omega

See also: Omega, oméga, ómega, and ômega

English

WOTD – 19 November 2013, 19 November 2014

Ancient Greek Alphabet

← psi		—
Ω ω Ancient Greek: ὦ μέγα
Wikipedia article on omega

Etymology

From Middle English, from Ancient Greek ὦ μέγα (ô méga), meaning “great ω” (omega is a long vowel in Ancient Greek).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈəʊmɪɡə/, /ˈəʊmiːɡə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /oʊˈmɛɡə/, /ˌoʊˈmeɪɡə/

• Audio (US)

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• Audio (AU)

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• Rhymes: -ɛɡə, -eɪɡə

Noun

omega (plural omegas or omegala)

1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Classical and the Modern Greek alphabet, and the twenty-eighth letter of the Old and the Ancient Greek alphabet, i.e. the last letter of every Greek alphabet. Uppercase version: Ω; lowercase: ω.
   • 2013, Albert Schachter, Fabienne Marchand, “Fresh Light on the Institutions and Religious Life of Thespiai: Sixe New Inscriptions from the Thespiai Survey”, in Paraskevi Martzavou, Nikolaos Papazarkadas, editors, Epigraphical Approaches to the Post-Classical, Polis, page 284:

     The fact that the letter was incised above the line indicates that it is probably an omega.

2. (often capitalized) The end; the final, last or ultimate in a sequence.

   alpha and omega

   • 1978, New International Version, Revelation 22:13:

     I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.

   • 2012, FX Moore, Confed: 2721: Xenocide War, page 383:

     And there is always the Omega Option. At any time you can go to Manhome, go down to the vaults, lift the black cover on your clone's stasis chamber, and push the black button.

3. (physics) Angular velocity; symbol: ω.
   • 2013, Issues in General Physics Research, page 1084:

     The ratio between the rho and omega cross section is obtained.

4. (set theory) A transfinite ordinal number referring to the next position after ordering a countably infinite set.
5. (slang) An omega male.
6. (finance) The percentage change in an option value divided by the percentage change in the underlying asset's price.
7. (fandom slang) In omegaverse fiction, a person of a submissive secondary sex driven by biology, magic, or other means to bond with an alpha, with males of this type often being able to get pregnant.
   • 2013, Kristina Busse, “Pon Farr, Mpreg, Bonds, and the Rise of the Omegaverse”, in Anne Jamison, editor, Fic: Why Fanfiction Is Taking Over the World‎^[1], page 317:

     Often omegas go into heat and release pheromones that drive alphas wild.

   • 2017, Marianne Gunderson, "What is an omega? Rewriting sex and gender in omegaverse fanfiction", thesis submitted to the University of Oslo, page 5:

     By writing a male character as an omega, experiences of being treated as other in female-coded ways are imagined to be experienced by a character who represents the male norm.

   • 2018, Laura Campillo Arnaiz, “When the Omega Empath Met the Alpha Doctor: An Analysis of Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics in the Hannibal Fandom”, in Ashton Spacey, editor, The Darker Side of Slash Fan Fiction, page 126:

     Sweet as Peaches on the Tongue can be defined as the typical dark A/B/O story, wherein a rich alpha gentleman (Dr. Hannibal Lecter) comes across a very young, virginal omega (Will Graham) by accident.

Synonyms

• (measure of derivative price sensitivity): elasticity, lambda

Hypernyms

• (measure of derivative price sensitivity): Greeks (includes list of coordinate terms)

Derived terms

• alpha and omega
• antiomega
• omega-3 fatty acid
• omega-6 fatty acid
• omega female
• omega point
• Omega Point
• omegath
• omega wrap

 

Translations

letter of the Greek alphabet

• Arabic: أُومِيغَا f (ʔumīḡā), أُومِيغَا f (ʔomegā), أُومِيجَا f (ʔumīgā), أُومِيجَا f (ʔomegā)
• Armenian: օմեգա (hy) (ōmega)
• Bulgarian: оме́га f (oméga)
• Catalan: omega (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 歐米伽／欧米伽 (au¹ mai⁵ gaa¹), 奧米伽／奥米伽 (ou³ mai⁵ gaa¹), 歐米茄／欧米茄 (au¹ mai⁵ gaa¹), 俄梅戛 (ngo⁴ mui⁴ gaat³), 俄梅格 (ngo⁴ mui⁴ gaak³), 亞米茄／亚米茄 (aa³ mai⁵ gaa¹), 敖默加 (ngou⁶ mak⁶ gaa¹)

