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See also: Πand Appendix:Variations of "oe"

œ U+0153, œ
LATIN SMALL LIGATURE OE
← Œ
 		Latin Extended-A Ŕ →

ꟹ U+A7F9, ꟹ
MODIFIER LETTER SMALL LIGATURE OE
← ꟸ
 		Latin Extended-D ꟺ →

Translingual

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Symbol

œ

  1. (IPA) an open-mid front rounded vowel.
  2. (superscript ⟨ꟹ⟩, IPA) -coloring or a weak, fleeting, epenthetic or echo .
  3. (superscript ⟨ꟹ⟩, VoQS) open-rounded labialization, less rounded than IPA ⟨ʷ⟩.

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English

Symbol

œ (upper case Œ)

  1. (chiefly archaic) A ligature of vowels o and e.

Usage notes

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French

Pronunciation

  • (letter name) IPA(key): /ø dɑ̃ l‿o/, /ə dɑ̃ l‿o/
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Symbol

œ (lower case, upper case Œ)

  1. Ligature in French spelling, a combination of o and e
    Synonym: e dans l’o

German

Symbol

œ (lower case, upper case Œ)

  1. (obsolete) Vowel borrowed from Latin. Succeeded by ö.

Swedish

Letter

œ (upper case Œ)

  1. Historical Swedish letter, now obsolete and rarely used, replaced by e and ö.

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