o

character
/ˈəʊ/UK/ˈoʊ/US/əʊ/UK//US/ʌ/

Etymology

From Middle English O, o, from Old English o, from Latin o and Ancient Greek ὦ (ô, interjection). Featured prominently in William Tyndale's 1525 translation of the New Testament.

  1. derived from o
  2. inherited from o
  3. inherited from O

Definitions

  1. The fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.

  2. Alternative form of ο, the fifteenth letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets,…

    Alternative form of ο, the fifteenth letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets, called omicron and (astronomy) used as an abbreviation of omicron in star names.

    • The system's Bayer designation is o Persei.
  3. The fifteenth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called o and written in the Latin…

    The fifteenth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.

  4. + 23 more definitions
    1. The name of the Latin script letter O/o.

    2. A zero (used in reading out numbers).

      • It is currently two-o-five in the afternoon (2:05 PM).
      • The first permanent English settlement in America was in Jamestown in sixteen-o-seven (1607).
    3. alternative form of O (vocative particle)

      • I lift my soule to thee o Lord mee, o Iehovah, heare In thee, o Lord, I put my trust
    4. Alternative form of oh.

    5. Operator

    6. Object, see SVO

    7. Clipping of over.

    8. Alternative form of of.

    9. Something shaped like the letter O.

    10. A blood type that lacks A or B antigens and may only receive transfusions of similar type…

      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.

    11. The vocative particle, used for direct address.

      • O Death! O Death! Won't you spare me over till another year? - part of the refrain from the American folk song "A Conversation with Death".
      • c. 1810-1820?, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Macbeth O! the affecting beauty of the death of Cawdor, and the presentimental speech of the king: […]
    12. An utterance of the vocative O.

    13. American Library Association abbreviation of octavo, a book size (20-25 cm).

    14. Someone associated with Leyton Orient Football Club, as a player, coach, supporter etc.

    15. The number of overs bowled.

    16. Orgasm.

      • Further on, when she's about to reach her first O, the taste turns from no taste to champagne-like.
      • 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.
    17. Opium.

      • We lay on our stomachs on the living-room floor in a circle around our host, a skinny little man who said he'd been smoking O for 20 years.
    18. Abbreviation of morally offensive, film classification of the National Legion of Decency.

    19. Abbreviation of Orthodox.

    20. A surname from Korean.

    21. A surname from Mandarin Chinese.

    22. Alternative form of E (Ancient Chinese Kingdom)

      • In ancient times Wuchang was the capital city of the Kingdom of O. In Manchu times it was the residence of the Viceroy of the two provinces of Hupeh and Hunan. Since then its fortunes have changed with changing politics.
    23. With sugar and no condensed milk added.

      • Better try their kopi-o tarik. Our version nowadays taste like cough medicine. LOL!

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for o. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA