Ø

Letter

Ø

1. A letter O with a stroke. Used as vowel in some Scandinavian alphabets.

Symbol

Ø

1. (mathematics) Alternative form of ∅ (the empty set).
2. (linguistics) A null form; commonly used instead of ∅: one that is never expressed in speech or writing, but that appears to play a grammatical role; for example, English may be said to have a usual plural suffix -s and a zero plural suffix -Ø for some nouns such as sheep and Portuguese.

See also

• null determiner

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /øː/, [øːˀ]

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Letter

Ø (lower case ø)

1. The penultimate letter of the Danish alphabet.

Abbreviation

Ø

1. øst ("east")

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /øː/

Letter

Ø (lower case ø)

1. The twenty-ninth letter of the Faroese alphabet, called ø and written in the Latin script.

Prefix

Ø

1. The -Ø- classifier (valence-change prefix), which is the absence of a prefix, usually marks an active verb as intransitive.

   yibéézh — it’s boiling (yi-Ø-béézh).

   yiłbéézh — he’s boiling it (yi-ł-béézh).

   naʼniyęęsh — something flows about in a meandering fashion (naʼni-Ø-yęęsh).

   naʼniłhęęsh — he’s making it flow about in a meandering fashion (naʼni-ł-yęęsh).

   siʼą́ — a roundish object lies in position (-Ø-ʼą́).

   séłʼą́ — I keep a roundish object in position (-ł-ʼą́).

Letter

Ø (lower case ø)

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