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o (upper case O)

1. The fifteenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

   (superscript) See º.

• Pronunciation of IPA [oː]:

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o

1. (IPA) a close-mid back rounded vowel.
2. (superscript ⟨ᵒ⟩, IPA) [o]-coloring or a weak, fleeting, epenthetic or echo [o].
3. (phonetics, superscript ⟨ᵒ⟩) marks a labialized consonant.

• Letter styles

• Uppercase and lowercase versions of O, in normal and italic type

• Uppercase and lowercase O in Fraktur

• (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Sſs  Tt  Uu  Vv  Ww  Xx  Yy  Zz
• (Variations of letter O):  Óó  Òò  Ŏŏ  Ôô  Ốố  Ồồ  Ỗỗ  Ổổ  Ǒǒ  Öö  Ȫȫ  Őő  Õõ  Ṍṍ  Ṏṏ  Ȭȭ  Ȯȯ  Ȱȱ  Øø  Ǿǿ  Ǫǫ  Ǭǭ  Ōō  Ṓṓ  Ō̂ō̂  Ṑṑ  Ỏỏ  Ȍȍ  Ȏȏ  Ơơ  Ớớ  Ờờ  Ỡỡ  Ởở  Ợợ  Ọọ  Ộộ  Ɵɵ  ⱺ  ᴏ  Ｏｏ  Ꜵꜵ  Œœ  Ꝏꝏ  Ꝍꝍ  Ȣȣ

Other representations of O:

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈoʊ/
• Homophones: oh, owe
• Rhymes: -əʊ

o (lower case, upper case O, plural os or o's)

1. The fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.
2. Alternative form of ο, the fifteenth letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets, called omicron and (astronomy) used as an abbreviation of omicron in star names.

• (Latin script letters) letter; Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

o (lower case, upper case O)

1. The ordinal number fifteenth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.

o (plural oes)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter O/o.
2. A zero (used in reading out numbers).

   It is currently two-o-five in the afternoon (2:05 PM).

   The first permanent English settlement in America was in Jamestown in sixteen-o-seven (1607).

• oh

• (Latin-script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee/zed ^{(Category: en:Latin letter names)}
• oh

o

1. (nonstandard) alternative form of O (vocative particle)

   • 2007, The Bay Psalm Book, Cosimo Classics, published 1640, p.37, 41 & 46:

     I lift my soule to thee o Lord
     mee, o Iehovah, heare
     In thee, o Lord, I put my trust

o

1. Alternative form of oh

o

1. (IRC, acronym of) Operator
2. (acronym of) Object, see SVO

o

1. Over

See o'.

o

2. Alternative form of of

Abbreviations.

1. (stenoscript) a word-initial letter ⟨o⟩.
2. (stenoscript) the long vowel /oʊ/ at the end of a word, or before a final consonant that is not /dʒ, v, z/. (Note: the final consonant is not written; [ɔə˞], [ɔː˞] count as /oʊr/.)

   Thus the words or, owe.

3. (stenoscript) the words on, so.

• -o

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

• IPA^(key): /oː/

o

2. O (emphatic vocative marker of nouns)

   O malet e Shqipërisë!

   O mountains of Albania!

Used with indefinite forms only. Can be placed either before or after the noun:

• Qup (“Coby”, indefinite) + -o → Qup-o (“O Coby”).
• o + Qup → o Qup (“O Coby”).

• "o pjesëz", in Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)

From Latin illum, accusative form of ille (“that”).

o m (definite singulars)

1. the

   O río Ebro ― The Ebro River

• Becomes l' before many words beginning with a vowel.
• The form lo, either pronounced as lo or ro, can be found after words ending with an -o.
• Eastern dialects use the form el.

From Latin aut.

o

1. or

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ɔ/

o lower case (upper case O)

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

• (Latin script letters) hərf; Aa, Bb, Cc, Çç, Dd, Ee, Əə, Ff, Gg, Ğğ, Hh, Xx, Iı, İi, Jj, Kk, Qq, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Öö, Pp, Rr, Ss, Şş, Tt, Uu, Üü, Vv, Yy, Zz

From Old Anatolian Turkish اول (ol), Proto-Turkic *ol.

o (definite accusative onu, plural onlar)

1. he, she, it

   O evdə deyil ― S/he is not at home.

   O çox yaxşı insandır. ― S/he is a very good person.

• onunku

o

1. that, that one

   Antonym: bu

   O evdə deyil ― S/he isn't at that house.

