ō

Translingual

Symbol

ō

1. (phonetics) A common convention for a long vowel o

English

Symbol

ō

1. (lexicography) A dictionary transcription for the GOAT vowel

Fijian

Noun

ō

1. cloud

Japanese

Romanization

ō

1. Rōmaji transcription of おう
2. Rōmaji transcription of おお
3. Rōmaji transcription of オー

Latgalian

Letter

ō (upper case Ō)

1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Latgalian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ā ā, B b, C c, Č č, D d, E e, Ē ē, F f, G g, Ģ ģ, H h, I i, Y y, Ī ī, J j, K k, Ķ ķ, L l, Ļ ļ, M m, N n, Ņ ņ, O o, Ō ō, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž

Livonian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /oː/

Letter

ō (upper case Ō)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) kēratēd̦; A a, Ā ā, Ä ä, Ǟ ǟ, B b, D d, D̦ d̦, E e, Ē ē, F f, G g, H h, I i, Ī ī, J j, K k, L l, Ļ ļ, M m, N n, Ņ ņ, O o, Ō ō, Ȯ ȯ, Ȱ ȱ, Õ õ, Ȭ ȭ, P p, R r, Ŗ ŗ, S s, Š š, T t, Ț ț, U u, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž

Mandarin

Romanization

ō (o¹, Zhuyin ㄛ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 喔
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 噢
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 呵

Maori

Etymology

Cognate with Hawaiian ō (“food, provisions”).

Letter

ō (upper case Ō)

1. The twelfth letter of the Maori alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ā ā, E e, Ē ē, H h, I i, Ī ī, K k, M m, N n, O o, Ō ō, P p, R r, T t, U u, Ū ū, W w, Ng ng, Wh wh

Noun

ō

1. food, provisions

Samogitian

Letter

ō (upper case Ō)

1. The twenty-first letter of the Samogitian alphabet, called ėlguojė ō and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ā ā, B b, C c, Č č, D d, E e, Ē ē, Ė ė, Ė̄ ė̄, F f, G g, H h, I i, Ī ī, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ō ō, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž

Noun

ō ?

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

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) ā, ėlguojė ā, bė, cė, čė, dė, ē, ėlguojė ē, ė̄, ėlguojė ė̄, ėf, gė / gie, hā, ī, ėlguojė ī, jot, kā, ėl, ėm, ėn, ō, ėlguojė ō, pė, ėr, ės, ėš, tė, ū, ėlguojė ū, vė, zė / zet, žė / žet

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 ō for development of the glyph itself.

Letter

ō (lower case, upper case Ō)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, àã, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ŏ ŏ, Ō ō, Ô ô, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż

Swedish

Etymology

From the perceived ease and speed of writing a macron (¯) compared to an umlaut (¨).

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /øː/, /œ/

Letter

ō (lower case, upper case Ō)

1. (in handwriting) Alternative form of ö

See also

• ā

Tokelauan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: ō

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *o-u.

Determiner

ō

1. (inalienable) thy, your

See also

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *o. Cognates include Tongan oo and Samoan lō.

Noun

ō

1. rabbitfish

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 33