# Ó

| Ó | U+00D3, &#211; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH ACUTE |
| Composition: | O [U+004F] + ◌́ [U+0301] |
| ← Ò [U+00D2] | Latin-1 Supplement | Ô → [U+00D4] |

## Central Franconian
### Etymology

* See O.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /o/

### Letter

Ó
* A letter in the Dutch-based alphabet of Central Franconian.

#### Usage notes

* In the German-based alphabet, this vowel is represented by O (see there). The spelling is thus defective and does not reflect the difference between /ɔ/ and /o/.

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme): IPA: [ˈoː]
* (letter name): IPA: [ˈoː]

### Letter

Ó (upper case, lower case ó)
* The twenty-fifth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called ó and written in the Latin script.

#### Declension
### See also

* (Latin-script letters) betű; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Cs cs, D d, Dz dz, Dzs dzs, E e, É é, F f, G g, Gy gy, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ly ly, M m, N n, Ny ny, O o, Ó ó, Ö ö, Ő ő, P p, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, Z z, Zs zs. Only in the extended alphabet: Q q W w X x Y y. Commonly used: ch. Also defined: à ë. In surnames (selection): ä aa cz ds eé eö ew oe oó th ts ÿ.

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ouː/

### Letter

Ó (lower case ó)
* The nineteenth letter of the Icelandic alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) bókstafur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Ð ð, E e, É é, F f, G g, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ó ó, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ú ú, V v, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Þ þ, Æ æ, Ö ö

## Irish
### Etymology 1

See ó.

#### Pronunciation

* (Munster, Connacht) IPA: /oː/
* (Ulster) IPA: /ɔː/, (unstressed) /a/

#### Noun

Ó m (genitive singular Uí, nominative plural Uí)
* Alternative letter-case form of ó (“grandson, grandchild”) used in surnames.

##### Usage notes

* Forms with the definite article are not found.
* The form Ó triggers h-prothesis of a following vowel.
* The form Uí triggers lenition of a following consonant.
* The form Uíbh triggers lenition of a following sound.

##### Declension

bare forms
singular
plural
nominative
Ó
Uí
vocative
Uí
Uí
genitive
Uí
Ó
dative
Uí
Uí (obsolete except in sept names) Uíbh
forms with the definite article
singular
plural
nominative
genitive
dative

##### Coordinate terms

* Ní

##### Derived terms

* Ó Brádaigh
* Ó Briain
* Ó Cathain
* Ó Cathaláin
* Ó Cathasaigh
* Ó Ceallaigh
* Ó Deághaidh
* Ó Dochartaigh
* Ó hOdhráin
* Ó Maoldúin
* Ó Súilleabháin
* Uíbh Fhailí

##### Descendants

* English: O'

### Etymology 2
#### Letter

Ó (lower case ó)
* The capital form of the letter ó.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) litir; A a (Á á), B b (Bh bh, bhF bhf, bP bp), C c (Ch ch), D d (Dh dh, dT dt), E e (É é), F f (Fh fh), G g (gC gc, Gh gh), H h, I i (Í í), L l, M m (mB mb, Mh mh), N n (nD nd, nG ng), O o (Ó ó), P p (Ph ph), R r, S s (Sh sh), T t (Th th, tS ts), U u (Ú ú), V v
* (diacritics) ◌́ ◌̇
* (dotted letters used chiefly in Gaelic type) Ḃ ḃ, Ċ ċ, Ḋ ḋ, Ḟ ḟ, Ġ ġ, Ṁ ṁ, Ṗ ṗ, Ṡ ẛ ṡ, Ṫ ṫ

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 9

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Ó”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* “O'”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

## Kashubian
### Etymology

The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Kashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, and Ó for development of the glyph itself.

### Letter

Ó (upper case, lower case ó)
* The twenty-second letter of the Kashubian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, Ã ã, B b, C c, D d, E e, É é, Ë ë, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, O o, Ò ò, Ó ó, Ô ô, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ù ù, W w, Y y, Z z, Ż ż

## Lower Sorbian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɨ/, /ɛ/, (dated) /ʊ/

### Letter

Ó (lower case ó)
* The letter ⟨O⟩ with an acute accent, not considered a separate letter for collation purposes.

#### Usage notes

As the letter ⟨ó⟩ is never the first letter of a word, the upper case form appears only when a word is written in ALL CAPS.

### See also

* (Latin-script letters) pismik; A a, B b, C c, Č č, Ć ć, D d, E e, Ě ě, F f, G g, H h, Ch ch, I i, J j, K k, Ł ł, L l, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o (Ó ó), P p, R r, Ŕ ŕ, S s, Š š, Ś ś, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Z z, Ž ž, Ź ź
* (obsolete letters) B́ b́, Ė ė, Ḿ ḿ, Ṅ ṅ, Ṕ ṕ, Ṙ ṙ, ſ, ß, Ꞩ ẜ, Ẃ ẃ, Ẇ ẇ, Ż ż

## Navajo
### Letter

Ó (lower case ó)
* A variant of o representing an /o/ with a high tone (/o˥/)

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a (Á á, Ą ą, Ą́ ą́), B b, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, D d, Dl dl, Dz dz, E e (É é, Ę ę, Ę́ ę́), G g, Gh gh, H h, Hw hw, X x, I i (Í í, Į į, Į́ į́), J j, K k, Kʼ kʼ, Kw kw, ʼ, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n (Ń ń), O o (Ó ó, Ǫ ǫ, Ǫ́ ǫ́), S s, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Tł tł, Tłʼ tłʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, W w, Y y, Z z, Zh zh

## Noon
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /o̘/

### Letter

Ó (lower case ó)
* A letter of the Noon alphabet, written in the Latin script.

## Polish
### Etymology

The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the history of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, and Ó for development of the glyph itself.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈu/, /ɔ‿ˈskrɛs.kɔw̃/, /u‿krɛs.kɔˈva.nɛ/, /u‿zamˈkɲɛn.tɛ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -u, -ɛskɔw̃, -anɛ, -ɛntɛ
* Syllabification: Ó

### Letter

Ó (upper case, lower case ó)
* The twenty-first letter of the Polish alphabet, called ó, o z kreską, u kreskowane, or u zamknięte and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, Ę ę, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ó ó, P p (Q q), R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u (V v), W w (X x), Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈɔ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈɔ/
* The syllable with this letter is always stressed.

### Letter

Ó (upper case, lower case ó)
* the letter O with an acute accent

## Spanish
### Letter

Ó
* A letter of the Latin alphabet representing an accented vowel /o/; capital form of ó

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, O o (Ó ó), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme): IPA: /ˈɔ/

### Letter

Ó (lower case ó)
* The letter O, marked for its short pronunciation when in a stressed final syllable of a polysyllabic word.