   • 2010 January 22, joy.az‎^[1], archived from the original on 4 March 2022:

     Amma nə xoş o insana ki, səhvini başa düşüb və tövbə edib haqq yoluna qayıdır

     But blissful is the/that person who realizes his mistake and repents and returns to the path of righteous.

• IPA^(key): /o/, [o̞]

o (lower case, upper case O)

1. The sixteenth letter of the Basque alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, (Ç ç), D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L, l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, (Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

o (indeclinable)

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

• (Latin-script letter names) a, be, ze, de, e, efe, ge, hatxe, i, jota, ka, ele, eme, ene, eñe, o, pe, ku, erre, ese, te, u, uve, uve bikoitz, ixa, i greko, zeta

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ/

o

1. tooth

o (requires spirant mutation)

1. their

   o zad ― their father

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈo]

o f (plural os)

1. the Latin letter O (lowercase o)

From Latin aut.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈɔ]

o

1. or

• o bé

From Latin aut. Cognates include Italian o and Spanish o.

o

1. or

• http://infcor.adecec.net/

From Proto-Turkic *ol. Compare Turkish o and Azerbaijani o.

o

1. (personal pronoun) he, she, it

   Synonym: (Northern dialect) anav

2. (demonstrative pronoun) that

From Proto-Slavic *o(b), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ebʰi.

• IPA^(key): /o/

o [with locative]

1. about

o [with accusative]

1. for

• “o”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
• “o”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

o

1. (higher register or humorous) Vocative particle.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:o.

• Rhymes: -oː
• IPA^(key): /oː/

o

1. oh

o (lower case, upper case O)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Dutch alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• Previous letter: n
• Next letter: p

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /o/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /o/

o (lower case, upper case O)

1. The nineteenth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin script letters) litero; Aa, Bb, Cc, Ĉĉ, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Ĝĝ, Hh, Ĥĥ, Ii, Jj, Ĵĵ, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Ŝŝ, Tt, Uu, Ŭŭ, Vv, Zz

o (accusative singular o-on, plural o-oj, accusative plural o-ojn)

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

• (Latin script letter names) litero; a, bo, co, ĉo, do, e, fo, go, ĝo, ho, ĥo, i, jo, ĵo, ko, lo, mo, no, o, po, ro, so, ŝo, to, u, ŭo, vo, zo ^{(Category: eo:Latin letter names)}

• IPA^(key): /ˈoː/, [ˈoː]

o (lower case, upper case O)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called oo and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) täht; A a, B b (C c), D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p (Q q), R r, S s, Š š, Z z, Ž ž, T t, U u, V v (W w), Õ õ, Ä ä, Ö ö, Ü ü (X x, Y y)

From Latin aut. Cognates include Spanish o and Italian o.

o

1. or

From Old Galician-Portuguese o, from Latin illo (“he”).

o m sg (plural os, feminine a, feminine plural as)

1. (Mañegu) Masculine singular definite article; the

   • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Chapter 1: Lengua Española:

     O términu de Valverdi, mais grandi, limita con Portugal, precisamenti con dois distintius Departamentos, que eran Beira Alta con capital en Guarda, a Beira Baixa con capital en Castelo Branco.

     The Valverde locality, the biggest, borders Portugal, more precisely with two distinct departments, which were Beira Alta with Guarda as its capital, and Beira Baixa with Castelo Branco as its capital.

o

1. (Mañegu) Third person singular masculine accusative pronoun; him

From Old Galician-Portuguese ou, from Latin aut (“or”).

o

1. or

   • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme 6:

     Poin encontralsi, a o millol, hasta “oito” o mais.

     There can be found, at best, up to “eight” or more.

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[2], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /oː/
• Homophones: og, ov

o (upper case O)

1. The seventeenth letter of the Faroese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin script letters) bókstavur; Aa, Áá, Bb, Dd, Ðð, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Íí, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Óó, Pp, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Úú, Vv, Yy, Ýý, Ææ, Øø

The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on those of Swedish, German and Latin, and was first used in the mid-16th century. No earlier script is known. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, and o for information on the development of the glyph itself.

o (lower case, upper case O)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called oo and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) kirjain; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s (Š š), T t, U u, V v (W w), X x, Y y, Z z (Ž ž), Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö

o

1. (colloquial) third-person singular indicative present of olla

Inherited from Latin hoc (“this”, neuter).

o (postpositive -o) (ORB, broad)

1. this, that, it (third-person singular neuter nominative or accusative)
2. it (impersonal)