  Hakka: 亞米茄／亚米茄 (â-mí-kâ)

  Hokkien: 阿米加 (o-bí-ka), 亞米茄／亚米茄 (a-bí-ka), o͘-mè-gah

  Mandarin: 歐米伽／欧米伽 (zh) (ōumǐgā), 奧米伽／奥米伽 (zh) (àomǐgā), 歐米茄／欧米茄 (ōumǐjiā), 俄梅戛 (éméijiá), 俄梅格 (éméigé), 亞米茄／亚米茄 (yàmǐjiā), 敖默加 (àomòjiā)

• Czech: omega (cs) f
• Dutch: omega (nl) f
• Esperanto: omego (eo)
• Finnish: oomega (fi)
• French: oméga (fr) m
• German: Omega (de) n
• Greek: ωμέγα (el) n (oméga)

  Ancient: ὦ n (ô) (earlier), ὦ μέγα n (ô méga) (later)

• Hebrew: אוֹמֶגָה (he) f (oméga)
• Hungarian: ómega (hu)
• Interlingua: omega
• Italian: omega (it)
• Japanese: オメガ (ja) (omega)
• Korean: 오메가 (ko) (omega)
• Macedonian: о́мега f (ómega)
• Malay: omega
• Maori: omeka
• Persian: امگا (fa) (omegâ)
• Polish: omega (pl) f
• Portuguese: ómega (pt) m
• Romanian: omega (ro) m
• Russian: оме́га (ru) f (oméga)
• Spanish: omega (es) f
• Tagalog: omega
• Thai: โอเมกา (th) (oo-mee-gâa)
• Turkish: omega

the end; final or last in a sequence

• Armenian: քե (hy) (kʻe)
• Finnish: loppu (fi), O (fi)
• German: O (de) n
• Tagalog: wakas

angular velocity — see angular velocity

Adjective

omega (not comparable)

1. (slang, largely prepositive) Ultimate; of the highest degree. Massive, ineffable.

   Omega props, dude.

Adverb

omega (not comparable)

1. (slang, largely prepositive) Ultimately, most, supremely.

   Whatever your plan is, I just think this idea's omega stupid. Ain't you got something better?

Anagrams

• Ogema

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [uˈmɛ.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [oˈme.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [oˈme.ɣa]

Noun

omega f (plural omegues)

1. Omega; the Greek letter Ω (lowercase ω)

Derived terms

• bloqueig en omega

Czech

Alternative forms

• ómega

Noun

omega n or f

1. omega (Greek letter)

Declension

when feminine:

Declension of omega (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	omega	omegy
genitive	omegy	omeg
dative	omeze	omegám
accusative	omegu	omegy
vocative	omego	omegy
locative	omeze	omegách
instrumental	omegou	omegami

Indeclinable when neuter.

Dutch

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὦ μέγα (ô méga).

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

omega f or m (plural omegas, diminutive omegaatje n)

1. omega (Greek letter)

Further reading

• omega on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈomeɡɑ/, [ˈo̞me̞ɡɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -omeɡɑ
• Syllabification^(key): o‧me‧ga

