ó

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Character  ó 
Unicode name LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH ACUTE
Latin-1 Supplement U+00F3

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[edit] Translingual

[edit] Letter

ó lower case (upper case Ó)

  1. The letter o with an acute accent.

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[edit] Czech

[edit] Letter

ó (lower case, upper case Ó)

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

[edit] Galician

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[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Contraction

ó m. sg.

  1. Alternative spelling of ao.

[edit] Hungarian

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[edit] Adjective

ó (comparative óbb, superlative legóbb)

  1. old (especially used in compound words, such as ókor 'antiquity')

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Compound words

[edit] Interjection

ó

  1. oh!
    Ó, értem már!- Oh, I understand now!

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[edit] Verb

ó

  1. (archaic) to protect, to guard

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[edit] Icelandic

[edit] Interjection

ó!

  1. oh!, ah!
    Ó vá, djöfulli er hann heimskur.
    Oh wow, fuck he's stupid.
    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.
    Ó, guð vors lands.
    Oh, our country's God.

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[edit] Irish

[edit] Alternative forms

  • ua (archaic)

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[edit] Etymology 1

From Old Irish ua (grandson, descendant)

[edit] Noun

ó m.

  1. (archaic) grandson
[edit] Declension
Fifth Declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ó óí
Vocative a a hóí
Genitive óí
Dative ó óí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-ó na hóí
Genitive an na n-óí
Dative leis an n-ó

don ó

leis na hóí
[edit] Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h prefix with t- prefix
ó n-ó t-ó
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
[edit] Usage notes

Used in surnames to mark "descendant of": Ó Rothláin Rowland

[edit] Alternative forms

  • Form is used instead of ó in female surnames acquired by descent: Ní Rothláin
  • Form is used instead of ó in female surnames acquired by marriage: Uí Rothláin

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[edit] Etymology 2

From Old Irish ó, úa

[edit] Preposition

ó

  1. (origin) of, from
Person Normal Emphatic
1st person sing. uaim uaimse
2d person sing. uait uaitse
3d sing. masc. uaidh uaidhse
3d sing. fem. uaithi uaithise
1st person pl. uainn uainne
2d person pl. uaibh uaibhse
3d person pl. uathu uathusan
[edit] Usage notes

Used in conjunction with the verb to indicate need:

Used with preposition go to indicate beginning and end point:

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Romanization

ó (form of o2 with diacritic)

  1. : syllable

[edit] Old Irish

[edit] Conjunction

ó

  1. since

[edit] Noun

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

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ó

  1. Alternative form of úa.

[edit] Portuguese

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ó lower case (upper case Ó)

  1. The letter o with an acute accent, used when stressed and present in the antepenultimate syllable of an adjective.
    • 2003, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix), Rocco, 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.

[edit] Spanish

[edit] Conjunction

ó

  1. or (once used instead of o near numerals to avoid confusion with a zero: 2 ó 3)

[edit] Usage notes

Using ó near numerals to avoid confusion with 0 is deprecated as of 2010. Now only use o: 2 o 3.


[edit] Taos

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈʔɑ/

[edit] Verb

ó (basic stem form)

  1. wash

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[edit] Tetum

[edit] Pronoun

ó

  1. you
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