# omega
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English, from Ancient Greek ὦ μέγα (ô méga), meaning “great ω” (omega is a long vowel in Ancient Greek).

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈəʊmɪɡə/, /ˈəʊmiːɡə/
* (US) IPA: /ˌoʊˈmeɪɡə/, /oʊˈmɛɡə/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛɡə, -eɪɡə

### Noun

omega (plural omegas or omegala)
* The twenty-fourth letter of the Classical and the Modern Greek alphabet, and the twenty-eighth letter of the Old and the Ancient Greek alphabet, i.e. the last letter of every Greek alphabet. Uppercase version: Ω; lowercase: ω.
** 2013, Albert Schachter, Fabienne Marchand, “Fresh Light on the Institutions and Religious Life of Thespiai: Sixe New Inscriptions from the Thespiai Survey”, in Paraskevi Martzavou, Nikolaos Papazarkadas, editors, Epigraphical Approaches to the Post-Classical, Polis, page 284:The fact that the letter was incised above the line indicates that it is probably an omega.
* (often capitalized) The end; the final, last or ultimate in a sequence.
    alpha and omega
** 1978, New International Version, Revelation 22:13:I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.
** 2012, FX Moore, Confed: 2721: Xenocide War, page 383:And there is always the Omega Option. At any time you can go to Manhome, go down to the vaults, lift the black cover on your clone's stasis chamber, and push the black button.
* (physics) Angular velocity; symbol: ω.
** 2013, Issues in General Physics Research, page 1084:The ratio between the rho and omega cross section is obtained.
* (set theory) A transfinite ordinal number referring to the next position after ordering a countably infinite set.
* (slang) An omega male.
* (finance) The percentage change in an option value divided by the percentage change in the underlying asset's price.
* (fandom slang) In omegaverse fiction, a person of a submissive secondary sex driven by biology, magic, or other means to bond with an alpha, with males of this type often being able to get pregnant.
** 2013, Kristina Busse, “Pon Farr, Mpreg, Bonds, and the Rise of the Omegaverse”, in Anne Jamison, editor, Fic: Why Fanfiction Is Taking Over the World‎, page 317:Often omegas go into heat and release pheromones that drive alphas wild.
** 2017, Marianne Gunderson, "What is an omega? Rewriting sex and gender in omegaverse fanfiction", thesis submitted to the University of Oslo, page 5:
    By writing a male character as an omega, experiences of being treated as other in female-coded ways are imagined to be experienced by a character who represents the male norm.
** 2018, Laura Campillo Arnaiz, “When the Omega Empath Met the Alpha Doctor: An Analysis of Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics in the Hannibal Fandom”, in Ashton Spacey, editor, The Darker Side of Slash Fan Fiction, page 126:Sweet as Peaches on the Tongue can be defined as the typical dark A/B/O story, wherein a rich alpha gentleman (Dr. Hannibal Lecter) comes across a very young, virginal omega (Will Graham) by accident.

#### Synonyms

* (measure of derivative price sensitivity): elasticity, lambda

#### Hypernyms

* (measure of derivative price sensitivity): Greeks (includes list of coordinate terms)

#### Derived terms

* alpha and omega
* antiomega
* omega-3 fatty acid
* omega-6 fatty acid
* omega female
* omega point
* Omega Point
* omegath
* omega wrap

#### See also

* (Greek-script letter names) alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon, zeta, eta, theta, iota, kappa, lambda, mu, nu, xi, omicron, pi, rho, sigma, tau, upsilon, phi, chi, psi, omega

### Adjective

omega (not comparable)
* (slang, largely prepositive) Ultimate; of the highest degree. Massive, ineffable.
    Omega props, dude.

### Adverb

omega (not comparable)
* (slang, largely prepositive) Ultimately, most, supremely.
    Whatever your plan is, I just think this idea's omega stupid. Ain't you got something better?

### Anagrams

* Ogema

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [uˈmɛ.ɣə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [oˈme.ɣə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [oˈme.ɣa]

### Noun

omega f (plural omegues)
* Omega; the Greek letter Ω (lowercase ω)

#### Derived terms

* bloqueig en omega

## Czech
### Alternative forms

* ómega

### Noun

omega n or f
* omega (Greek letter)

#### Declension

when feminine:
Indeclinable when neuter.

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὦ μέγα (ô méga).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

omega f or m (plural omegas, diminutive omegaatje n)
* omega (Greek letter)

### Further reading

* omega on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{nl}$

## Finnish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈomeɡɑ/, [ˈo̞me̞ɡɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -omeɡɑ
* Hyphenation: ome‧ga

### Noun

omega
* Alternative spelling of oomega.