   Synonym: il

• il [2] in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• o in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “hŏc”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 4: G H I, page 441

• IPA^(key): /o/
• Rhymes: -o

o m (plural os)

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

• e dans l’o

o

1. (computing) octet (B (byte))

• (computing): ko, Mo, Go, To, Po, Eo, Zo, Yo
• (computing): o/s, ko/s, Mo/s, Go/s, To/s, Po/s, Eo/s, Zo/s, Yo/s

o (lower case, upper case O)

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

• Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

• (Latin-script letters) karfeeje; ', A a, B b, Mb mb, Ɓ ɓ, C c, D d, Nd nd, Ɗ ɗ, E e, F f, G g, Ng ng, Ɠ ɠ, H h, I i, J j, Nj nj, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, Ñ ñ, Ɲ ɲ, O o, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Ƴ ƴ

o (plural ɓe)

1. Noun class indicator for nouns (singular) having to do with people, and for loan words

• Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

o

1. he, she (third person singular subject pronoun; short form)

• Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).
• This is used in all conjugations except for affirmative non-accomplished (where the long form is used).

• mo

• makko (possessive pronoun)

• omo (second person singular subject pronoun; long form)
• himo (second person singular subject pronoun; long form; variant in Pular)
• kanko (emphatic form)

o

1. (definite) the (when it follows the noun)

   Debbo o ― the woman

• Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

o

1. used in indicating someone

   O debbo ― this/that woman

• Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

• IPA^(key): /o/ [ʊ]
• Rhymes: -o

From Old Galician-Portuguese o, from Latin illum, from ille.

• lo

o m sg (feminine singular a, masculine plural os, feminine plural as)

1. masculine singular definite article; the

• The definite article o (in all its forms), due to historical sandhi, regularly forms contractions when it follows the prepositions a (“to”), con (“with”), de (“of, from”), and en (“in”). For example, con o (“with the”) contracts to co, and en o (“in the”) contracts to no.
• The definite article o (in all its forms), due to historical sandhi, contracts with preceding words which ends in [s] or [r] into the second form of the article lo (la, los, las); this feature, frequent in spoken Galician, is not always marked in the written language. When done, a hyphen is used to separate both words:

Debes comer o caldo ~ Debes come-lo caldo ― You should eat the soup

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

o

1. accusative of el

The Galician pronouns, being atones, are usually appended to the verb; though sandhi, o could acquire the form -no (for example, when appended to a verb form ended in a falling diphthong or in a nasal consonant, the nasal in -no having an antihiatic epenthetic origin) or -lo (when appended to a verb form ended in a -s or -r, the l having its origin in the assimilation of the -s or -r with the l present in the pronoun before the 12th century).

• “o”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “o”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “o”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

o

1. O

   • 1843, Gallus Schwab, Gebetbuch für katholische Christen, Bamberg, page 45:

     Sei gegrüßet, o Du mein Jesu! Mit tieftster Demuth bete ich Dich an und verehre Dich!

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

ō

1. Romanization of 𐍉

Clipping of óga.

o

1. house

IPA^(key): /o/

o

1. or, lest

o

1. of, belonging to

• Used for possessions that are inherited, out of personal control, and for things that can be got into (houses, clothes, cars), while a is used for acquired possessions.

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): [ˈo]
• (letter name): IPA^(key): [ˈo]

o (lower case, upper case O)

1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) betű; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Cs cs, D d, Dz dz, Dzs dzs, E e, É é, F f, G g, Gy gy, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ly ly, M m, N n, Ny ny, O o, Ó ó, Ö ö, Ő ő, P p, Q q, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z, Zs zs

• o in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

• (context pronunciation, letter name) IPA^(key): /o/

o (upper case O)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) litero; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L, l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

o

1. Apocopic form of od

• e (“and”)
• a (“to”)

• IPA^(key): /o/

o (upper case O)

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

• ọ (retracted tongue position)

• IPA^(key): /o/

o (dependent form, independent form ya)

1. (personal, epicene) he, she, it

   O nyere m mmiri.

   She gave me water.

