ó

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]

ó (lower case, upper case Ó)

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

ó

1. oh

• IPA^(key): /ɔuː/
• Homophone: óð

ó (upper case Ó)

1. The eighteenth letter of the Faroese alphabet, called ó and 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

• ao

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

• IPA^(key): /ɔ/

ó m (feminine á, masculine plural ós, feminine plural ás)

1. Alternative spelling of ao

• IPA^(key): [ˈoː]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -oː

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”). Compare agg (“aged”), avas (“rancid”), avul (“to become obsolete”), avítt (“antiquated”).

ó (comparative óbb, superlative legóbb)

2. (archaic, except in compounds) old, ancient, antique

   Synonyms: antik, ódon, régi, ősi

   Antonyms: mai, új

   Coordinate terms: (as prefixes indicating historical periods) ős, közép, új

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	ó	ók
accusative	ót	ókat
dative	ónak	óknak
instrumental	óval	ókkal
causal-final	óért	ókért
translative	óvá	ókká
terminative	óig	ókig
essive-formal	óként	ókként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	óban	ókban
superessive	ón	ókon
adessive	ónál	óknál
illative	óba	ókba
sublative	óra	ókra
allative	óhoz	ókhoz
elative	óból	ókból
delative	óról	ókról
ablative	ótól	óktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	óé	óké
non-attributive possessive - plural	óéi	ókéi

An onomatopoeia.^[2]

ó

1. oh!

   Synonyms: óh, jaj, ja, juj, hű

   Ó, értem már! ― Oh, I understand now!

See óv.

ó

2. (archaic) Alternative form of óv (“to protect, to guard”).

ó (lower case, upper case Ó)

1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called ó and written in the Latin script.
2. Abbreviation of óra (“hour[s], o’clock”).

   Coordinate terms: p, mp

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	ó	ó-k
accusative	ó-t	ó-kat
dative	ó-nak	ó-knak
instrumental	ó-val	ó-kkal
causal-final	ó-ért	ó-kért
translative	ó-vá	ó-kká
terminative	ó-ig	ó-kig
essive-formal	ó-ként	ó-kként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	ó-ban	ó-kban
superessive	ó-n	ó-kon
adessive	ó-nál	ó-knál
illative	ó-ba	ó-kba
sublative	ó-ra	ó-kra
allative	ó-hoz	ó-khoz
elative	ó-ból	ó-kból
delative	ó-ról	ó-król
ablative	ó-tól	ó-któl
non-attributive possessive - singular	ó-é	ó-ké
non-attributive possessive - plural	ó-éi	ó-kéi

Possessive forms of ó
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	ó-m	ó-im
2nd person sing.	ó-d	ó-id
3rd person sing.	ó-ja	ó-i
1st person plural	ó-nk	ó-ink
2nd person plural	ó-tok	ó-itok
3rd person plural	ó-juk	ó-ik

• (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, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, Z z, Zs zs. Only in the extended alphabet: Q q W w X x Y y. Commonly used: ch. Also defined: à ë. In surnames (selection): ä aa cz ds eé eö ew oe oó th ts ÿ.

• (ancient, antique): ó in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• (interjection): ó in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• (to protect): ó in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• (sound, letter, and abbreviation): ó in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /ouː/
• Rhymes: -ouː

ó (upper case Ó)

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

• (Latin-script letters) bókstafur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Рð, E e, É é, F f, G g, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ó ó, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ú ú, V v, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Þ þ, Æ æ, Ö ö

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.

• ó-
• -ó
• um og ó

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /oː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɔː/

From ua, from Old Irish aue (“grandson, descendant”).^[1]

• ua (archaic)

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

1. (archaic) grandson, grandchild

   Synonym: garmhac

2. (archaic) descendant

Forms in surnames and sept names

• ua
• Ó

From Old Irish ó, úa,^[2] from Proto-Celtic *au, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew (“away”).

