# om
## Translingual
### Symbol

om
* (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Oromo.

### See also

* Wiktionary’s coverage of Oromo terms

## English
### Alternative forms

* aum

### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit ओम् (om) (symbol ॐ (oṃ)). The former (om) is used in both Buddhist and Hindu settings, while the latter (aum) is usually used only in Jain and Hindu settings.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ɒm/, /əʊm/
* (General American) IPA: /oʊm/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -əʊm, -ɒm

### Noun

om (plural oms)
* (Hinduism, Buddhism) A sacred, mystical syllable used in prayer and meditation.
** 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 800:In fact it sounded exactly like the voice of Livia, her vanished sister, and, like her, it was intoning the Aum just as she used once to do at the beginning of her yoga sessions.
** 2001 October 20, Hazel Curry, The Guardian:Om is pronounced "a-a-o-o-u-u-m-m" and is repeated slowly for as long as possible.

#### Derived terms

* om mani padme hum
* Om Namah Shivaya

#### Translations
### Verb

om (third-person singular simple present oms, present participle omming, simple past and past participle ommed)
* (intransitive) To chant the sacred syllable om.
** 1996, Nora Sayre, Sixties Going on Seventies, page 14:Allen Ginsberg omming like a death rattle, his voice ravaged by the days of Hindu chants and gas.
** 2015, Hilary H. Carter, Number Woman:I had to go into church to clear it by chanting the sacred mantra 'Om'. I was omming, loudly and intensely so that the vibration of that sacred mantra would fill every corner.

### See also

* om nom nom
* tiddly-om-pom-pom

### Anagrams

* M.O., mo., mo', m/o, -mo, Mo., MO, Mo, mo, m.o.

## Aromanian
### Etymology

From Latin homō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [om]

### Noun

om m (plural oaminj)
* man, person

#### Derived terms

* niom
* omã, oamã
* uminilji
* uminiri
* uminescu

#### See also

* bãrbat

## Catalan
### Alternative forms

* orm (Valencia)
* olm

### Etymology

From older olm, from Latin ulmus (compare French orme, Spanish olmo). First attested in 1150.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈom]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

om m (plural oms)
* elm (tree)
* elm (wood)

### Further reading

* “om” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “om” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “om” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
* “om”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

## Central Franconian
### Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /om/

#### Contraction

om
* (most dialects) Contraction of op/of däm (“on the”).

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔm/

#### Contraction

om
* (parts of Eifel) Contraction of on däm (“in the”).

##### Alternative forms

* öm (some other Eifel dialects)
* em (most dialects)

## Chickasaw
### Adjective

om
* on

## Chuukese
### Determiner

om
* Alternative spelling of omw (“your”)

#### Related terms
## Danish
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse um, from Proto-Germanic *umbi. Cognate with German um (“about”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈʌmˀ, ʌm]
* Rhymes: -ɒm

#### Preposition

om
* about
    Han viklede dem om sin lillefinger.He wrapped them around his pinky finger.

##### References

* “om,3” in Den Danske Ordbog

#### Adverb

om
* such that something changes orientation or has its orientation changed
* such that something moves or is moved to the far side of something
** 2015, Karsten H Petersen, To mus på tur: en julekalender og en påskekalender, BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN:De skal om på den mørke side af kirken.They are going to the dark side of the church.
* such that something is surrounded
** 2016, Ole Henrik Laub, Hovedrollen, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:Vred kluden op, vaskede fingeren, viklede papir om og begyndte igen at skrælle kartofler.Wrung the rag, washed the finger, wrapped paper around [it] and resumed peeling potatoes.
* in changing, goalless directions
** 2017, Hjalmar Söderberg (Translated by Jørgen Årup Hansen), Doktor Glas, Gyldendal A/S →ISBN, page 28
    ... hvor længe skal jeg flakke om i denne gådernes og drømmenes og de uransagelige fænomeners verden?... for how long must I wander about in this world of the riddles, the dreams and the inscrutable phenomena?
* again, returning to the beginning (whence ommer, om igen, tro om igen)
** 2014, Dennis Jürgensen, Måske, Tellerup A/S, →ISBN:„Nej. Hvis du tror jeg vil se passivt til, mens du ødelægger din mands og dit eget liv med dette martyrium, så må du tro om ...“"No. If you think I intend to look on passively while you destroy your husband's and your own life with this martyrium, you will have to think again ..."
** 2016, Terje Nordberg, Det må godt føles rart, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:Jo, jeg har da haft mine nu'er, men hvis jeg skulle gøre det hele om, ville jeg sørge for at have mange flere af dem.Sure, I have had my nows, but if I had to do it all again, I would make sure to have many more of them.
** 2017, Morten Sabroe, Love Me Do, Politikens Forlag, →ISBN:Han skrev den om tre gange.He rewrote it three times.
* such that something is changed (whence lave om
** 2017, Sacha Batthyany (Translated by Uffe Gardel), Og hvad har det med mig at gøre, Art People →ISBN
    Men verdenskrisen i 1929 lukkede fabrikken, og indenrigsministeriet overtog den og byggede den om til et fængsel.But the world crisis in 1929 closed down the factory, and the ministry of internal affairs took it and rebuilt it into a prison.
* going forwards in a book or similar, reaching some page
** 2014, Lene Dybdahl, Nøglens Vogtere #2: Visigotens Hjelm, Tellerup A/S, →ISBN:Consuela bladrede langsomt om på indholdsfortegnelsen.Slowly, Consuela turned the pages till she reached the table of contents.
* such that something rotates or revolves (either of its own accord or by external influence)
    Hun vendte sig om og så på ham.
       She turned and looked at him.

