Ó
Encyclopedia
is a letter in the Faroese
, Hungarian
, Icelandic
, Kashubian
, Polish
, Czech
, Slovak
, and Sorbian languages
. This letter also appears in the Catalan
, Irish
, Occitan, Portuguese
, Spanish
, Italian
and Vietnamese
languages as a variant of letter “o”. It is also used in English for other purposes. This also appears in Pumpokol
.
and represents /œ/ or /ɔuː//.
, the 24th letter of the Czech alphabet
and the 28th letter of the Slovak alphabet
. It represents /oː/.
and represents /o/. It also represents /u/ in southern dialects.
and represents /ɛ/ or /ɨ/ in Lower Sorbian
.
.
where it has various meanings:
, but has now been largely superseded by "ò". It can still be seen in certain writings, but it is no longer used in standard orthography.
Faroese language
Faroese , is an Insular Nordic language spoken by 48,000 people in the Faroe Islands and about 25,000 Faroese people in Denmark and elsewhere...
, Hungarian
Hungarian language
Hungarian is a Uralic language, part of the Ugric group. With some 14 million speakers, it is one of the most widely spoken non-Indo-European languages in Europe....
, Icelandic
Icelandic language
Icelandic is a North Germanic language, the main language of Iceland. Its closest relative is Faroese.Icelandic is an Indo-European language belonging to the North Germanic or Nordic branch of the Germanic languages. Historically, it was the westernmost of the Indo-European languages prior to the...
, Kashubian
Kashubian language
Kashubian or Cassubian is one of the Lechitic languages, a subgroup of the Slavic languages....
, Polish
Polish language
Polish is a language of the Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages, used throughout Poland and by Polish minorities in other countries...
, Czech
Czech language
Czech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers; it is the majority language in the Czech Republic and spoken by Czechs worldwide. The language was known as Bohemian in English until the late 19th century...
, Slovak
Slovak language
Slovak , is an Indo-European language that belongs to the West Slavic languages .Slovak is the official language of Slovakia, where it is spoken by 5 million people...
, and Sorbian languages
Sorbian languages
The Sorbian languages are classified under the Slavic branch of the Indo-European languages. They are the native languages of the Sorbs, a Slavic minority in the Lusatia region of eastern Germany. Historically the language has also been known as Wendish or Lusatian. Their collective ISO 639-2 code...
. This letter also appears in the Catalan
Catalan language
Catalan is a Romance language, the national and only official language of Andorra and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and Valencian Community, where it is known as Valencian , as well as in the city of Alghero, on the Italian island...
, Irish
Irish language
Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of...
, Occitan, Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
, Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
, Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
and Vietnamese
Vietnamese language
Vietnamese is the national and official language of Vietnam. It is the mother tongue of 86% of Vietnam's population, and of about three million overseas Vietnamese. It is also spoken as a second language by many ethnic minorities of Vietnam...
languages as a variant of letter “o”. It is also used in English for other purposes. This also appears in Pumpokol
Pumpokol language
Pumpokol is one of the Yeniseian languages. It has been extinct since the 18th century....
.
Faroese
Ó is the 18th letter of the Faroese alphabetFaroese alphabet
The Faroese alphabet consists of 29 letters derived from the Latin alphabet:- See also :* Alphabets derived from the Latin* Icelandic alphabet* Faroese language* Faroese orthography* Danish and Norwegian alphabet...
and represents /œ/ or /ɔuː//.
Hungarian, Czech and Slovak
Ó is the 25th letter of the Hungarian alphabetHungarian alphabet
The Hungarian alphabet is an extension of the Latin alphabet used for writing the Hungarian language.One sometimes speaks of the smaller and greater Hungarian alphabets, depending on whether or not the letters Q, W, X, Y are listed, which can only be found in foreign words and traditional...
, the 24th letter of the Czech alphabet
Czech alphabet
The Czech alphabet is a version of the Latin script, used when writing Czech. Its basic principles are "one sound, one letter" and the addition of diacritical marks above letters to represent sounds alien to Latin...
and the 28th letter of the Slovak alphabet
Slovak alphabet
The Slovak alphabet uses a modification of the Latin alphabet. The modifications include the four diacriticals placed above certain letters. Therefore the Slovak alphabet has 46 graphemes.- Vowels :- Consonants :Notes...
. It represents /oː/.
Kashubian
Ó is the 23rd letter of the Kashubian alphabetKashubian alphabet
The Kashubian alphabet is the script of the Kashubian language, based on the Latin alphabet. The Kashubian alphabet consists of 34 letters:...
and represents /o/. It also represents /u/ in southern dialects.
Sorbian
Ó represents /uʊ/ in Upper SorbianUpper Sorbian
Upper Sorbian is a minority language spoken by Sorbs in Germany in the historical province of Upper Lusatia , which is today part of Saxony...
and represents /ɛ/ or /ɨ/ in Lower Sorbian
Lower Sorbian
Lower Sorbian is a Slavic minority language spoken in eastern Germany in the historical province of Lower Lusatia, today part of Brandenburg. It is one of the two literary Sorbian languages, the other being Upper Sorbian....
.
Spanish
Ó is used in the Spanish language to denote an 'o' syllable with abnormal stressStress (linguistics)
In linguistics, stress is the relative emphasis that may be given to certain syllables in a word, or to certain words in a phrase or sentence. The term is also used for similar patterns of phonetic prominence inside syllables. The word accent is sometimes also used with this sense.The stress placed...
.
Portuguese
In Portuguese, the "ó" isn't considered a letter, but the letter "o" with an accent. It's used to denote an "o" syllable with abnormal stress. It also changes the sound of the letter "o" from /o/ to [ɒ, ɔ].Irish
Ó is widely used in IrishIrish language
Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of...
where it has various meanings:
- the preposition ó "from"
- the patronymic term Ó "grandson, (usually male) descendant", first or second cousin" (variants: uí, í uaí). When Irish names were anglicized, the Ó commonly was either dropped or written as O.
- the interjectionInterjectionIn grammar, an interjection or exclamation is a word used to express an emotion or sentiment on the part of the speaker . Filled pauses such as uh, er, um are also considered interjections...
ó "oh"
Scottish Gaelic
Ó was once widely used in ScottishScottish Gaelic language
Scottish Gaelic is a Celtic language native to Scotland. A member of the Goidelic branch of the Celtic languages, Scottish Gaelic, like Modern Irish and Manx, developed out of Middle Irish, and thus descends ultimately from Primitive Irish....
, but has now been largely superseded by "ò". It can still be seen in certain writings, but it is no longer used in standard orthography.
Character mappings
| Charset | Unicode Unicode Unicode is a computing industry standard for the consistent encoding, representation and handling of text expressed in most of the world's writing systems... | U+00D3 | D3 |
|---|---|---|
| Minuscule | U+00F3 | F3 |