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /o/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /o/, [o], [ɔ]

o (lower case, upper case O)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Indonesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin script letters) Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

From Latin ō (the name of the letter O).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ/^*
• Homophone: ho
• Rhymes: -ɔ
• Hyphenation: ò

o f or m (invariable, lower case, upper case O)

1. The thirteenth letter of the Italian alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.

o f (invariable)

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

• (Latin-script letter names) lettera; a, bi, ci, di, e, effe, gi, acca, i, i lunga, kappa, elle, emme, enne, o, pi, cu, erre, esse, ti, u, vu, doppia vu, ics, ipsilon, zeta

From Latin aut.^[1]

• od (used optionally before words beginning with a vowel)

• IPA^(key): /o/^*, /o/
• Rhymes: -o
• Hyphenation: o

o

1. or

• o in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

o

1. Misspelling of ho.

From Ancient Greek ὁ (ho)

o

1. the

o

1. The hiragana syllable お (o) or the katakana syllable オ (o) in Hepburn romanization.
2. The hiragana syllable を (o) or the katakana syllable ヲ (o) in Hepburn romanization. (as particle)

• IPA^(key): /ˈo/ [ˈo]

Borrowed from Spanish o (“or”).

o

1. or

   Synonyms: o kaya, ekaya

   Mangan ka o pinandit naka?

   Are you going to eat or later?

   Mansanas o sagin.

   Apple or banana?

• oh

o

1. (colloquial) sentence-ending particle used to express warning or to catch someone's attention; see also oy, uy and ay

   Palako nayu o.

   S/he's leaving.

   Makanini namu o.

   Just do it this way.

2. (colloquial) used as a vocative particle to address the topic in question

   Juan o lawen me.

   John! look!

   Ginu o sana iligtas yu.

   God, I hope you help them!

   Mina o aini na.

   Mina, here it is.

o

1. (colloquial) expression of surprise, wonder, amazement, or awe: oh!

   Synonyms: ba, aru, uru

2. (colloquial) used to refer to something given or offered to someone: here you are! here you go!

   Synonyms: aini, aita, ayan

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

o (lower case, upper case O)

1. The twentieth letter of the Kashubian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, àã, B b, C c, D d, E e, É é, Ë ë, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, O o, Ò ò, Ó ó, Ô ô, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ù ù, W w, Y y, Z z, Ż ż

• IPA^(key): /ʔo˧/

o

1. pig

• K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin‎^[3], Payap University, page 47

• IPA^(key): /ɔ/

o (third person plural)

1. they

• -ao (“their”)

• “o” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 355. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

From Latin aut.

o

1. or

From Etruscan letter 𐌏 (o), from Ancient Greek letter ο (o, “omicron”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤏 (ʿ, “ayin”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓁹.

o

1. A letter of the Latin alphabet.

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /oː/, [oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /o/, [ɔː]

ō f (indeclinable)

1. The name of the letter O.

• (Latin-script letter names) littera; ā, bē, cē, dē, ē, ef, gē, hā / *acca, ī, kā, el, em, en, ō, pē, kū, er, es, tē, ū, ix / īx / ex, ȳ / ī graeca / ȳpsīlon, zēta

• o in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• o in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• o in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• o in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[4], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • monstrous: o facinus indignum! (Ter. Andr. 1. 1. 118)
    
  • to take the military oath: sacramentum (o) dicere (vid. sect. XI. 2, note sacramentum...)
    
• o in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), part III: “Summary of the Ancient Evidence”, page 32: "Clearly there is no question or doubt about the names of the vowels A, E, I, O, U. They are simply long A, long E, etc. (ā, ē, ī, ō, ū). Nor is there any uncertainty with respect to the six mutes B, C, D, G, P, T. Their names are bē, cē, dē, gē, pē, tē (each with a long E). Or about H, K, and Q: they are hā, kā, kū—each, again, with a long vowel sound."

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὦ (ô), cognate, or onomatopoeic.

• ô (for the vocative particle)
• ōh (for the interjection meaning "oh")

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /oː/, [oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /o/, [ɔː]

ō

1. o! (vocative particle)
   • 4th century, St Jerome, Vulgate, Judges 3:19

     et reversus de Galgalis ubi erant idola dixit ad regem verbum secretum habeo ad te o rex et ille imperavit silentium egressisque omnibus qui circa eum erant (Then returning from Galgal, where the idols were, he said to the king: I have a secret message to thee, O king. And he commanded silence: and all being gone out that were about him,)

2. oh!

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

• IPA^(key): [uə̯], [o], [oː]

o (lower case, upper case O)

1. The twenty-third letter of the Latvian alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.

In native Latvian words (and in some older borrowings), o represents the sound of IPA [uə̯] (e.g., otrs [uə̯tɾs]). In more recent borrowings, it represents the original sound of the word, i.e. [o] or [oː] (e.g., opera [oːpeɾa]).

• (Latvian letters) latviešu burti; Aa, Āā, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ēē, Ff, Gg, Ģģ, Hh, Ii, Īī, Jj, Kk, Ķķ, Ll, Ļļ, Mm, Nn, Ņņ, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Ūū, Vv, Zz, Žž

• IPA^(key): [o]

o m (invariable)

1. The name of the Latin script letter O/o.

• (Latvian letter names) latviešu burtu vārdi; a, garais ā, bē, cē, čē, dē, e, garais ē, ef, gā, ģē, hā, i, garais ī, jē, kā, ķē, el, eļ, em, en, eņ, o, pē, er, es, eš, tē, u, garais ū, vē, zē, žē

From earlier ro ← lo, from Latin illum, form of ille (“that”).

• IPA^(key): /u/

o m sg (plural i)

1. the

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ō. Cognate with Latgalian a and Proto-Slavic *a (“and, but”). From Proto-Indo-European *h₁od; compare Sanskrit आत् (āt, “afterwards, then, so”), Avestan 𐬁𐬀𐬝 (āat̰, “afterward, then”), perhaps the ablative singular of *h₁e- (“demonstrative pronoun”).

IPA^(key): /oː/

õ

1. (coordinating, adversative) and, but (used to express binary contrasts)

   Taĩ ne kažkàs, ką̃ víenas gãli darýti, õ kìtas – nè. ― It's not something that some people can do and others can't.

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /o/

o (upper case O)

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

• (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

• IPA^(key): /ɔ/

o (upper case O)

1. The twenty-first letter of the Lower Sorbian alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.
2. The name of the Latin-script letter o/O.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/dsb.
• See Template:list:Latin script letter names/dsb.

o

1. The fifteenth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin script letters) Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

• IPA^(key): /ɔ/ (short phoneme)
• IPA^(key): /ɔː/ (long phoneme)
• In inherited words, long o occurs only next to vowelised għ or h. In Romance words, it can be long on its own.

o (lower case, upper case O)

1. The nineteenth letter of the Maltese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) ittra; A a, B b, Ċ ċ, D d, E e, F f, Ġ ġ, G g, Għ għ, H h, Ħ ħ, I i, Ie ie, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Ż ż, Z z

o (o⁵／o⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄛ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 哦

o

1. Nonstandard spelling of ō.
2. Nonstandard spelling of ó.
3. Nonstandard spelling of ǒ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of ò.

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

o

1. of

   • 2006, Joanne Barker, Sovereignty Matters, page 208:

     In 1979 a gathering of elders at the Waananga kaumatua affirmed te reo Maori “Ko te reo te mauri o te mana Maori” the language is the life principle of Maori mana.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Used instead of a when the possessor has no control over the relationship (inalienable possession).

Inherited from Old Polish o, from Proto-Slavic *o, ultimately a natural expression.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɔ
• Syllabification: o

o

1. oh! expression of surprise or outrage

o

1. vocative particle; O!

• Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2024) “o”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur, volume 5, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, pages 2-3

o

1. to go

From Old French oh, from Latin ō.

• oo, oa

• IPA^(key): /ɔː/

o

1. oh, ah

• English: oh
• Yola: o

• “ō, interj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

From of, with apocope of the final f.

• a

• IPA^(key): /ɔ/, /a/

o

1. of

• English: o', o, a
• Scots: o', o
• Yola: o', o, a

• “o, prep.(1)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

o

1. (rare) Alternative form of an (preconsonantal)

o

1. Alternative form of oo (“one”)

o

1. Alternative form of oo (“first”)

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

o

1. Alternative spelling of ó

From Proto-Germanic *awjō. Cognate with Old Norse ey (Swedish ö, Norwegian øy).

• Stem vowel: ȫ²
  • (originally) IPA^(key): /œːj/

ö

1. island

From Proto-Chuukic *yawo, from Proto-Micronesian *awo, from Proto-Oceanic *apon, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapən.

o

1. fishing line

• IPA^(key): /o˨/

o

1. The twenty-second letter of the Navajo alphabet

   ǫ = /õ˨/

   ó = /o˥/

   ǫ́ = /õ˥/

   oo = /oː˨˨/

   ǫǫ = /õː˨˨/

   óo = /oː˥˨/

   ǫ́ǫ = /õː˥˨/

   oó = /oː˨˥/

   ǫǫ́ = /õː˨˥/

   óó = /oː˥˥/

   ǫ́ǫ́ = /õː˥˥/

• (Latin-script letters) A a (Á á, Ą ą, Ą́ ą́), B b, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, D d, Dl dl, Dz dz, E e (É é, Ę ę, Ę́ ę́), G g, Gh gh, H h, Hw hw, X x, I i (Í í, Į į, Į́ į́), J j, K k, Kʼ kʼ, Kw kw, ʼ, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n (Ń ń), O o (Ó ó, Ǫ ǫ, Ǫ́ ǫ́), S s, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Tł tł, Tłʼ tłʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, W w, Y y, Z z, Zh zh

From Latin aut.

