omega

See also Omega, oméga, and ómega

English

Ancient Greek Alphabet

← psi		—
Ω ω Ancient Greek: ὦ μέγα
Wikipedia article on omega

Etymology

From Middle English, from Ancient Greek ὦ μέγα (mega, “large”) (omega is a long vowel in Ancient Greek).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈəʊmɛɡə/

Noun

omega (plural omegas or omegala)

1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Classical and the Modern Greek alphabet, and the twenty-eighth letter of the Old and the Ancient Greek alphabet, i.e. the last letter of every Greek alphabet. Uppercase version: Ω; lowercase: ω.
2. The end; the final, last or ultimate in a series.

   I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. — Revelation 22:13, New International Version.

Derived terms

• antiomega

Translations

letter of the Greek alphabet

Arabic: أوميغا (ar) ('umiighaa, 'omega) f., أوميجا (ar) ('umiigaa, 'omega) f. Bulgarian: омега (bg) (oméga) f. Catalan: omega (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 歐米伽 (zh), 欧米伽 (zh) (ōumǐgā), 奧米伽 (zh), 奥米伽 (zh) (àomǐgā), 歐米茄 (zh), 欧米茄 (zh) (ōumǐjiā), 俄梅戛 (zh) (éméijiá), 俄梅格 (zh) (éméigé), 亞米茄 (zh), 亚米茄 (zh) (yàmǐjiā) Dutch: omega (nl) f. French: oméga (fr) m. German: Omega (de) n.

Greek: ωμέγα (el) (oméga) n. Interlingua: omega (ia) Italian: omega (it) Japanese: オメガ (ja) (omega) Korean: 오메가 (ko) (omega) Polish: omega (pl) f. Portuguese: ómega (pt) m. Russian: омега (ru) (oméga) f. Spanish: omega (es) f. Turkish: omega (tr)

the end; death

German: O (de) n.

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Catalan

Noun

omega f. (plural omegues)

1. Omega; the Greek letter Ω (lowercase ω).

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Czech

Alternative forms

• ómega

Noun

omega n.

1. phi (Greek letter)

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Italian

Noun

omega m. and f. inv.

1. omega (letter; scientific symbol)

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Spanish

Noun

omega f. (plural omegas)

1. omega; the Greek letter Ω, ω