ơ (upper caseƠ)
- The twenty-ninthletter of the Jaraialphabet, written in theLatin script.
(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)
ơ (lower case,upper caseƠ)
- The 19th letter of theVietnamese alphabet, preceded byÔ and followed byP, and representing /ɤ/.
- level tone:ơ
- high rising:ớ
- low:ờ
- dipping-rising:ở
- high rising glottalized:ỡ
- low glottalized:ợ
ơ
- The name of theLatin-script letterƠ/ơ.
- "O" tròn như quả trứng gà
"Ô" thời/thì đội mũ, "ơ" thời/thì mang râu- "O" is round like an egg
"Ô" wears a hat, and "ơ" has a beard
Borrowed fromFrenche.
ơ
- (dated)The name of theLatin-script letterE/e.
- Synonym:e
(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)
ơ
- uh,um(space filler in a conversation, expression of hesitation or pause in speech)
- what the?
- Ơ, sao lại thế? ―Why is it that way?
- Ơ… thằng này láo nhỉ! ―What the… this boy is so insolent!