ó

See also: Appendix:Variations of "o"
ó U+00F3, ó
LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH ACUTE
Composition:o [U+006F] + ◌́ [U+0301]
← ò
[U+00F2] 		Latin-1 Supplement ô →
[U+00F4]

Translingual

Letter

ó (upper case Ó)

  1. The letter o with an acute accent.

See also

Czech

Letter

ó (lower case, upper case Ó)

  1. The 24th letter of the Czech alphabet, after o and before p.

Interjection

ó

  1. oh

Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔuː/
  • Homophone: óð

Letter

ó (upper case Ó)

  1. The eighteenth letter of the Faroese alphabet, called ó and written in the Latin script.

See also

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From contraction of preposition a (“to, towards”) + masculine definite article o (“the”)

Contraction

ó m sg

  1. Alternative spelling of ao

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *oma (“old, previous”).[1] Cognate with Finnish ammoin (“very long ago”), Estonian ammu (“once upon a time, long ago”), Northern Sami oames (“past, old”), and Erzya умок (umok, “a long time ago”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈoː]
  • Audio(file)

Adjective

ó (comparative óbb, superlative legóbb)

  1. old, ancient (especially used in compound words, such as ókor 'antiquity')
  2. in previous

Declension

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

Interjection

ó

  1. oh!
    Ó, értem már!
    Oh, I understand now!

See also

Verb

ó

  1. (archaic) to protect, guard

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

Icelandic

Interjection

ó!

  1. oh!, ah!
    Ó ókei, gangi þér vel.
    Oh ok, good luck.
  2. O, oh, the Icelandic vocative particle, used before a pronoun or the name of a person or persons to mark direct address
    Ó, góðu menn! Heyr mín orð.
    O good men! Heed my words.
    • Lofsöngur:
      Ó, guð vors lands.
      Oh, our country's God.

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Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oː/

Etymology 1

From ua, from Old Irish úa (“grandson, descendant”).

Alternative forms

  • ua (archaic)

Noun

ó m (genitive ó, nominative plural óí, genitive in surnames uí, nominative plural in historical sept names uí)

  1. (archaic) grandson, grandchild
    Synonym: garmhac
    1. (archaic) descendant
Declension
Forms in surnames and sept names

Etymology 2

From Old Irish ó, úa, from Proto-Celtic *aw, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew (“away”).

Preposition

ó (plus dative, triggers lenition)

  1. of, from (indicating origin)
    ó ghleann go gleann ― from glen to glen
  2. used in conjunction with the verb bí to indicate need/want
    Tá bainne uaim.
    I need milk.
Inflection

Conjunction

ó (triggers lenition)

  1. since (temporal)
    ó chuala mé an scéala ― since I heard the news
  2. after
    bliain ó rugadh é ― a year after he was born
  3. from the time when
    ó bhaintear an féar go bhfuil sé tirim ― from the time the hay is cut until it is dry
  4. once
    ó bhrisfear é ― once it is broken
  5. since (causal), inasmuch as
    ó tá mé liom féin ― since I am alone
Derived terms
  • ós (“since it is”)

Etymology 3

Basically onomatopoeic, but compare English O, Latin ō, Ancient Greek ὦ (ô), etc.

Interjection

ó

  1. oh

Particle

ó

  1. O (vocative particle)
    • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, printed in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études 270. Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, p. 194:
      Ní dubhairt an mháthair seóid ach : « Tá go maith, a inghean ó ».
      The mother said nothing at all but, “That is well, daughter.”

Usage notes

This optional particle is placed after the vocative, which (in the written language at least) is obligatorily preceded by the vocative particle a, thus a mhic or a mhic ó (“O son, my son!”).

Mutation

Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
ó n-ó hó t-ó
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • "ó" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “úa, óa, ó” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “1 ó” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • Entries containing “ó” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “ó” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Mandarin

Romanization

ó (Zhuyin ㄛˊ)

  1. Pinyin transcription of 哦

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish áu, from Proto-Celtic *ausos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws; cognate with English ear and Latin auris.

Noun

ó n

  1. (archaic, poetic, anatomy) ear
  2. some part of a cloak
  3. some part of a shield, possibly a spike or boss
  4. some part of a chessboard, possibly rings or handles for lifting
  5. some part of a pitcher or vessel for liquor, possibly a curved, earlike handle

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
óunchangedn-ó
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • “3 ó” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *aw (“away”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew (“away, down”).

Conjunction

ó

  1. since

Preposition

ó

  1. Alternative form of úa
    ó thurcbáil co fuinud ― from sunrise to sunset

Noun

ó

  1. Alternative form of áu (“ear”)

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
ó unchanged n-ó
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • “1 ó” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “2 ó” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔ/

Etymology 1

Letter

ó (lower case, upper case Ó)

  1. The letter o with an acute accent
    • 2003, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix), Rocco, page 294:
      […] o único professor presente quando entraram [na sala de aula] era Binns, [...] preparando-se para continuar sua monótona lengalenga sobre a guerra dos gigantes.
      [...] the only present teacher when they entered [the classroom] was Binns, [...] preparing to continue his monotonous explanation about the giants' war.

Etymology 2

Noun

ó m (plural ós)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter O/o.
    Synonyms: ô, oh

Etymology 3

Interjection

ó

  1. o; hey (vocative particle)
    Ó Senhor, dai-me forças!
    O Lord, give me strength.
Alternative forms

Etymology 4

First syllable of olha or olhe.

Interjection

ó

  1. (colloquial) look!

See also

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /o/

Conjunction

ó

  1. Obsolete spelling of o

Usage notes

In many texts dating back to the pre-reform period use ó in place of o for all uses. Through the 20th century, it continued to see regular use near numerals to avoid confusion with a zero: 2 ó 3. All such uses are now considered nonstandard.

Taos

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔɑ/

Verb

ó (basic stem form)

  1. wash

Tetum

Pronoun

ó

  1. you

Upper Sorbian

Pronunciation

Letter

ó (lower case, upper case Ó)

  1. The twenty-third letter of the Upper Sorbian alphabet, called ó and written in the Latin script.

See also

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Noun

(classifier con) ó

  1. buzzard, hawk

Antonyms

  • ó cá (“osprey”)
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