##### References

* “om,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

### Etymology 2

From Old Danish ef, em, um, from Old Norse ef, from Proto-Germanic *jabai (“when, if”). Cognate with English if, German ob (“if”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ʌm]

#### Conjunction

om
* whether (introducing an indirect question)
    Jeg skulle spørge om du havde fem minutter.I have been asked to ask [you] if you have five minutes.
* (formal) if (introducing a conditional clause)
    Fjern om nødvendigt jorden.If necessary, remove the dirt.
    Om du bare ville lytte, skal jeg forklare alt.If only you would listen, I shall explain everything.
* if (introducing a concessive clause)
    Hun var om ikke død, så i hvert fald stærkt såret.She was, if not dead, then at least seriously wounded.
* even if
** 2013, Gyldendal, Breve hjem: Danske soldater i Første Verdenskrig, Gyldendal A/S →ISBN
    ... men du, jeg vil have den; før holder jeg ikke op, om så jeg skal med i en krig til.... but hey, I want [a medal]; I shall not stop before [getting it], even if I shall have to go to another war.
* if only (introducing a wish)

##### Synonyms

* (whether): hvorvidt
* (if): hvis
* (irrespective of): selvom, uagtet, på trods af
* (desire): bare, gid

##### References

* “om,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch ombe, omme, from Old Dutch umbi, umbe, from Proto-West Germanic *umbi.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔm/
* Audio:(file)

### Preposition

om
* around, about
* at (a time)
    Ik sta om vijf uur buiten. ― I'll be outside at five.
* for (some purpose or object), concerning
    Synonyms: over, voor
    Zij vochten om de macht. ― They fought for power.

#### Derived terms

* daarom
* omdat
* waarom

### Adverb

om
* around, about
* around, over (to another state)
    Hij zette de schakelaar om. ― He turned the switch over.
* over, from an upright to a horizontal position (as in "fall over")

#### Derived terms

* achterom
* andersom
* omheen
* omtrek
* omweg

#### Related terms

* om-

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: om

### Conjunction

om
* (om te) in order to; shortening of om te
    Ik ga naar de winkel om boodschappen te kopen.I am going to the shop to buy some groceries.

### Adjective

om (used only predicatively, not comparable)
* convinced, persuaded
    De rechter is om.The judge has been persuaded.(literally, “The judge is over.”)
* up; over; gone (time)
    Je tijd is om.Your time is up.
* longer than the shortest possible; roundabout
    De route die je hebt genomen was heel erg om, je had beter zo kunnen gaan.The route you took was a lot longer than necessary, you should have gone like this.

## Friulian
### Alternative forms

* omp

### Etymology

From Latin homō.

### Noun

om m (plural oms) or umign
* man, person
* husband

#### Synonyms

* (husband): marît, cristian

#### See also

* femine

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɔm]
* Hyphenation: om

### Etymology 1

From Sanskrit ओं (oṃ) or औं (auṃ) or ॐ (oṃ). Cognate with Balinese ᬒᬁ.

#### Interjection

om
* (Hinduism, Buddhism) om: a sacred, mystical syllable used in prayer and meditation.

### Etymology 2

From Dutch oom (“uncle”), from Middle Dutch oom, from Old Dutch *ōm, from Proto-Germanic *awahaimaz (“maternal uncle”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os (“maternal uncle, maternal grandfather”).

