O
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Translingual
See also
Symbol
O
- (chemistry) Symbol for oxygen.
- (mathematics) big O: a class of functions asymptotically bounded from above by a specific function, up to a constant factor
- (linear algebra, group theory) orthogonal group
Gallery
- Letter styles
- Normal and italic O
- Uppercase and lowercase O in Fraktur
See also
Other representations of O:
English
Alternative forms
- o (for the vocative particle)
Letter
Noun
O (uncountable)
- A blood type that lacks A or B antigens and may only receive transfusions of similar type O blood, but may donate to all (neglecting Rh factor). Synonym: universal donor.
See also
Number
O (upper case, lower case o)
Etymology 2
English O, o is attested in William Tyndale's 1525 New Testament Translation, as a translation of Ancient Greek ὦ (ô, interjection), Latin o.
Particle
O
- The English vocative particle, used for direct address.
- 1525, Tyndale's translation of Romans 2.1,3:
- Therefore arte thou inexcusable o man whosoever thou be that iudgest. For in that same where in thou iudgest another, thou cõdemnest thysilfe. For thou that iudgest doest evẽ the same silfe thynges. […] Thynkest thou O man that iudgest them which do soche thyngs and yet dost evẽ the very same, that thou shalt escape the iudgemẽt of God?
- (Can we date this quote?), Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- O! the affecting beauty of the death of Cawdor, and the presentimental speech of the king: […]
- For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:O.
- 1525, Tyndale's translation of Romans 2.1,3:
Usage notes
- The word O is always written in upper case in modern usage.
- O is often used in translations from languages which have the vocative case.
- Although it is not strictly archaic, the particle is sometimes used archaizingly. It conveys a formal or reverential tone.
Derived terms
Translations
a vocative particle
See also
- Anglo-Saxon: ēalā, ǣlā, hēlā.
- la (a particle for introducing a statement or expressing surprise), lo
- oh.
Etymology 3
Abbreviation.
Abbreviation
O
- (cricket) The number of overs bowled.
- (slang) Orgasm. (Often used in the phrase the big O.)
- 1998 October 17, M6968, “STORY: The Violation of Sunny a wrestling story, by Wonder Mike”, in alt.sex.stories, Usenet, retrieved November 22, 2014:
- Sunny felt some cold and wet press against her pussy, it startled her, then it's tongue went deep inside of her, she had been eaten out before, but never this could, who ever was doing it was a real pro, and had to have the longest tongue in the world it was buried at least three inches inside of her and was taking long, hard strokes, it was trying to get even deeper, it was only seconds before she started shaking from her first O.
- 1999 March 31, JT aka GF, “Re: mary p., hex and going "downtown"”, in alt.psst.hoy, Usenet, retrieved November 22, 2014:
- Further on, when she's about to reach her first O, the taste turns from no taste to champagne-like.
- 2010, Lonnie Hicks, Einstein, Religion, Politics and Literature, page 308:
- She thought you could get pregnant from tonguing when kissing; about her first O and how it scared her; how she looked in the mirror afterwards to see if she had changed; about how scared she was when it came time to deliver the baby.
- 2011 June 14, wtw, “{wtw} - "4someWithFriends" (1/1)”, in alt.sex.stories, Usenet, retrieved November 22, 2014:
- Now my friend was fingering my wife and licking her clit. My wife reached her first O of the night.
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Noun
O (uncountable)
- (printing) American Library Association abbreviation of octavo, a book size (20-25 cm).
- (soccer) Someone associated with Leyton Orient Football Club, as a player, coach, supporter etc.
Afar
Letter
O
- The fifteenth letter in the Afar alphabet.
American Sign Language
Azerbaijani
Letter
O upper case (lower case o)
Dutch
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /oː/
Audio (file)
Esperanto
Letter
O (upper case, lower case o)
Finnish
Letter
O (upper case, lower case o)
French
Pronunciation
- (letter) IPA(key): /o/
Audio (Paris) (file)
Letter
O
- The fifteenth letter of the French alphabet.
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔoː/
Audio (file)
Ido
Latvian
Etymology
Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.
Malay
Portuguese
Letter
O (upper case, lower case o)
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /o/
Letter
O (upper case, lower case o)
- The eighteenth letter of the Romanian alphabet representing the phoneme /o/. Preceded by N and followed by P.
Saanich
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ/
Slovene
Spanish
Turkish
Letter
O (upper case, lower case o)
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɔ˧˧], [ʔo˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɔ˧˧], [ʔow˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɔ˧˧], [ʔow˧˧]
- Phonetic: o, ô
Letter
O (upper case, lower case o)
See also
- (Quốc ngữ letters) chữ; A a (À à, Ả ả, Ã ã, Á á, Ạ ạ), Ă ă (Ằ ằ, Ẳ ẳ, Ẵ ẵ, Ắ ắ, Ặ ặ), Â â (Ầ ầ, Ẩ ẩ, Ẫ ẫ, Ấ ấ, Ậ ậ), B b, C c (Ch ch), D d, Đ đ, E e (È è, Ẻ ẻ, Ẽ ẽ, É é, Ẹ ẹ), Ê ê (Ề ề, Ể ể, Ễ ễ, Ế ế, Ệ ệ), G g (Gh gh, Gi gi), H h, I i (Ì ì, Ỉ ỉ, Ĩ ĩ, Í í, Ị ị), K k (Kh kh), L l, M m, N n (Ng ng, Ngh ngh, Nh nh), O o (Ò ò, Ỏ ỏ, Õ õ, Ó ó, Ọ ọ), Ô ô (Ồ ồ, Ổ ổ, Ỗ ỗ, Ố ố, Ộ ộ), Ơ ơ (Ờ ờ, Ở ở, Ỡ ỡ, Ớ ớ, Ợ ợ), P p (Ph ph), Q q (Qu qu), R r, S s, T t (Th th, Tr tr), U u (Ù ù, Ủ ủ, Ũ ũ, Ú ú, Ụ ụ), Ư ư (Ừ ừ, Ử ử, Ữ ữ, Ứ ứ, Ự ự), V v, X x, Y y (Ỳ ỳ, Ỷ ỷ, Ỹ ỹ, Ý ý, Ỵ ỵ)
Zulu
Letter
O (upper case, lower case o)
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