œ

See also: Œ, oe, Appendix:Variations of "o", and Appendix:Variations of "e"

œ U+0153, œ LATIN SMALL LIGATURE OE ← Œ [U+0152] Latin Extended-A Ŕ → [U+0154]

ꟹ U+A7F9, ꟹ MODIFIER LETTER SMALL LIGATURE OE ← ꟸ [U+A7F8] Latin Extended-D ꟺ → [U+A7FA]

Translingual

Pronunciation

• IPA

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Symbol

œ

1. (IPA) an open-mid front rounded vowel.

   (superscript ⟨ꟹ⟩) [œ]-coloring or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic [œ].

2. (VoQS, superscript ⟨ꟹ⟩) open-rounded labialization, less rounded than IPA ⟨ʷ⟩.

See also

• 9 (X-SAMPA equivalent)

English

Symbol

œ (upper case Œ)

1. (chiefly archaic) A ligature of vowels o and e.

Usage notes

• It is normally used for words of either Ancient Greek or Latin origin. However, it has become rare and often absent in modern times, since it has been reduced to e in American English or separated as oe in Commonwealth English.

See also

• æ
• œthel
• oe
• o
• e

Anagrams

• E O, E&O, EO, Eo, eo-

French

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /ø dɑ̃ l‿o/, /ə dɑ̃ l‿o/

Symbol

œ (lower case, upper case Œ)

1. Ligature in French spelling, a combination of o and e

   Synonym: e dans l'o

German

Symbol

œ (lower case, upper case Œ)

1. (obsolete) Vowel borrowed from Latin. Succeeded by ö.