Noun

omega

1. Alternative spelling of oomega.

Declension

Inflection of omega (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation)
nominative		omega	omegat
genitive		omegan	omegoiden omegoitten omegojen
partitive		omegaa	omegoita omegoja
illative		omegaan	omegoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		omega	omegat
accusative	nom.	omega	omegat
	gen.	omegan
genitive		omegan	omegoiden omegoitten omegojen omegainrare
partitive		omegaa	omegoita omegoja
inessive		omegassa	omegoissa
elative		omegasta	omegoista
illative		omegaan	omegoihin
adessive		omegalla	omegoilla
ablative		omegalta	omegoilta
allative		omegalle	omegoille
essive		omegana	omegoina
translative		omegaksi	omegoiksi
abessive		omegatta	omegoitta
instructive		—	omegoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of omega (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative omegani omegani accusative nom. omegani omegani gen. omegani genitive omegani omegoideni omegoitteni omegojeni omegainirare partitive omegaani omegoitani omegojani inessive omegassani omegoissani elative omegastani omegoistani illative omegaani omegoihini adessive omegallani omegoillani ablative omegaltani omegoiltani allative omegalleni omegoilleni essive omeganani omegoinani translative omegakseni omegoikseni abessive omegattani omegoittani instructive — — comitative — omegoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative omegasi omegasi accusative nom. omegasi omegasi gen. omegasi genitive omegasi omegoidesi omegoittesi omegojesi omegaisirare partitive omegaasi omegoitasi omegojasi inessive omegassasi omegoissasi elative omegastasi omegoistasi illative omegaasi omegoihisi adessive omegallasi omegoillasi ablative omegaltasi omegoiltasi allative omegallesi omegoillesi essive omeganasi omegoinasi translative omegaksesi omegoiksesi abessive omegattasi omegoittasi instructive — — comitative — omegoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative omegamme omegamme accusative nom. omegamme omegamme gen. omegamme genitive omegamme omegoidemme omegoittemme omegojemme omegaimmerare partitive omegaamme omegoitamme omegojamme inessive omegassamme omegoissamme elative omegastamme omegoistamme illative omegaamme omegoihimme adessive omegallamme omegoillamme ablative omegaltamme omegoiltamme allative omegallemme omegoillemme essive omeganamme omegoinamme translative omegaksemme omegoiksemme abessive omegattamme omegoittamme instructive — — comitative — omegoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative omeganne omeganne accusative nom. omeganne omeganne gen. omeganne genitive omeganne omegoidenne omegoittenne omegojenne omegainnerare partitive omegaanne omegoitanne omegojanne inessive omegassanne omegoissanne elative omegastanne omegoistanne illative omegaanne omegoihinne adessive omegallanne omegoillanne ablative omegaltanne omegoiltanne allative omegallenne omegoillenne essive omegananne omegoinanne translative omegaksenne omegoiksenne abessive omegattanne omegoittanne instructive — — comitative — omegoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative omegansa omegansa accusative nom. omegansa omegansa gen. omegansa genitive omegansa omegoidensa omegoittensa omegojensa omegainsarare partitive omegaansa omegoitaan omegojaan omegoitansa omegojansa inessive omegassaan omegassansa omegoissaan omegoissansa elative omegastaan omegastansa omegoistaan omegoistansa illative omegaansa omegoihinsa adessive omegallaan omegallansa omegoillaan omegoillansa ablative omegaltaan omegaltansa omegoiltaan omegoiltansa allative omegalleen omegallensa omegoilleen omegoillensa essive omeganaan omeganansa omegoinaan omegoinansa translative omegakseen omegaksensa omegoikseen omegoiksensa abessive omegattaan omegattansa omegoittaan omegoittansa instructive — — comitative — omegoineen omegoinensa

Derived terms

compounds

• omega-3-rasvahappo

 

Further reading

• “omega”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈmɛ.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -ɛɡa
• Hyphenation: o‧mè‧ga

Noun

omega m or f (invariable)

1. omega (letter; scientific symbol)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὦ μέγα (ô méga).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔˈmɛ.ɡa/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛɡa
• Syllabification: o‧me‧ga

Noun

omega f

1. omega (Greek letter Ω, ω)

Declension

Declension of omega

	singular	plural
nominative	omega	omegi
genitive	omegi	omeg
dative	omedze	omegom
accusative	omegę	omegi
instrumental	omegą	omegami
locative	omedze	omegach
vocative	omego	omegi

Derived terms

noun

• alfa i omega

 

Further reading

• omega in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• omega in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek ωμέγα (oméga).

Noun

omega m (uncountable)

1. omega

Declension

declension of omega (singular only)

	singular
m gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) omega	omegaul
genitive/dative	(unui) omega	omegaului
vocative	omegaule

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈmeɡa/ [oˈme.ɣ̞a]
• Rhymes: -eɡa
• Syllabification: o‧me‧ga

Noun

omega f (plural omegas)

1. omega; the Greek letter Ω, ω

Derived terms

• alfa y omega

 

Further reading

• “omega”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014