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ô U+00F4, ô
LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH CIRCUMFLEX
Composition:o [U+006F] + ◌̂ [U+0302]
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Translingual

Letter

ô

  1. (international standards) Transliterates Indic (or equivalent).

English

Symbol

ô

  1. (lexicography) A dictionary transcription for the THOUGHT vowel; also an orthographic ⟨o⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as having that value, as in the word "nor".
    Synonyms: ȯ, ö

Particle

ô

  1. Obsolete spelling of O.

Albanian

Verb

ô

  1. Gheg form of është, third-person singular present indicative of jam

French

Pronunciation

Particle

ô

  1. O (vocative)
    Ô mon Dieu!
    Oh my God!
    Ô Canada
    O Canada
    • 2017, Pomme, Pauline:
      Ô Pauline, pendus à tes bottines, les garçons passaient tous à côté de moi.
      Oh Pauline, the boys were all hung up on your ankle boots, and they took no notice of me.

Further reading

Gallo

Preposition

ô

  1. with

Synonyms

Jarai

Pronunciation

Letter

ô (upper case Ô)

  1. The twenty-seventh letter of the Jarai alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Kashubian

Etymology

The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Kashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, and ô for development of the glyph itself.

Letter

ô (lower case, upper case Ô)

  1. The twenty-third letter of the Kashubian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Khalaj

Perso-Arabic اوْ

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ol (he, she, it).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ô (definite accusative ûnı, plural ullar)

  1. he, she, it

See also

References

  • Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
  • Doerfer, Gerhard (1987) Lexik und Sprachgeographie des Chaladsch [Lexicon and Language Geography of Khalaj] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN

Limburgish

Alternative forms

Letter

ô

  1. (obsolete) ó

Interjection

ô

  1. oh!

Masurian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish o, from Proto-Slavic *o(b).

Pronunciation

Preposition

ô

  1. denotes object of discussion or thought; about (concerning)
  2. telling the time; at
  3. denotes object of a request, question, or actions; about, for
  4. denotes object of care; about, for
  5. denotes object of physical reaction or action; on, against or
  6. denotes a possessed trait; of
  7. denotes object of dispute, claim, bet; for; about
  8. denotes object that is the cause of accusation or some action; for
  9. denotes a difference; by
  10. denotes the circumstances of a given activity or the means enabling it to be performed
  11. denotes object immediately neighboring another; by

Further reading

  • Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2021), “o”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur, volume 5, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, page 1

Neapolitan

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /oː/

Contraction

ô

  1. (Contraction of a 'o.) in (temporal preposition)
  2. to the (specification of quantity)

Related terms

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • ow (internet slang)

Pronunciation

Interjection

ô

  1. (informal) hey (used to draw someone’s attention)
    Ô João, vem cá.
    Hey John, come here.

Sango

Noun

ô

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

See also

Sicilian

Alternative forms

  • o (eye dialect)
  • o, 'o, o', ò (misspelled)

Etymology

From the Univerbation of a (to, forward, preposition) +‎ u (the, masculine singular definite article). Doublet of a lu.

Pronunciation

Preposition

ô

  1. Contraction of a u (to the).
    Staju jennu ô Càssaru.
    I'm going to Cassaro.
    Dumani mi trovi ô Castiḍḍuzzu.
    Tomorrow you will find me at Castelluccio.
    Ascùtami ô zìu.
    Listen to your uncle.

Usage notes

  • Only used before nouns (or nominalized forms of other parts of speech, most often adjectives) that begin with consonants; before vowel-initial words, the form a l' is used, the Apocopic form of a lu (way less used).

Inflection

Sicilian definite articled prepositions
Masculine singular definite article Feminine singular definite article Masculine and feminine plural definite article
u/lu a/la i/li
a ô
(older also: a lu)
â
(older also: a la)
ê
(older also: a li)
di
(older also: di lu)

(older also: di la)

(older also: di li)
cu
(older also: cu lu)

(older also: cu la)
chî
(older also: cu li)
pi
(older also: pi lu)

(older also: pi la)

(older also: pi li)
nna nnô
(older also: nna lu)
nnâ
(older also: nna la)
nnê
(older also: nna li)
nni nnû
(older also: nni lu)
nnâ
(older also: nni la)
nnî
(older also: nni li)

Silesian

Etymology

The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Silesian language article on Wikipedia for more, and ô for development of the glyph itself.

Letter

ô (lower case, upper case Ô)

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

See also

Slovak

Pronunciation

IPA(key):

Letter

ô

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

See also

Tiri

Noun

ô

  1. head

References

  • Osumi, M. (1995). Tinrin Grammar. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press. page 60

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Portuguese ô.

Noun

ô

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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French o.

Noun

ô

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

The letters O and o take this name if they are not treated as alphabetic letters used to represent phonemes (/ɔ/). For example, in geometry, "point O" is called "điểm ô", not "*điểm o".

Synonyms

Etymology 3

Sino-Vietnamese word from (crow).

Adjective

ô

  1. (of a horse) black
    • (Can we date this quote?), “Lí ngựa ô [Ballad of the Black Horse]”:
      Khớp con ngựa ngựa ô. / Ngựa ô anh khớp, anh khớp cái kiệu vàng
      Bridling a black horse. / The black horse he bridled, he bridled with a golden litter.
    • (Can we date this quote?), Trần Tiến (lyrics and music), “Ngựa ô thương nhớ [Black Horse of Longing]”:
      Khớp ! Khớp ! Khớp ! Khớp con ngựa ô, ngựa ô, ngựa ô!
      Bridle! Bridle! Bridle the black horse! The black horse! The black horse!
See also

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

(classifier cái, chiếc) ô (𢄓)

  1. (Northern Vietnam, Central Vietnam) umbrella (cloth-covered frame used for protection against rain or sun)
    Synonym:

Etymology 5

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ô

  1. (of a table or grid) a cell
  2. a blank (space to be filled in on a form or template)
    ô trốnga blank

See also

Walloon

Pronunciation

Letter

ô (upper case Ô)

  1. A letter of the Walloon alphabet, written in the Latin script..

Welsh

Pronunciation

Letter

ô (upper case Ô)

  1. The letter O, marked for its long stressed pronunciation, either in a monosyllabic word or in the final syllable of a polysyllabic word.