• IPA^(key): /oː/

o

1. or

IPA^(key): /o/

o m

1. Alternative spelling of 'o (“the”)

o m (accusative)

1. Alternative spelling of 'o (“him, it”)

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /uː/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /uː/, /ʊ/, /ɔ/

o

1. The fifteenth letter of the Norwegian Bokmål alphabet, written in the Latin script.

o (upper case O, definite singular o-en, indefinite plural o-ar, definite plural o-ane)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Norwegian Nynorsk alphabet, written in the Latin script.

o

1. (dated or humorous) oh

o

1. (eye dialect) pronunciation spelling of ho

• “o” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /o/

o (lower case, upper case O)

1. The eighteenth letter of the Nupe alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) banki; A a (Á á, À à), B b, C c, D d, Dz dz, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì), J j, K k, Kp kp, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, T t, Ts ts, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v, W w, Y y, Z z, Zh zh

From Latin aut.

o

1. or

o f (plural os)

1. o (the letter o, O)

ō

1. Alternative form of ā

From earlier lo, la, from Latin illum, illam (the initial l having disappeared; compare Spanish lo and la).

• (article): IPA^(key): /o/

o

2. the (masculine singular definite article)
   • 13th Century - Cantiga de Santa Maria no. 23

     Esta é como Santa Maria acrecentou o vinho no tonel, por amor da bõa dona de Bretanha.

     This is how Holy Mary added the wine to the barrel, out of love for the good lady of Britain;

   • 13th Century - Cantiga de Santa Maria no. 48

     Esta é como Santa Maria tolheu a agua da fonte ao cavaleiro.

     This is how Holy Mary restricted the water of the fountain from the knight.

• O becomes -no and a becomes -na after nasal sounds:

  Non queria o meu coraçon nen-nos meus olhos. ― She wanted neither (the) my heart nor (the) my eyes.

  Ambas eran-nas melhores que (h)omen pode cousir. ― Both were the best that (a) man can contemplate.

• O becomes -lo and a becomes -la after other consonants, and the preceding consonant is elided:

  E vós faredes depoi-lo melhor! ― And later ye shall do the best!

  Sobre toda-las bondades que ela (h)avia era que muito fiava en Santa Maria; ― Above all the virtues she possessed was how much she trusted Holy Mary.

• O becomes el- in front of the noun rei:

  Deu ora el-rei seus dinheiros a Belpelho. ― The king, then, gave his money to Belpelho.

  Se fosse seu o tesouro que el-rei de França ten. ― Were it his the treasure that the king of France has.

• Galician: o
• Portuguese: o

o

1. Alternative spelling of ó

o

1. Alternative spelling of ó

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /ɔ/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ɔ/

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *o(b). First attested in the 14th century.

o

1. about, concerning [with accusative or locative]
2. on, against [with accusative]
3. because of [with accusative]
4. denotes location; at [with accusative]
5. denotes location; at [with locative]
6. with, by means of [with locative]
7. (used in descriptions) with, having [with locative]
8. for [with accusative]

• Masurian: ô
• Polish: o
• Silesian: ô

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *o. First attested in the 14th century.

o

1. oh! expression of surprise or outrage

• Masurian: o
• Polish: o

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “o”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

From Latin ubi (“where”). Cognate with French où (“where”), Italian dove (“where”), Portuguese u (“where”).

o

1. where

• O has been displaced in Modern Spanish by donde.
• O can be encountered in some Modern Spanish words such as doquiera (do (contraction of de ("of") + o ("where")) + quiera ("it may want"), literally " where it may want") and its apocopic form, doquier.

o

1. future tense marker: will; going to.

Not to be confused with ʼo, the third person copula.

• Zepeda, Ofelia (1983) A Tohono Oʼodham Grammar, Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, page 169

Compare Lamet [Nkris] ʔɔːʔ, Riang [Sak] ʔoʔ¹.

