omicron

See also: ómicron, òmicron, and ômicron

English

Ancient Greek Alphabet

← xi		→ pi
Ο ο Ancient Greek: ὂ μικρόν
Wikipedia article on omicron

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑm.ɪ.ˌkɹɑn/, /ˈɔmɪˌkɹɑn/, /ˈoʊ.mɪ.ˌkɹɑn/, /ˈɑm.ɪ.kɹən/, /ˈɔmɪkɹən/, /ˈoʊ.mɪ.kɹən/

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Noun

omicron (plural omicrons or omicra)

1. The 15th letter of Classical and Modern Greek, and the 16th in Ancient and Old Greek.

Translations

Greek letter

• Arabic: أُومِيكْرُون m (ʾumikrūn)
• Catalan: òmicron (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 奧密克戎／奥密克戎 (zh) (àomìkèróng), 奥密克戎 (zh) (àomìkèróng)

• Czech: omikron
• Dutch: omikron m
• Esperanto: omikrono (eo)
• Finnish: omikron (fi)
• French: omicron (fr) m
• German: Omikron (de) n
• Greek: όμικρον (el) n (ómikron)

  Ancient: ὂ μικρόν n (ò mikrón)

• Hungarian: omikron
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• Interlingua: omicron
• Italian: omicron (it) f
• Japanese: オミクロン (omikuron)
• Korean: 오미크론 (ko) (omikeuron)
• Malay: omikron
• Maori: omikorōna
• Portuguese: ômicron (pt) m
• Russian: омикро́н (ru) m (omikrón)
• Spanish: ómicron (es) f
• Thai: โอไมครอน (oo-mai-krɔ̂n)
• Turkish: omikron

Anagrams

• moronic, oncomir

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.mi.kʁɔ̃/, /ɔ.mi.kʁɔn/

Noun

omicron m (plural omicron or omicrons)

1. omicron (Greek letter)

Usage notes

The plural form omicrons is a product of the 1990 spelling reforms.

Further reading

• “omicron”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Noun

omicron m (uncountable)

1. omicron (Greek letter)

Anagrams

• cromino