omega

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See also Omega, oméga, and ómega

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Middle English, from Greek o "o" + mega "large" (omega is a long vowel in Ancient Greek).

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈəʊmɛgə/

[edit] Noun

Singular
omega

Plural
omegas

omega (plural omegas)

  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.

[edit] Translations


[edit] Catalan

[edit] Noun

omega f. (plural omegues)

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

[edit] Italian

[edit] Noun

omega m. and f. inv.

  1. omega (letter; scientific symbol)

[edit] Spanish

[edit] Noun

omega f. (plural omegas)

Singular
omega f.

Plural
omegas f.

  1. omega; the Greek letter Ω, ω