oh en · INTJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /əʊ/ (UK)
- (General-American) audio
- (General-American) audio
- /oʊ/ (US)
- (General-American) audio
- [ö̞] (Yorkshire)
- (General-American) audio
- (Received-Pronunciation) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin ō Old French ohbor. Middle English o English oh Inherited from Middle English o.
Meanings
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Expression of surprise.
Oh! I didn't see you there.
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Expression of wonder, amazement, or awe.
Oh, wow! That's amazing.
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Expression of understanding, affirmation, recognition, or realization.
Oh, so that's how it works.
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A word to precede an annoyed remark.
Oh, leave me alone.
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A word to precede an added or offhand comment or afterthought.
Oh, and don't forget your coat.
What if he says, "Oh, I need to see your ID"?
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An invocation or address (similar to the vocative in languages with noun declension), often with a term of endearment.
Oh, gosh.
Oh baby, baby, how was I supposed to know / That something wasn't right here?
1998, Max Martin, ...Baby One More Time (song performed by Britney Spears)
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(often, poetic) Exclamation for drama or emphasis.
Oh by what plots, by what forſwearings, betrayings, oppreſsions, impriſonments, tortures, poyſonings, and vnder what reaſons of State, and politique ſubteltie, haue theſe forenamed Kings, […] pulled the vengeance of GOD vpon them-ſelues, […]
1614, Walter Ralegh [i.e., Walter Raleigh], “The Preface”, in The Historie of the World […], London: […] William Stansby for Walter Burre, […], →OCLC:And oh how stingingly acute, and pungently grievous and tormentive, are the remembrancing Reflections of a separate uncloathed Soul in the other World, upon a review of its mad Choice, foolish Hopes, fruitless Desires […]
1703, Lawrence Smith, The Evidence of Things Not Seen, page 143:Oh, when will it end?
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Expression of pain. See ouch.
Oh! That hurt.
"Oh! Oh!——I can't bear it————It is too much.——I die.—————I am going——" were Polly's expreſſions of extaſy: […]
1749, [John Cleland], “[Letter the First]”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], volume I, London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC, page 83:
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Space filler or extra syllable, especially in (popular) music.
I'm off with the raggle-taggle gypsy-oh.
1968, MacKinlay Kantor, Beauty Beast:
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(interrogative) Expression of mild scepticism.
"You should watch where you're going!" "Oh?"
Deriveds
ohmygosh · oh ye of little faith · oh no · oh my goodness · oh my gods · oh my Zeus · oh my stars · oh my lanta · uhoh · oh yeah · oh so · oh dear · oh me of little faith · oh God · oh my fuck · oh man · oh my heck · oh my life · oh my Allah · oh boy · oh joy · oh my God · oh noes · why oh why · oh snap · oh my goodness gracious · oh shittings · oh my hell · oh me oh my · oh ar · oh gods · oh my days · oh really · oh hell · oh my Lord · oh oh · oh my Goddess · oh well · oh my · soot-oh · oh girl · oh my word · oh my gosh · uh oh · oh my Arceus · oh worm
Relateds
Translations (154)
ca oh (expression of surprise) · sv jaha (expression of understanding) · bo ཨ་ཙི (expression of surprise) · sv åh (expression of surprise) · vi ồ (expression of surprise) · ar يَا or يَاه (expression of surprise) · ar أَيُّهَا (vocative) · fr ô (vocative) · cs aha (expression of understanding) · sa अहो (expression of surprise) · ar وَا (expression of surprise) · gv ugh (expression of surprise) · es ou (expression of surprise) · pl och (expression of surprise) · cy o (expression of surprise) · ru о (expression of surprise) · vec pòrco can (expression of surprise) · cic kii (expression of surprise) · ar أَيْ (vocative) · cmn 嗯 (expression of surprise) · ja あら (expression of surprise) · cmn 哎呀 (expression of surprise) · sw loo (expression of surprise) · fa آه (expression of surprise) · yi אָ! (expression of surprise) · ltg ek (expression of