om

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From Sanskrit .

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  • IPA: /ɒm/, /əʊm/

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Singular
om

Plural
oms

om (plural oms)

  1. (Hinduism, Buddhism) A sacred, mystical syllable used in prayer and meditation.

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  • Chinese:
  • Sanskrit: (IAST oṃ)
  • Tibetan:

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Latin homo

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om (plural oaminj)

  1. man, person

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Latin ulmus

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om m. (plural oms)

  1. elm

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om

  1. on

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om

  1. about

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om

  1. at
  2. around, about
  3. in order to

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om

  1. in (after a period of time)


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Latin homo

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om m. (oblique plural oms, nominative singular oms, nominative plural om)

  1. Alternative spelling of hom.

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Latin homo.
Compare Catalan home, Esperanto homo, French homme, Interlingua homine, Italian uomo, Portuguese homem, Sardinian ómine, Spanish hombre.

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om m. (plural oameni)

  1. man, e.g. male
  2. (regardless of gender) human being
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Auxiliary verb form

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(noi) om (modal auxiliary; first-person plural form of vrea, used with infinitives to form presumptive tenses)

  1. (we) might
    om merge mâine undeva
    we might go somewhere tomorrow

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om

  1. if

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om

  1. about
    en bok om tåg = a book about trains
  2. in (when talking about time)
    om tio minuter = in ten minutes
  3. around
    Han har ett rep om sin hals = He's got a rope around his neck
    De flyttade om möblerna = They moved the furniture around
    Kocken rörde om i grytan = The chef stirred (moved around) the pan
  4. during, in (with words for seasons or times of the day)
    om våren = during the spring, in the springtime
    om kvällarna = in the evenings
  5. of
    till vänster om kylskåpet = to the left of the refrigerator

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om

  1. specifies that the verb is done again, corresponds to English "re-" or "again".
    Hon målade om huset. = She repainted the house.
    Sara blev tvungen att göra om läxorna. = Sara had to redo her homework.