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See also:Appendix:Variations of "oh"

English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited fromMiddle Englisho.

Interjection

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oh

  1. Expression ofsurprise.
    Oh! I didn't see you there.
  2. Expression ofwonder,amazement, orawe.
    Oh, wow! That's amazing.
  3. Expression ofunderstanding,affirmation,recognition, orrealization.
    Oh, so that's how it works.
  4. A word to precede anoffhand or annoyed remark.
    Oh, leave me alone.
  5. A word to precede an added comment orafterthought.
    Oh, and don't forget your coat.
  6. An invocation or address (similar to thevocative in languages with noundeclension), often with a term of endearment.
    Oh,gosh
    • 1998, Max Martin,...Baby One More Time (song performed by Britney Spears)
      Oh baby, baby, how was I supposed to know / That something wasn't right here?
  7. Exclamation for drama or emphasis (often poetic).
    Oh, when will it end?
    • 1703, Lawrence Smith,The Evidence of Things Not Seen, page143:
      Andoh how stingingly acute, and pungently grievous and tormentive, are the remembrancing Reflections of a separate uncloathed Soul in the other World, upon a review of its mad Choice, foolish Hopes, fruitless Desires[…]
    • 1614, Walter Ralegh [i.e.,Walter Raleigh],The Historie of the World […], London: […] William Stansby forWalter Burre, […],→OCLC,(please specify |book=1 to 5):
      Oh, by what plots, by what forswearings, betrayings, oppressions, imprisonments, tortures, poisonings, and under what reasons of state and politic subtilty, have these forenamed kings[…] pulled the vengeance of God upon themselves[…]
  8. Expression of pain. Seeouch.
    Oh! That hurt.
    • 1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, inMemoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton andRalph Griffiths] […],→OCLC:
      "Oh! . . .oh! . . . I can't bear it . . . It is too much . . . I die . . . I am going . . ." were Polly's expressions of extasy
  9. Space filler or extra syllable, especially in (popular) music.
    • 1968, MacKinlay Kantor,Beauty Beast:
      I'm off with the raggle-taggle gypsy-oh.
  10. (interrogative)Expression of mildscepticism.
    "You should watch where you're going!" "Oh?"
  11. A word to mark a spoken phrase as imaginary.
    What if he says "Oh, I need to see your ID"?
Alternative forms
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Particularly in the context of Internet conversations, "oh" is sometimes written with additional Os or Hs - for example,ohhh. See alsoooh.

Derived terms
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Related terms
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Translations
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expression of surprise
expression of wonder, amazement, or awe
expression of understanding
vocative

Noun

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oh (pluralohs)

  1. An utterance ofoh; a spoken expression of surprise, acknowledgement, etc.
    • 2011, Seabert Parsons,The Lost Codex of Palenque, page240:
      There wereohs and ahs, and the people twisted about as they looked for her. Then they began to applaud.

Verb

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oh (third-person singular simple presentohs,present participleohing,simple past and past participleohed)

  1. (intransitive) To utter the interjectionoh; to express surprise, etc.
    • 1852,Merry's museum and Parley's magazine, volumes23-24, page46:
      A quarter of an hour elapsed, and then, after several rings at the door-bell, a smothered laugh, and a good deal ofohing and ahing, the door was thrown open, and one by one, as they were announced, in came the expected characters.

Etymology 2

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FromMiddle Englisho,oo, fromOld Englishō, fromLatinō.

Noun

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oh (pluralohs)

  2. The name of theLatin-script letterO/o.
    • 2006,Ben Bova,Titan, page33:
      One genuine recycled local glass of aitch-two-oh
    • 2011, Shallon Lester,(Please provide the book title or journal name):
      Exes andOhs: A Downtown Girl's (Mostly Awkward) Tales of Love, Lust, Revenge, and a Little Facebook Stalking
Alternative forms
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  • o(more common)
Derived terms
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Etymology 3

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Fromo(“zero”), extended use of letter O name based on similar shape of the number 0.

Noun

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oh (pluralohs)

  2. The digit0 (especially in representations of speech)
    • 2010, Sal Mangano, “Chapter 1: Numerics”, inMathematica Cookbook‎[1], O'Reilly Media,→ISBN, page 1:
      Jenny I've got your number. I need to make you mine. Jenny don't change your number. Eight six seven five threeoh nine. Eight six seven five threeoh nine. Eight six seven five threeoh nine. Eight six seven five threeoh nine. Tommy Tutone, "867-5309/Jenny"
    • 2015, John Renehan,The Valley: A Novel‎[2], Penguin Publishing Group,→ISBN:
      "Oh-dark-thirty," the first soldier muttered without looking at his watch.
Derived terms
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Translations
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the digit zero in speech

Anagrams

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Aragonese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈo/
  • Syllabification:oh
  • Rhymes:-o

Interjection

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oh

  1. oh(expression ofsurprise, etc.)

Bahnar

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Etymology

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FromProto-Bahnaric*ʔɔh.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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oh

  1. youngersibling

Catalan

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Interjection

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oh

  1. oh(expression ofsurprise, etc.)

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Interjection

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oh

  1. oh

Finnish

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Noun

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oh

  1. (housing)abbreviation ofolohuone(“living room”)

Further reading

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French

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Etymology

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Onomatopoeic; compare Latinō.

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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oh

  1. oh

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Galician

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Pronunciation

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Interjection

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oh

  1. oh(expression ofsurprise, etc.)
    Synonym:ó

References

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German

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Pronunciation

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Interjection

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oh

  1. oh

Hokkien

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For pronunciation and definitions ofoh – see惡 (“evil;wicked;foul;fierce;hostile;ferocious; etc.”).
(This term is thepe̍h-ōe-jī form of惡).

Hungarian

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Interjection

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oh

  1. oh!

Ingrian

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Pronunciation

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Interjection

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oh

  1. Expression ofsurprise:oh!

Derived terms

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References

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  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971),Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page359

Juǀ'hoan

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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oh (upper caseOh)

  1. Aletter of the Juǀ'hoanalphabet, written in theLatin script.

Latin

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Interjection

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ōh!

  1. oh!ah!
    Synonym:ō!

Pohnpeian

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Conjunction

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oh

  1. and

Portuguese

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Interjection

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oh

  1. alternative spelling ofó

Romanian

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Interjection

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oh

  1. alternative form ofof

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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Interjection

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oh

  1. oh(expression of awe, surprise, pain or realization)

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Further reading

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Tagalog

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Pronunciation

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Particle

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oh (Baybayin spellingᜂ)

  1. alternative spelling ofo

Interjection

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oh (Baybayin spellingᜂ)

  1. alternative spelling ofo

Anagrams

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Turkish

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Pronunciation

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Interjection

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oh

  1. Exclamation ofrelief,joy,admiration,liking etc.

Zaghawa

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Noun

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oh

  1. milk

References

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Beria-English English-Beria Dictionary [provisional] ADESK, Iriba, Kobe Department, Chad

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