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o en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈoʊ/ (US)
  • (Received-Pronunciation) audio
  • /ˈəʊ/ (UK)
  • (General-American) audio

Meanings

  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).

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
oh alternative lexicographic
oes Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

o-machine · kayo · o-dark-thirty · open o · closed o · okay

Descendants

òoka

Relateds

zed · em · e · double-u · tee · pee · oh · cue · cee · zee · u · el · kay · letter · ess · dee · wye · i · vee · aitch · en · ar · a · ex · gee · jay · ef · bee

Translations (32)

fi oo (name of the letter O, o) · pt ó (name of the letter O, o) · ast o (name of the letter O, o) · ga onn (name of the letter O, o) · eo o (name of the letter O, o) · haw ʻō (name of the letter O, o) · io o (name of the letter O, o) · ar أُوه (name of the letter O, o) · fr o (name of the letter O, o) · mr(name of the letter O, o) · tr o (name of the letter O, o) · el όου (name of the letter O, o) · ko(name of the letter O, o) · pt ô (name of the letter O, o) · es o (name of the letter O, o) · la ō (name of the letter O, o) · bn(name of the letter O, o) · bg о (name of the letter O, o) · gl o (name of the letter O, o) · ar أُوه (name of the letter O, o) · th โอ (name of the letter O, o) · hi(name of the letter O, o) · ga ó (name of the letter O, o) · ca o (name of the letter O, o) · akz òoka (name of the letter O, o) · ru о (name of the letter O, o) · vi o (name of the letter O, o) · ja オウ (name of the letter O, o) · ms o (name of the letter O, o) · oc o (name of the letter O, o) · my အို (name of the letter O, o) · ru о́у (name of the letter O, o)

Source: en.wiktionary, “o” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

o en · NUM · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈoʊ/ (US)
  • (Received-Pronunciation) audio
  • /ˈəʊ/ (UK)
  • (General-American) audio

Meanings

  1. (lowercase, number) The fifteenth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
o's Number=Plur lexicographic
os Number=Plur lexicographic
O uppercase lexicographic
Source: en.wiktionary, “o” (num), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

o en · SYM · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈoʊ/ (US)
  • (Received-Pronunciation) audio
  • /ˈəʊ/ (UK)
  • (General-American) audio

Meanings

  1. (letter, lowercase) The fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.
  2. (alt-of, alternative, letter, lowercase) 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.
    alt of ο
    • The system's Bayer designation is o Persei.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
O uppercase lexicographic
o's Number=Plur lexicographic
os Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

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

Source: en.wiktionary, “o” (character), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

o en · ADJ · etymology 2

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping) Clipping of over.
    alt of over
Source: en.wiktionary, “o” (adj), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

o en · INTJ · etymology 2

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of oh.
    alt of oh
Source: en.wiktionary, “o” (intj), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

o en · NOUN · etymology 2

Meanings

  1. (Internet, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of) Operator
  2. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of) Object, see SVO
Source: en.wiktionary, “o” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

o en · PART · etymology 2

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, nonstandard) alternative form of O (vocative particle)
    alt of O
    • I lift my soule to thee o Lord mee, o Iehovah, heare In thee, o Lord, I put my trust 2007, The Bay Psalm Book, Cosimo Classics, published 1640, p.37, 41 & 46:
Source: en.wiktionary, “o” (particle), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

o en · ADP · etymology 3

Etymology

See o'.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of of.
    alt of of