• IPA^(key): /ʔɔ/

o

1. I

• It identifies A or S arguments and therefore "nominative". Its topic-position and accusative counterpart is nga.

• IPA^(key): /ɔ/
• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɔ
• Syllabification: o
• Homophones: o-, -o, -o-

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

o (upper case O, lower case)

1. The twentieth letter of the Polish alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.

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

Inherited from Old Polish o.

o

1. about (concerning) [with locative]

   Opowiedz mi o twojej pracy. ― Tell me about your job.

   Ta książka jest o potędze miłości. ― This book is about the power of love.

2. at (telling the time) [with locative]

   Spotkajmy się o piątej po południu. ― Let's meet at five PM.

3. (used in descriptions) with, having [with locative]

   Była piękną kobietą o długich jasnych włosach. ― She was a beautiful woman with long fair hair.

   chłopiec o zielonych oczach ― a boy with green eyes; a green-eyed boy

4. on, against [with accusative]

   Nie opierajcie się o te drzwi. ― Don't lean on this door.

   Dziewczynka uderzyła głową o stół. ― The little girl hit her head on the table.

5. for [with accusative]

   Weronika poprosiła mnie wczoraj o pomoc. ― Veronica asked me for help yesterday.

   Walczyliśmy dzielnie o naszą wolność. ― We were bravely fighting for our freedom.

6. by (a difference) [with accusative]

   Spóźniła się o piętnaście minut. ― She was fifteen minutes late.

   Czuję się o wiele lepiej. ― I feel much better.

   Obniż podkład o dwa półtony. ― Lower the instrumental by two semitones.

Inherited from Old Polish o, from Proto-Slavic *o, ultimately a natural expression.

o

1. oh! expression of surprise or outrage

   O mój boże... ― Oh my god...

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), o is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 533 times in scientific texts, 598 times in news, 724 times in essays, 607 times in fiction, and 610 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 3072 times, making it the 14th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.^[1]

• o in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• o in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “o”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “o”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “o”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• “O I”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 18.06.2019
• “O II”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 2019 August 19
• Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], (Can we date this quote?)
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “o”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “o”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1904), “o”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 3, Warsaw, page 429

• (letter): IPA^(key): /ɔ/, /o/
• (article, pronoun): IPA^(key): /u/

o (lower case, upper case O)

2. The fifteenth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á, À à, Â â, Ã ã), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, Ê ê), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ô ô, Õ õ), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

From Old Galician-Portuguese o (compare Galician o), from Vulgar Latin lo, *illu, from Latin illum, from ille (with an initial l having disappeared; compare Spanish lo).

o m (feminine a, masculine plural os, feminine plural as)

2. the (masculine singular definite article)

For the most part, usage of the definite article in Portuguese is the same as in English. Some differences include:

• it is optionally but commonly used with abstract mass nouns:

  O amor é melhor que a guerra. ― Love is better than war.

• in Brazil, it can be optionally used with adjectival possessive pronouns, and mandatorily with substantival possessive pronouns; both are mandatory in Portugal:

  (O) meu livro é melhor que o seu. ― My book is better than yours.

• it can be used with personal names; often this indicates familiarity with the person (due to personal connection with them or because they are famous); this is avoided in formal contexts:

  (O) João foi até a cidade. ― João went to the city.

  (O) Einstein foi um cientista famoso. ― Einstein was a famous scientist.

• it is sometimes used instead of a possessive pronoun when the possessor is obvious from the context; this is especially prevalent when referring to parts of the body or one’s own relatives:

  O pai está viajando. ― (My) dad is travelling.

  Você falou com a tia? ― Did you talk with my/our aunt?

  Quando você quebrou os braços? ― When did you break your arms?

• it is used in a construct that is uncommon in English but common in Portuguese whereby a singular is used as a representative or prototype of all instances of the thing:

  O carvalho é uma árvore grande. ― The oak is a big tree.

  A picape é responsável pela poluição. ― Pick-up trucks are responsible for the pollution.

• it is much more commonly used with placenames; most names of countries, states, provinces and continents take the definite article, but only a minority of cities:

  Eu moro no Luxemburgo. ― I live in Luxembourg.

  O Rio de Janeiro fica no Brasil. ― Rio de Janeiro is in Brazil.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:o.

o m (personal)

2. him, it (as a direct object; as an indirect object, see lhe; after prepositions, see ele)
   • 2007, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte [Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows] (Harry Potter; 7), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 287:

     Por que, então, ela o conduzira àquele lugar?

