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Ó U+00D3, Ó LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH ACUTE Composition: O [U+004F] + ◌́ [U+0301] ← Ò [U+00D2] Latin-1 Supplement Ô → [U+00D4]

Translingual

Letter

Ó (lower case ó)

1. The letter O with an acute accent above it.

See also

• (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Sſs  Tt  Uu  Vv  Ww  Xx  Yy  Zz
• (Variations of letter O):  Óó  Òò  Ŏŏ  Ôô  Ốố  Ồồ  Ỗỗ  Ổổ  Ǒǒ  Öö  Ȫȫ  Őő  Õõ  Ṍṍ  Ṏṏ  Ȭȭ  Ȯȯ  Ȱȱ  Øø  Ǿǿ  Ǫǫ  Ǭǭ  Ōō  Ṓṓ  Ō̂ō̂  Ṑṑ  Ỏỏ  Ȍȍ  Ȏȏ  Ơơ  Ớớ  Ờờ  Ỡỡ  Ởở  Ợợ  Ọọ  Ộộ  Ɵɵ  ⱺ  ᴏ  Ｏｏ  Ꜵꜵ  Œœ  Ꝏꝏ  Ꝍꝍ  Ȣȣ
• (Letters using acute accent or double acute accent):  Áá  Ắắ  Ấấ  Ǻǻ  Ćć  Ḉḉ  Éé  Ếế  Ǵǵ  Íí  Ḯḯ  Ḱḱ  Ĺĺ  Ḿḿ  Ńń  Óó  Őő  Ớớ  Ṍṍ  Ǿǿ  Ṕṕ  Ŕŕ  Śś  Úú  Űű  Ứứ  Ẃẃ  Ýý  Źź  Ǽǽ

Central Franconian

Etymology

• See O.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o/

Letter

Ó

1. A letter in the Dutch-based alphabet of Central Franconian.

Usage notes

• In the German-based alphabet, this vowel is represented by O (see there). The spelling is thus defective and does not reflect the difference between /ɔ/ and /o/.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): [ˈoː]
• (letter name): IPA^(key): [ˈoː]

Letter

Ó (upper case, lower case ó)

1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called ó and written in the Latin script.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Ó	Ó-k
accusative	Ó-t	Ó-kat
dative	Ó-nak	Ó-knak
instrumental	Ó-val	Ó-kkal
causal-final	Ó-ért	Ó-kért
translative	Ó-vá	Ó-kká
terminative	Ó-ig	Ó-kig
essive-formal	Ó-ként	Ó-kként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Ó-ban	Ó-kban
superessive	Ó-n	Ó-kon
adessive	Ó-nál	Ó-knál
illative	Ó-ba	Ó-kba
sublative	Ó-ra	Ó-kra
allative	Ó-hoz	Ó-khoz
elative	Ó-ból	Ó-kból
delative	Ó-ról	Ó-król
ablative	Ó-tól	Ó-któl
non-attributive possessive - singular	Ó-é	Ó-ké
non-attributive possessive - plural	Ó-éi	Ó-kéi

Possessive forms of Ó
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Ó-m	Ó-im
2nd person sing.	Ó-d	Ó-id
3rd person sing.	Ó-ja	Ó-i
1st person plural	Ó-nk	Ó-ink
2nd person plural	Ó-tok	Ó-itok
3rd person plural	Ó-juk	Ó-ik

See also

• (Latin-script letters) betű; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Cs cs, D d, Dz dz, Dzs dzs, E e, É é, F f, G g, Gy gy, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ly ly, M m, N n, Ny ny, O o, Ó ó, Ö ö, Ő ő, P p, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, Z z, Zs zs. Only in the extended alphabet: Q q W w X x Y y. Commonly used: ch. Also defined: à ë. In surnames (selection): ä aa cz ds eé eö ew oe oó th ts ÿ.

Irish

Etymology 1

See ó.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /oː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɔː/, (unstressed) /a/

Noun

Ó m (genitive singular Uí, nominative plural Uí)

1. Alternative letter-case form of ó (“grandson, grandchild”) used in surnames.

Usage notes

• Forms with the definite article are not found.
• The form Ó triggers h-prothesis of a following vowel.
• The form Uí triggers lenition of a following consonant.
• The form Uíbh triggers no mutation of a following sound.

Declension

Declension of Ó

Irregular

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative Ó Uí Vocative Uí Uí Genitive Uí Uí Dative Ó Uí (obsolete except in sept names) Uíbh

Coordinate terms

• Ní

Descendants

• English: O'

Etymology 2

Letter

Ó (lower case ó)

1. The capital form of the letter ó.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) litir; A a (Á á), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó), P p, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú), V v
• (diacritics) ◌́ ◌̇
• (dotted letters used chiefly in Gaelic type) Ḃ ḃ, Ċ ċ, Ḋ ḋ, Ḟ ḟ, Ġ ġ, Ṁ ṁ, Ṗ ṗ, Ṡ ẛ ṡ, Ṫ ṫ

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Ó	nÓ	hÓ	tÓ
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “Ó”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “O'”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2023

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɨ/, /ɛ/, (dated) /ʊ/

Letter

Ó (lower case ó)

1. The letter ⟨O⟩ with an acute accent, not considered a separate letter for collation purposes.

Usage notes

As the letter ⟨ó⟩ is never the first letter of a word, the upper case form appears only when a word is written in ALL CAPS.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) pismik; A a, B b, C c, Č č, Ć ć, D d, E e, Ě ě, F f, G g, H h, Ch ch, I i, J j, K k, Ł ł, L l, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o (Ó ó), P p, R r, Ŕ ŕ, S s, Š š, Ś ś, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Z z, Ž ž, Ź ź
• (obsolete letters) B́ b́, Ė ė, Ḿ ḿ, Ṅ ṅ, Ṕ ṕ, Ṙ ṙ, ſ, ß, Ꞩ ẜ, Ẃ ẃ, Ẇ ẇ, Ż ż

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u/

Letter

Ó (upper case, lower case ó)

1. The twenty-first letter of the Polish alphabet, called ó, o z kreską, u kreskowane, or u zamknięte and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, Ę ę, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ó ó, P p (Q q), R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u (V v), W w (X x), Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż

Further reading

• Ó in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Ó in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ/

• The syllable with this letter is always stressed.

Letter

Ó (upper case, lower case ó)

1. the letter O with an acute accent