#### Declension

Possessive forms of omega (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
omegani
omegani
accusative
nom.
omegani
omegani
gen.
omegani
genitive
omegani
omegoideni omegoitteni omegojeni omegaini $^{rare}$
partitive
omegaani
omegoitani omegojani
inessive
omegassani
omegoissani
elative
omegastani
omegoistani
illative
omegaani
omegoihini
adessive
omegallani
omegoillani
ablative
omegaltani
omegoiltani
allative
omegalleni
omegoilleni
essive
omeganani
omegoinani
translative
omegakseni
omegoikseni
abessive
omegattani
omegoittani
instructive
comitative
—omegoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
omegasi
omegasi
accusative
nom.
omegasi
omegasi
gen.
omegasi
genitive
omegasi
omegoidesi omegoittesi omegojesi omegaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
omegaasi
omegoitasi omegojasi
inessive
omegassasi
omegoissasi
elative
omegastasi
omegoistasi
illative
omegaasi
omegoihisi
adessive
omegallasi
omegoillasi
ablative
omegaltasi
omegoiltasi
allative
omegallesi
omegoillesi
essive
omeganasi
omegoinasi
translative
omegaksesi
omegoiksesi
abessive
omegattasi
omegoittasi
instructive
comitative
—omegoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
omegamme
omegamme
accusative
nom.
omegamme
omegamme
gen.
omegamme
genitive
omegamme
omegoidemme omegoittemme omegojemme omegaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
omegaamme
omegoitamme omegojamme
inessive
omegassamme
omegoissamme
elative
omegastamme
omegoistamme
illative
omegaamme
omegoihimme
adessive
omegallamme
omegoillamme
ablative
omegaltamme
omegoiltamme
allative
omegallemme
omegoillemme
essive
omeganamme
omegoinamme
translative
omegaksemme
omegoiksemme
abessive
omegattamme
omegoittamme
instructive
comitative
—omegoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
omeganne
omeganne
accusative
nom.
omeganne
omeganne
gen.
omeganne
genitive
omeganne
omegoidenne omegoittenne omegojenne omegainne $^{rare}$
partitive
omegaanne
omegoitanne omegojanne
inessive
omegassanne
omegoissanne
elative
omegastanne
omegoistanne
illative
omegaanne
omegoihinne
adessive
omegallanne
omegoillanne
ablative
omegaltanne
omegoiltanne
allative
omegallenne
omegoillenne
essive
omegananne
omegoinanne
translative
omegaksenne
omegoiksenne
abessive
omegattanne
omegoittanne
instructive
comitative
—omegoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
omegansa
omegansa
accusative
nom.
omegansa
omegansa
gen.
omegansa
genitive
omegansa
omegoidensa omegoittensa omegojensa omegainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
omegaansa
omegoitaan omegojaan omegoitansa omegojansa
inessive
omegassaan omegassansa
omegoissaan omegoissansa
elative
omegastaan omegastansa
omegoistaan omegoistansa
illative
omegaansa
omegoihinsa
adessive
omegallaan omegallansa
omegoillaan omegoillansa
ablative
omegaltaan omegaltansa
omegoiltaan omegoiltansa
allative
omegalleen omegallensa
omegoilleen omegoillensa
essive
omeganaan omeganansa
omegoinaan omegoinansa
translative
omegakseen omegaksensa
omegoikseen omegoiksensa
abessive
omegattaan omegattansa
omegoittaan omegoittansa
instructive
comitative
—omegoineen omegoinensa :

#### Derived terms

* omega-3-rasvahappo

### Further reading

* “omega”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /oˈmɛ.ɡa/
* Rhymes: -ɛɡa
* Hyphenation: o‧mè‧ga

### Noun

omega m or f (invariable)
* omega (letter; scientific symbol)

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὦ μέγα (ô méga).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔˈmɛ.ɡa/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛɡa
* Syllabification: o‧me‧ga

### Noun

omega f
* omega (Greek letter Ω, ω)

#### Derived terms

* alfa i omega

### Further reading

* omega in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* omega in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Greek ωμέγα (oméga).

### Noun

omega m (uncountable)
* omega

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /oˈmeɡa/ [oˈme.ɣ̞a]
* Rhymes: -eɡa
* Syllabification: o‧me‧ga

### Noun

omega f (plural omegas)
* omega; the Greek letter Ω, ω

#### Derived terms

* alfa y omega

### Further reading

* “omega”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10