O

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LetterO.svg
Unicode name LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O
Codepoint U+004F
 N ← Basic Latin → P 
See also o, ö, ő, and Appendix:Variations of "o"

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[edit] Translingual

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[edit] Letter

O upper case (lower case o)

  1. The fifteenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

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[edit] Symbol

O

  1. (chemistry) Symbol for oxygen.
  2. (mathematics) The upper bound function also known as big O.

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Other representations of O:

  • Letter styles

  • Capital and lowercase versions of O, in normal and italic type

  • Uppercase and lowercase O in Fraktur

[edit] English

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O uppercase (lowercase o)

  1. The fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.

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O

  1. (cricket) The number of overs bowled

[edit] Noun

O (uncountable)

  1. A blood type that lacks A or B antigens and may only receive transfusions of similar type O blood, but may donate to all (neglecting Rh factor). Synonym: universal donor.
  2. (printing) American Library Association Abbreviation of octavo, a book size (20-25 cm).
  3. (soccer) Someone associated with Leyton Orient Football Club, as a player, coach, supporter etc.
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[edit] Number

O upper case (lower case o)

  1. The ordinal number fifteenth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.

[edit] Etymology 2

Anglo-Norman O (~1200) in mss. of Sts. Juliana and Katherine, and other religiose writs; and English O, o (~1525) in The New Testament Translation by William Tyndale for Ancient Greek ὦ, Latin o (vocative, intensive: Old English èalà, æàlà, ǽlà, hèlà; also Middle English O (Actus 13:10; Romayns 9:20; Galaþies 3:1), ò (Romayns 2:1,3), Irish a (ga) (Maþeu 15:28;17:17; Luk 9:41;24:25; Actus 13:10) or A (Actus 27:21; Romayns 11:33)—sometimes mistranscribed as O in online bibles—, þou (1Tymoþe 6:20), ȝe (Actus 18:14), or ∅ (Actus 1:1; Ebrews 10:7) in Newe Testament by Iohn Wiclif (1382). intensive, interrogative: Old English là; English lo, oh (1534))

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O

  1. (grammar) The English vocative particle (always in upper case), used for direct address in translations from languages which have the vocative case.
    Therefore arte thou inexcusable o man whosoever thou be that iudgest. For in that same where in thou iudgest another, thou cõdemnest thysilfe. For thou that iudgest doest evẽ the same silfe thynges. ... Thynkest thou O man that iudgest them which do soche thyngs and yet dost evẽ the very same, that thou shalt escape the iudgemẽt of God? (Romans 2:1,3; Tyndale 1530s)
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a vocative particle
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[edit] Interjection

O

  1. Expression of earnestness or reverence, used before the name of a deity or revered person in impassioned speech.
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[edit] American Sign Language

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O (Stokoe O)

  1. The letter O

[edit] Azeri

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O upper case (lower case o)

  1. The twenty-first letter of the Azeri alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA: /oː/

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O (capital, lowercase o)

  1. The fifteenth letter of the Dutch alphabet.

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  • Previous letter: N
  • Next letter: P

[edit] Esperanto

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O upper case (lower case o)

  1. The nineteenth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.

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[edit] French

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O

  1. Abbreviation of ouest; west

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O

  1. The fifteenth letter of the French alphabet.

[edit] Galician

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O

  1. oeste, occidente (west)

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  • (west): W

[edit] German

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O (upper case, lower case o)

  1. The fifteenth letter of the German alphabet.

[edit] Italian

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  • (name of letter) IPA: /ɔ/, SAMPA: /O/
  • Homophone: ho
  • (phoneme) IPA: /o/, /ɔ/, SAMPA: /o/, /O/
  • Homophones: o, ho

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O m. and f. inv. (lower case o)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Italian alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.

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[edit] Romanian

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O (capital, lowercase o)

  1. The eighteenth letter of the Romanian alphabet representing the phoneme /o/. Preceded by N and followed by P.

[edit] Usage notes

When followed by the letter a, a dipthong representing the phoneme /o̯a/ is formed, as in foarte /'fo̯ar.te/

[edit] Slovene

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O (capital, lowercase o)

  1. The 16th letter of the Slovene alphabet. Preceded by N and followed by P.

[edit] Somali

[edit] Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA: /ɔ/, /ɞ/
  • (letter name): IPA: /ʔɔ/

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O upper case (lower case o)

  1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Somali alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.

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  1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by I and followed by U.

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[edit] Spanish

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O (upper case, lower case o)

  1. The 16th letter of the Spanish alphabet.

[edit] Turkish

[edit] Letter

O upper case (lower case o)

  1. The eighteenth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.

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