ø
See also: Ø [U+00D8 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH STROKE], ⌀ [U+2300 DIAMETER SIGN], ǿ [U+01FF LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH STROKE AND ACUTE], Ǿ [U+01FE LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH STROKE AND ACUTE], ∅ [U+2205 EMPTY SET], and Appendix:Variations of "o"
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Translingual
editPronunciation
editIPA: (file)
Letter
editø (upper case Ø)
- A vowel in some Scandinavian alphabets and an umlaut in eastern Middle Low German handwriting.
- (humorous) Sometimes inserted in English or other languages in place of the o, for the purpose of imitating Scandinavian languages.
- 1975, Monty Python, Monty Python and the Holy Grail (movie)
- [These comments are found at the beginning of the movie, in the middle of the credits. Not all o's are rendered as ø's.]
- Nø realli! She was Karving her initials øn the møøse with her sharpened end of an interspace tøøthbrush given her by Svenge — her brother-in-law — an Oslo dentist and star of many Nowegian mørvies: The Høt Lands of an Oslo Dentist, Fillings of Passion, The Huge Møllars of Horst Nordfink...
- 1975, Rene Goscinny, Albert Uderzo, Asterix and the Great Crossing (original French title: La Grande Traversée), page 41
- [original French text]
Øbsen: Åh, te vøice enfin, Kerøsen! Espèce de fåinéånt, qu'Ødin te måudisse mille et mille føis!
Åvånssen: C'est... C'est Øbsen le Terrifiånt, le chef de nøtre clån!- [official English translation]
Ødiuscømpårissen: Øh, there yøu åre åt låst, Herendethelessen! Yøu låzy blighter! By Ødin, where the Niflheim håve yøu been?
Steptøånssen: It's... It's... Ødiuscømpårissen the Terrifying, the chief øf øur tribe!
- [official English translation]
- 1975, Monty Python, Monty Python and the Holy Grail (movie)
- (humorous) Sometimes inserted in English or other languages in place of the o, for the purpose of imitating Scandinavian languages.
Symbol
editø
- (IPA) a close-mid front rounded vowel.
- (superscript ⟨𐞢⟩, IPA) [ø]-coloring or a weak, fleeting, epenthetic or echo [ø].
User notes
editU+AB3E ⟨ꬾ⟩ is a spurious variant of ⟨ø⟩.
See also
editCentral Mazahua
editPronunciation
editLetter
editø (upper case Ø)
- A letter of the Mazahua alphabet.
See also
edit- (Latin-script letters) A a, Ⱥ ⱥ, A̱ a̱, B b, C c, Cꞌ cꞌ, Cj cj, Cu cu, Cꞌu cꞌu, Cju cju, Ch ch, Chꞌ chꞌ, Chj chj, D d, Dy dy, E e, Ɇ ɇ, E̱ e̱, G g, Gu gu, Hu hu, ꞌHu ꞌhu, I i, I̱ i̱, J j, Jꞌ jꞌ, Jm jm, Jn jn, Jñ jñ, Ju ju, Jy jy, L l, M m, Mꞌ mꞌ, N n, Nꞌ nꞌ, Ñ ñ, Ñꞌ ñꞌ, O o, Ø ø, O̱ o̱, P p, Pj pj, R r, S s, T t, Tꞌ tꞌ, Tj tj, Ts ts, Tsꞌ tsꞌ, Tsj tsj, U u, Ꞹ ꞹ, U̱ u̱, X x, Z z, Zh zh, ꞌ
Danish
editEtymology 1
editAnalogical after the other names of vowel letters in the Roman alphabet.
Pronunciation
editLetter
editø (lower case, upper case Ø)
- The penultimate letter of the Danish alphabet.
Inflection
editDeclension of ø
See also
edit- (Latin-script letters) bogstav; A a (Á á), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú), V v, W w, X x, Y y (Ý ý), Z z, Æ æ (Ǽ ǽ), Ø ø (Ǿ ǿ), Å å
- Ø (bogstav) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Etymology 2
editFrom Old Norse ey, from Proto-Germanic *awjō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water”), see å.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editø c (singular definite øen, plural indefinite øer)
Inflection
editDeclension of ø
Derived terms
editSee also
edit- ø on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
References
edit- “ø,3” in Den Danske Ordbog
Faroese
editPronunciation
editLetter
editø (upper case Ø)
- The twenty-ninth letter of the Faroese alphabet, called ø and written in the Latin script.
See also
edit- (Latin-script letters) bókstavur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Ð ð, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ó ó, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ú ú, V v, Y y, Ý ý, Æ æ, Ø ø
Noun
editø n (genitive singular øs, plural ø)
- name of the letter ø
Declension
editDeclension of ø | ||||
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n4 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | ø | øið | ø | øini |
accusative | ø | øið | ø | øini |
dative | ø, øi | ønum | øum | øunum |
genitive | øs | øsins | øa | øanna |
See also
editNorwegian
editPronunciation
editLetter
editø (upper case Ø)
- The twenty-eighth letter of the Norwegian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Old Swedish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editLetter
editø
- a letter of the Old Swedish alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
edit- In some transliterated modern text the ø has been replaced by its Swedish descendant ö.
Descendants
editEtymology 2
editNoun
editø
- island
- (year missing), Knut Fredrik Söderwall, (title missing, PK), 1884–1973, quoted in Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, page 1160:
- birka han laa vppa ena öö j mälar som hether birköö
- Birka he laid out on one of the islands in Mälarn which is called Birk island
Descendants
edit- Swedish: ö
See also
edit- øland (“island”)
Seneca
editConjunction
editø
- Abbreviation of koh.
Southern Sami
editAlternative forms
edit- (Sweden): ö
Letter
editø (upper case Ø)
- (Norway) The twenty-fourth letter of the Southern Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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