     Why, then, did she lead him to that place?

• Becomes -lo after verb forms ending in -r, -s, or -z, the pronouns nos and vos, and the adverb eis; the ending letter causing the change disappears.

  After ver: Posso vê-lo? ― May I see him/it?

  After conheces: Conhece-lo?. ― Do you know him/it?

  After fiz: Fi-lo ficar contente. ― I made him/it become happy.

  After nos: Deu-no-lo relutantemente. ― He gave him/it to us reluctantly.

  After eis: Ei-lo! ― Behold him/it!

• Becomes -no after a nasal sound:

  Detêm-no como prisioneiro. ― They detain him/it as a prisoner.

  Põe-no aqui. ― Put him/it here.

• In the colloquial speech of most of Brazil, it is abandoned in favor of the nominative form ele.

  Eu o vi. → Eu vi ele. ― I saw him/it.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:o.

See Template:Portuguese personal pronouns for further pronouns.

• IPA^(key): /o/

From Proto-Polynesian *o.

o

1. possessive particle marking an inalienable possession; of

   • 2008, Sharon Chester, A wildlife guide to Chile, page 15:

     Polynesians are thought to have arrived at Easter Island around AD 800. They called the island Rapa Nui, or more familiarly Te Pito o Te Henua, the Navel of the World.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Inserted before the relevant pronoun. Only for possessions like hands or parents that do not have the ability to no longer be yours; otherwise, use a.

From Spanish o (“or”).

o

1. or

Generally used in favor of complex native grammatical structures used to achieve the same ends.

• IPA^(key): /o/

o (lower case, upper case O)

1. (International Standard) The nineteenth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
2. (Pan-Vlax) The twentieth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, X x, I i, J j, K k, Kh kh, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Ph ph, R r, S s, T t, Th th, U u, V v, Z z International Standard: (À à, Ä ä, Ǎ ǎ), Ć ć, Ćh ćh, (È è, Ë ë, Ě ě), (Ì ì, Ï ï, Ǐ ǐ), (Ò ò, Ö ö, Ǒ ǒ), Rr rr, Ś ś, (Ù ù, Ü ü, Ǔ ǔ), Ź ź, Ʒ ʒ, Q q, Ç ç, ϴ θ. Pan-Vlax: Č č, Čh čh, Dž dž, (Dź dź), Ř ř, Š š, (Ś ś), Ž ž, (Ź ź).

o m sg (feminine singular i, plural e)

1. the

   o rrom ― the Romani man

   o Parìzo ― Paris

• The definite article is used with proper nouns (given names and place names) as well.

• Yūsuke Sumi (2018) “o”, in ニューエクスプレス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, →ISBN, pages 21, 141

• IPA^(key): /o/

o (lower case, upper case O)

1. The eighteenth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.

See O.

• (Latin script letters) Aa, Ăă, Ââ, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Îî, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Șș, Tt, Țț, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

From Latin ūna, feminine of ūnus, via an earlier form *uă, with irregular dropping of the -n- due to high frequency of usage; however, compare the Aromanian equivalent unã, which preserved it.

o

1. feminine singular nominative/accusative of un: a/an (indefinite article)

   O femeie frumoasă ― A beautiful woman

• un
• una

o

1. oh

From an earlier (possibly Proto-Romanian) root *eaua, from Latin illam, accusative feminine singular of ille.

o f (unstressed accusative form of ea)

1. (direct object) her

   O cunoști? ― Do you know her?

   O cunoști pe Iulia? ― Do you know Iulia?

   Am văzut-o ieri la școală. ― I saw her yesterday at school.

• îl (masculine equivalent)
• le (plural)

(el/ea) o (modal auxiliary, third-person singular form of vrea, used with infinitives to form presumptive tenses)

1. (he/she) might

From avea.

o (modal auxiliary, ? form of avea, used with ? to form ? tenses)

1. (informal) Used to form a variant of the future tense together with the verb in the subjunctive mood.

   Synonym: vrea (as an auxiliary verb)

   O să vedem. ― We will see.

   El o să facă fasole. ― He will make beans.

• In the third person plural, or is sometimes used instead of o.

o

1. of

• IPA^(key): /o/

From Italian o (“or”), from Latin aut (“or”), from Proto-Italic *auti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewti (“on the other hand”), derived from *h₂ew (“away from, off”). Doublet of a.

o

1. or

From Latin o (vocative particle).