ou

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.2 Noun 1.1.2.1 See also 1.1.2.2 Translations 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Pronunciation 1.2.2 Noun 2 Afrikaans 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 3 Campidanese Sardinian 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun 4 Catalan 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Noun 5 French 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Etymology 5.3 Conjunction 5.3.1 See also 5.4 References 6 Galician 6.1 Etymology 6.2 Conjunction 7 Haitian Creole 7.1 Pronoun 8 Mandarin 8.1 Verb 8.1.1 Synonyms 8.2 Noun 8.2.1 Synonyms 8.3 Pinyin syllable 8.3.1 Usage notes 9 Romanian 9.1 Etymology 9.2 Pronunciation 9.3 Noun 9.3.1 Declension

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From Hawaiian ʻōʻū

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• IPA: /ˈəʊuː/

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ou (plural ous)

1. A probably extinct species of Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea.

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• Psittirostra psittacea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Psittirostra psittacea
• Psittirostra psittacea on Wikispecies. Wikispecies: Psittirostra psittacea
• Psittirostra psittacea on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons: Psittirostra psittacea

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From Afrikaans ou, probably from Dutch ouwe (“‘old man’”)

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• IPA: /əʊ/

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ou (plural ous)

1. (South African) A fellow, guy, bloke.

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Probably from ouwe, from Dutch oude

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• IPA: /aʊ/

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ou

1. A old fellow, guy, bloke.

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Compare Italian uovo

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ou

1. egg

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From Latin ōvum.

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ou m. (plural ous)

1. egg

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[edit] French

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•  audio^{help, file}
• /u/, /u/

  Homophones: où, houe, houx

  Rhymes: -u

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From Latin aut.^[1]

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ou

1. or
2. either

   Ou il est fou ou il est bête - Either he's mad or he's stupid

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• et
• soit

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• Notes:

1. ^ Picoche, Jacqueline; Jean-Claude Rolland (2009). “ou”, Dictionnaire étymologique du français (in French). Paris: Dictionnaires Le Robert.

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[edit] Galician

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From Latin aut.

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ou

1. or

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[edit] Haitian Creole

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ou

1. you (singular)

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ou (Pinyin ou3, tra&sim 嘔)

1. vomit

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• ou3tu4

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ou (Pinyin ou3, tra&sim 藕)

1. lotus root

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• lian2'ou3

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ou

1. Common misspelling of ōu.
2. Common misspelling of óu.
3. Common misspelling of ǒu.
4. Common misspelling of òu.

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English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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[edit] Romanian

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Latin ovum

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• IPA: [ow]

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ou n. (plural ouă)

1. egg
2. (slang, usually plural, referring to the testicles) ball(s)

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