se o... ― It's about..., this refers to...
    Napisao sam esej o ranom srednjem vijeku. ― I wrote an essay on the Early Middle Ages.
SynonymsEdit
  • (Croatia) ob

Skolt SamiEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

o (upper case O)

  1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

SloveneEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *o(b), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ebʰi.

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

o

  1. (with locative) about, concerning

Somba-SiawariEdit

NounEdit

o

  1. water
  2. liquid
  3. river

ReferencesEdit

SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

LetterEdit

o (lower case, upper case O)

  1. The sixteenth letter of the Spanish alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.

NounEdit

o f (plural oes)

  1. Name of the letter O.

See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin aut.

Alternative formsEdit

  • ò (archaic)
  • ó (used near numbers to avoid confusion with a zero: 2 ó 3)
  • u (used before words beginning with an ‘o’ sound: u otros, u hombre)

ConjunctionEdit

o

  1. or
    ¿Quieres un café o algo?
    Do you want a coffee or something?

o … o

  1. either … or
AntonymsEdit

Further readingEdit

Sranan TongoEdit

EtymologyEdit

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ParticleEdit

o

  1. Verbal marker for the future tense.

See alsoEdit

SwedishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Letter name
Phoneme
  • IPA(key): /uː/, /ʊ/, /oː/, /ɔ/

LetterEdit

o (lower case, upper case O)

  1. The fifteenth letter of the Swedish alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.

InterjectionEdit

o

  1. O (particle)
    Så låt nu, o konung, härom utfärda ett förbud och sätta upp en skrivelse
    Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing (Daniel 6:8)

NounEdit

o n

  1. the letter o
  2. the Greek letter omega, being the last letter of the Greek alphabet
    Jag är A och O, den förste och den siste, begynnelsen och änden.
    I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. (Revelations 22:13)

DeclensionEdit

Declension of o 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative o ot on ona
Genitive os ots ons onas

Alternative formsEdit

ConjunctionEdit

o

  1. Abbreviation of och (“and”).

TagalogEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Spanish o (“or”).

PronunciationEdit

ConjunctionEdit

o

  1. or
    Sasama ka ba o dito ka lang?
    Are you coming along or will you just be here?

Tok PisinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English or.

ConjunctionEdit

o

  1. or

TurkishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Merger of Old Anatolian Turkish ol‎ and an‎ (“she, he, it, that”), from Old Turkic 𐰆𐰞‎ (ol) and [script needed] (an), respectively; both from Proto-Turkic.

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

o

  1. he, she, it

See alsoEdit

Turkish personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person ben biz
2nd person familiar sen siz
polite siz
3rd person o onlar

PronounEdit

o (demonstrative)

  1. that

See alsoEdit

LetterEdit

o (lower case, upper case O)

  1. The eighteenth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

NounEdit

o

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

See alsoEdit

TurkmenEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /o/, /oː/

LetterEdit

o (upper case O)

  1. The eighteenth letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

VietnameseEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Vietic *ʔɔː

NounEdit

o

  1. (Thanh Hoá dialect, Nghệ An dialect, Hà Tĩnh dialect) paternal aunt, father's sister
SynonymsEdit
Related termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed from Portuguese ó.

NounEdit

o

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

VolapükEdit

PronunciationEdit

ParticleEdit

o

  1. vocative case particle
    O flens löfik!
    Dear friends

WelshEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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PronounEdit

o

  1. he, him
Usage notesEdit

O is used predominantly in the north of Wales, while e is used in the south, with fo and fe as variants of o and e respectively. In formal Welsh, the equivalent pronoun is ef.

Etymology 2Edit

From Proto-Brythonic *o, from Proto-Celtic *ɸo, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó.

PrepositionEdit

o

  1. of
  2. from
InflectionEdit
Personal forms
Singular Plural
First person ohonof i ohonom ni
Second person ohonot ti ohonoch chi
Third person ohono fe/fo m
ohoni hi f 		ohonynt nhw

ZazakiEdit

PronounEdit

o

  1. he

See alsoEdit

Zazaki personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person ez mı ma
2nd person familiar tı to şıma
polite şıma
3rd person o a ê

PronounEdit

o (demonstrative)

  1. that


ZuluEdit

LetterEdit

o (lower case, upper case O)

  1. The fifteenth letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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