œ

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

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

Translingual

Letter

œ (upper case Œ)

1. Ligature of Latin letters o and e.

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
• (Letter combinations):  Ꜳꜳ  Ææ  ᴁᴭ  Ǽǽ  Ǣǣ  Ꜵꜵ  Åå  Ꜷꜷ  Ꜹꜹ  Ꜻꜻ  Ꜽꜽ  ct  ȸ  DZDzdz  DŽDždž  ᴂᵆ  ᴔ  &  ff  fi  ffi  fl  ffl  ℔  IJij  LJLjlj  Ỻỻ  Ŋŋ  NJNjnj  Œœ  ɶ  Ꝏꝏ  Ȣȣᴕ  ȹ  ẞß  ſtst  ᵫ  Ůů  Ww  Ꝡꝡ

Pronunciation

• IPA

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Symbol

œ

1. (IPA) open-mid front rounded vowel

See also

• 9 (X-SAMPA equivalent)

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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, EO, Eo

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French

Symbol

œ (lower case, upper case Œ)

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

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German

Symbol

œ (lower case, upper case Œ)

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