surprise) · da o (vocative) · de oh (expression of surprise) · tr aman (expression of surprise) · cs ó (expression of wonder, amazement, or awe) · fa-ira اِی (vocative) · gl ó (expression of surprise) · ja ああ (expression of surprise) · ru ах (expression of surprise) · ro of (expression of surprise) · bg ах (expression of surprise) · vec vèrceghe (expression of surprise) · pl ach (expression of surprise) · fi ai (expression of understanding) · bo ཨེ་མ་ཧོ (expression of wonder, amazement, or awe) · arz لا (expression of surprise) · ru ага (expression of understanding) · af o (expression of surprise) · hi ओ (expression of surprise) · cs ach (expression of understanding) · bo ཨ་མ (expression of surprise) · el ω (expression of surprise) · hy ահ (expression of surprise) · es oh (expression of surprise) · ltg a (expression of surprise) · bo ཨ་མ་མ (expression of wonder, amazement, or awe) · ka ოჰ (expression of surprise) · es ay (expression of surprise) · ja あ (expression of surprise) · ja おや (expression of surprise) · de o (vocative) · ar أُوه (expression of surprise) · sv oj (expression of wonder, amazement, or awe) · ko 어 (expression of surprise) · fi oho (expression of surprise) · gl ou (vocative) · fi oi (expression of surprise) · pt ó (expression of surprise) · cmn 哦 (expression of surprise) · sa हा (expression of surprise) · eo aĥ (expression of surprise) · cs ach (expression of surprise) · sw o (expression of surprise) · ro oh (expression of surprise) · ja まあ (expression of surprise) · tl ay (expression of surprise) · bo ཀྱཻ (vocative) · bg о (expression of surprise) · ar آه (expression of understanding) · sh oj (expression of surprise) · fr ah (expression of surprise) · bo ཨ་མ་མ (expression of surprise) · gl ho (vocative) · ru о (vocative) · bg а (expression of understanding) · ko 오 (expression of surprise) · cmn 呵 (expression of surprise) · nl o (expression of surprise) · ru а (expression of understanding) · la eheu (expression of surprise) · bo ཨ་མ (expression of wonder, amazement, or awe) · ru ого́ (expression of surprise) · bo ཀྱེ (vocative) · bg ах (vocative) · fr oh (expression of surprise) · el α (expression of surprise) · ltg oi (expression of surprise) · ms oh (expression of surprise) · la ō (expression of surprise) · fi aa (expression of understanding) · ro o (expression of surprise) · vi ối (expression of surprise) · ar يَا (vocative) · bg еха (expression of wonder, amazement, or awe) · cmn 哎哟 (expression of surprise) · ka ახ (expression of surprise) · de ach (expression of surprise) · ru ой (expression of surprise) · bo ཨ་ཧ (expression of wonder, amazement, or awe) · eo ho (expression of surprise) · ko 아 (expression of surprise) · hy օհ (expression of surprise) · no ai (expression of surprise) · no å (expression of surprise) · hu aj (expression of surprise) · mnw ဩ (expression of surprise) · ur آہ (expression of surprise) · sv åh (expression of wonder, amazement, or awe) · ar أَيَّتُهَا (vocative) · hi हे (expression of surprise) · mnc ᠣ (expression of understanding) · pt ah (expression of understanding) · sw ee (expression of surprise) · bo ཨ་ལས (expression of understanding) · mi hā (expression of surprise) · cmn 噢 (expression of understanding) · ltg ai (expression of surprise) · arz يا (expression of surprise) · ru ого́ (expression of surprise) · cmn 哦 (expression of understanding) · sw lo (expression of surprise) · da åh (expression of surprise) · hil abáo (expression of surprise) · sa ओ (expression of surprise) · tyv о (expression of surprise) · sv å (expression of wonder, amazement, or awe) · mn өө (expression of understanding) · ru ох (expression of surprise) · mnc ᠣ (expression of surprise) · bo ཨ་ལ་ལ (expression of wonder, amazement, or awe) · gl ah (expression of understanding) · ja へえ (expression of surprise) · cic aa (expression of surprise) · gl oh (expression of surprise) · bo ཨ་ཙི (expression of wonder, amazement, or awe) · vi ôi (expression of surprise) · eo hu (expression of surprise) · lv ak (expression of surprise) · da åh (expression of wonder, amazement, or awe) · sv oj jaså (expression of surprise) · fa اه (expression of surprise) · sah оо (expression of surprise) · hi अरे (expression of surprise) · ja お (expression of surprise) · mhr а (expression of surprise) · is ó (expression of surprise) · no oi (expression of surprise) · bg о (vocative) · sv å (expression of surprise)