ó (plus dative, triggers lenition)

1. of, from (indicating origin)

   ó ghleann go gleann ― from glen to glen

2. since

   ó Mháirt ― since Tuesday

3. used in conjunction with the verb bí to indicate need/want

   Tá bainne uaim.

   I need milk.

• See also Category:Irish phrasal verbs formed with "ó"

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

• ós (“since it is”)

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

ó

1. oh

ó

1. O (vocative particle)
   • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 194:

     Ní dubhairt an mháthair seóid ach : « Tá go maith, a inghean ó ».

     The mother said nothing at all but, “That is well, daughter.”

Generally used postpositively, i.e. after the noun referring to the person addressed. The particle a is used before the noun.

• a mhuirnín ó ― O darling

This particle is optional, but the vocative particle a is obligatory.

• a mhic / a mhic ó ― O son, my son!

ó (upper case Ó)

1. The letter o with an acute accent, known as ó fada (literally “long o”).

ó

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

• (Latin-script letters) litir; A a (Á á), B b (Bh bh, bhF bhf, bP bp), C c (Ch ch), D d (Dh dh, dT dt), E e (É é), F f (Fh fh), G g (gC gc, Gh gh), H h, I i (Í í), L l, M m (mB mb, Mh mh), N n (nD nd, nG ng), O o (Ó ó), P p (Ph ph), R r, S s (Sh sh), T t (Th th, tS ts), U u (Ú ú), V v
• (diacritics) ◌́ ◌̇
• (dotted letters used chiefly in Gaelic type) Ḃ ḃ, Ċ ċ, Ḋ ḋ, Ḟ ḟ, Ġ ġ, Ṁ ṁ, Ṗ ṗ, Ṡ ẛ ṡ, Ṫ ṫ
• (Latin-script letter names) litir; á, bé, cé, dé, é, eif, gé, héis, í, jé, cá, eil, eim, ein, ó, pé, cú, ear, eas, té, ú, vé, wae, ex, yé, zae
• Note: The English names are also widely used by Irish speakers.

Doublet of faoi.

ó (plus dative, triggers lenition)

1. -wards: Only used in ó thuaidh and ó dheas

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with 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.

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ó”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ó”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “ó”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

• IPA^(key): /o/

ó (upper case Ó)

1. The letter ⟨o⟩ in a stressed final syllable when pronounced /o/.

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

ó (lower case, upper case Ó)

1. The twenty-second 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): /ɨ/, /ɛ/, (dated) /ʊ/

ó (upper case Ó)

1. The letter ⟨o⟩ with an acute accent, not considered a separate letter for collation purposes.

• (Latin-script letters) pismik; A a, B b, C c, Č č, Ć ć, D d, E e, Ě ě, F f, G g, H h, Ch ch, I i, J j, K k, Ł ł, L l, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o (Ó ó), P p, R r, Ŕ ŕ, S s, Š š, Ś ś, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Z z, Ž ž, Ź ź
• (obsolete letters) B́ b́, Ė ė, Ḿ ḿ, Ṅ ṅ, Ṕ ṕ, Ṙ ṙ, ſ, ß, Ꞩ ẜ, Ẃ ẃ, Ẇ ẇ, Ż ż

• ô

From Portuguese ou. Compare Spanish o.

ó

1. or

   Vôs tâ uví, ô tâ finzí surdo?

   Are you listening, or pretending to be deaf?

   Na alegria, Ó na tristéza

   In joy, Or in sadness

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm

ó (o², Zhuyin ㄛˊ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 哦

• IPA^(key): /oː/

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

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

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “3 ó”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

From Old Irish úa.

ó (with dative, triggers lenition)

1. from, of
   • c. 1000, “The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig”, in Ernst Windisch, editor, Irische Texte, volume 1, published 1800, section 1:

     Tancas o Ailill ocus o Meidb do chungid in chon.

     People came from Ailill and from Medb to ask for the dog.

2. by

• Irish: ó
• Scottish Gaelic: o, bho
• Manx: veih, voish

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 ó (preposition)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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

• IPA^(key): /o̘/

ó (upper case Ó)

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

• hó
• úa, húa

Contested.

