ó

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

See also Appendix:Variations of "o"

Translingual

Letter

ó lower case (upper case Ó)

1. The letter o with an acute accent.

See also

• (Latin script):  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
• (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  Ṑṑ  Ỏỏ  Ȍȍ  Ȏȏ  Ơơ  Ớớ  Ờờ  Ỡỡ  Ởở  Ợợ  Ọọ  Ộộ  Ɵɵ  ⱺ  ᴏ  Ｏｏ  Ꜵꜵ  Œœ  Ꝏꝏ  Ꝍꝍ  Ȣȣ
• (Letters using acute accent or double acute accent):  Áá  Ắắ  Ấấ  Ǻǻ  Ćć  Ḉḉ  Éé  Ếế  Ǵǵ  Íí  Ḯḯ  Ḱḱ  Ĺĺ  Ḿḿ  Ńń  Óó  Őő  Ớớ  Ṍṍ  Ǿǿ  Ṕṕ  Ŕŕ  Śś  Úú  Űű  Ứứ  Ẃẃ  Ýý  Źź  Ǽǽ

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Czech

Letter

ó (lower case, upper case Ó)

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

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Galician

Alternative forms

• ao

Etymology

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

Contraction

ó m sg

1. Alternative spelling of ao.

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈoː/

Adjective

ó (comparative óbb, superlative legóbb)

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

Synonyms

• antik
• ódon
• régi
• ősi

Antonyms

• mai
• új

Derived terms

• ócska

Compound words

• óarany
• ógörög
• ókor
• Ószövetség
• Ótestamentum
• óvilág

Interjection

ó

1. oh!

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

See also

• á
• e
• ja
• jé

Verb

ó

1. (archaic) to protect, to guard

Derived terms

• óhatatlan
• óva int

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Icelandic

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.

See also

• ó-
• -ó
• um og ó

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Irish

Alternative forms

• ua (archaic)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /oː/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish ua (“grandson, descendant”)

Noun

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

1. (archaic) grandson

Declension

Declension of ó

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative ó óí Vocative a ó a óí Genitive ó óí Dative ó óí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-ó na hóí Genitive an ó na n-óí Dative leis an ó don ó leis na hóí

Forms in surnames and sept names

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ó	uí
Genitive	uí	ó
Dative	ó	uíbh

Usage notes

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

Alternative forms

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

Synonyms

• garmhac

Related terms

• ua

Etymology 2

From Old Irish ó, úa

Preposition

ó (triggers lenition)

1. of, from (indicating origin)

   ó ghleann go gleann — from glen to glen

Inflection

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

Derived terms

• bí ó (“need”)
• ón (“from the”)
• óna (“from his/her/their”)
• ónár (“from our”)

Etymology 3

Conjunction

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

Derived terms

• ós (“since it is”)

Mutation

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.

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Mandarin

Romanization

ó (form of o2 with diacritic)

1. See 哢

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Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish au, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ows-; cognate with English ear and Latin auris.

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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Old Irish

Conjunction

ó

1. since

Preposition

ó

1. Alternative form of úa.

   ó thurcbáil co fuinud — from sunrise to sunset

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɔ/

Etymology 1

Letter

ó lower case (upper case Ó)

1. The letter o with an acute accent
   • 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.

Etymology 2

Noun

ó m (plural ós)

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

Synonyms

• ô

Etymology 3

Interjection

ó

1. o (vocative particle)

   Ó Senhor, dai-me forças!

   O Lord, give me strength.

Etymology 4

First syllable of olha or olhe.

Interjection

ó

1. (nonstandard) look!

See also

• tó

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Spanish

Conjunction

ó

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

Usage notes

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

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Taos

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈʔɑ/

Verb

ó (basic stem form)

1. wash

Related terms

• kò’óne

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Tetum

Pronoun

ó

1. you