• From Proto-Celtic *au (“away”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew (“away, down”). Cognate with Latin au-, Sanskrit अव (ava, “down”), Old Church Slavonic оу- (u-).
• From Proto-Celtic *aɸu (“away”), from *apó/*h₂epó (“away”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἀπό (apó), Sanskrit अप (ápa, “away, off”), Latin ab (“from”), Old Church Slavonic по (po), Gothic 𐌰𐍆 (af).

ó (with dative)

2. from, of

   ó thurcbáil co fuinud ― from sunrise to sunset

3. by (means of), with

For quotations using this term, see Citations:ó.

Forms with a definite article:

• ón(d), (h)úan, (h)úand (“from the”) (dative singular)
• (h)ónaib), (h)úanaib (“from the”) (dative plural)

Forms with a possessive determiner:

• (h)úam (“from my”)
• (h)úat (“from your sg”)
• oa, (h)úa, (h)ó (“from his/her/its/their”)

Forms with a relative particle:

• oa·, (h)úa·, (h)ó· (“from whom/which”)

• Middle Irish: ó
  • Irish: ó
  • Scottish Gaelic: o, bho
  • Manx: veih, voish

ó (triggers lenition, takes independent verbs)

1. since (with preterite)
2. after (with perfect)

For quotations using this term, see Citations:ó.

ó n

1. Alternative form of áu (“ear”)

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
ó (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-ó
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 ó (preposition)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 ó (conjunction)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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 ó for development of the glyph itself.

• IPA^(key): /ˈu/, (standard) /ɔ s ˈkrɛs.kɔw̃/, (regional or dialectal, proscribed) /ɔ s ˈkrɛs.kɔm/, /u krɛs.kɔˈva.nɛ/, /u zamˈkɲɛn.tɛ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: ó

ó (upper case Ó, lower case)

1. The twenty-first letter of the Polish alphabet, called ó, o z kreską, u kreskowane, or u zamknięte 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 (Q q), R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u (V v), W w (X x), Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż

ó (lower case, upper case Ó)

2. the letter o with an acute accent
   • 2003, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix [Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix] (Harry Potter; 5), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, 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.

ó m (plural ós)

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

   Synonyms: ô, oh

ó

1. o; hey (vocative particle)

   Ó Senhor, dai-me forças!

   O Lord, give me strength.

• oh

First syllable of olha or olhe.

ó

2. (colloquial) look!

   Ó lá o bugio!

   Look the howler monkey over there!

• tó

• IPA^(key): /o/ [o]
• Rhymes: -o

ó

1. Obsolete spelling of o.

• In many texts dating back to the pre-2010 reform period they used 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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔɑ/

ó (basic stem form)

1. wash

• kòʼóne

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kahu, compare Malay kau and Toba Batak ho.

ó

1. you

• IPA^(key): /ʊ/

ó (lower case, upper case Ó)

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

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, Č č, Ć ć, D d, Dź dź, E e, Ě ě, F f, G g, H h, Ch ch, I i, J j, K k, Ł ł, L l, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ó ó, P p, R r, Ř ř, S s, Š š, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Z z, Ž ž

Likely ultimately onomatopoeic. Compare Proto-Vietic *ʔoːʔ (“bird”).

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɔ˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɔ˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɔ˦˥]

(classifier con) ó • (𪅴)

1. buzzard, hawk

• cắt
• ưng
• đại bàng

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ˈɔ/

ó (upper case Ó)

1. The letter O, marked for its short pronunciation when in a stressed final syllable of a polysyllabic word.

• IPA^(key): /o/

ó

1. A letter of the Yele alphabet.

• The digraph ⟨óó⟩ transcribes the long vowel /oː/

• (Latin-script letters) A a, â, b, Ch ch, D d, e, é, ê, Gh gh, i, î, j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ń ń, o, ó, P p, T t, U u, V v, W w, Y y, ꞉