#### Noun

om (plural om-om)
* (colloquial) uncle (The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent)
* (colloquial) uncle (form of address to a man by young people or children)

### Further reading

* “om” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Middle Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /om/

### Preposition

om
* Alternative form of omme

### Adverb

om
* Alternative form of omme

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse um, from Proto-Germanic *umbi (“around, about”).
* As a conjunction, um superseded or blended with Old Norse ef and em, taking on their function as well. This is from Proto-Germanic *jabai (“when, if”), whence also English if and German ob.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔm/

### Preposition

om
* around
    Bind et rep om halsen hans! (Tie a rope around his neck!)
* (when speaking of time) in (after a period of time)
    Jeg kommer om ti minutter. (I shall be there in ten minutes)
* about
    Vi snakket nettopp om deg. (We were just talking about you)
* during, in (with words for seasons or times of the day)
    om våren
       during the spring, in the springtime
    om kvelden
       in the evening

### Conjunction

om
* whether
    De spurte om jeg ville komme. (They asked whether I would come.)

#### Derived terms

* selv om

### See also

* om-

### References

* “om” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

From the earlier, Old Norse preposition um, from Proto-Germanic *umbi (“around, about”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi (“by, around”), from earlier *h₂ntbʰi, instrumental case form to *h₂énts (“face”). Doublet of ambi- and amfi.
* As a conjunction, um superseded or blended with Old Norse ef and em, taking on their function as well. This is from Proto-Germanic *jabai (“when, if”), whence also English if and German ob.

#### Alternative forms

* um (non-standard since 1938)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʊm/, /ɔm/

#### Preposition

om
* around
    Bind eit reip om halsen på han!Tie a rope around his neck!
* in (when speaking of time) (after a period of time)
    Eg kjem om ti minutt.
       I shall be there in ten minutes
* in (with words for seasons or times of the day)
    om våren
       in the spring, in the springtime
    om kvelden
       in the evening
* about
    Me snakka nettopp om deg.
       We were just talking about you
* via
    Me køyrde til Bergen om Hardanger
       We drove to Bergen via Hardanger

##### Derived terms

* attom
* kringom
* utom
* om-

#### Conjunction

om
* whether, if

##### Derived terms

* om enn
* som om

#### Adverb

om
* (dialectal, Rogaland) Used to introduce yes-no-questions.
    Om du har sjokolade?Do you have chocolate?

### Etymology 2

Compare with Old Norse ómun f (“voice”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /uːm/
* Homophones: ohm, óm

#### Noun

om m (definite singular omen, indefinite plural omar, definite plural omane)
* a weak sound
* reverberation

##### Derived terms

* oma, óma, ome, óme (verb)

### References

* ↑ Kroonen, Guus (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
* “om” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* mo, mò, Mo, óm

## Old French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /um/

### Noun

om m
* Alternative form of hom

## Old Irish
### Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *omos (compare Welsh of), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₃mós.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [oβ̃]

### Adjective

om
* raw

#### Inflection

*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative † not when substantivized

#### Descendants

* Middle Irish: om
** Irish: amh
** Scottish Gaelic: amh
** Manx: aw

### Mutation

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

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “om”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Old Occitan
### Noun

om m (oblique plural oms, nominative singular oms, nominative plural om)
* Alternative form of ome

## Polish
### Alternative forms

* ohm

### Etymology

Named after the German physicist Georg Ohm.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɔm/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔm
* Syllabification: om

### Noun

om m inan
* ohm

#### Declension
### Further reading

* om in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Alternative forms

* omu — archaic

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈom/
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin homō (nominative). The plural reflects Latin hominēs.

#### Noun

om m (plural oameni)
* (dated) man (male)
    Synonym: bărbat
* (regardless of gender) human
    Synonyms: ființă umană, persoană

##### Antonyms

* neom

##### Derived terms

* omenesc
* omeni
* omenie
* omenire
* omenos

##### Related terms

* inuman
* neuman
* uman

### Etymology 2

Auxiliary verb form

#### Verb

(noi) om (modal auxiliary, first-person plural form of vrea, used with infinitives to form presumptive tenses)
* (we) might
    om merge mâine undevawe might go somewhere tomorrow

### References

* om in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Norse um, from Proto-Germanic *umbi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi.
* As a conjunction, um superseded or blended with Old Norse ef and em, taking on their function as well. This is from Proto-Germanic *jabai (“when, if”), whence also English if and German ob.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔm/
* Audio:(file)

### Conjunction

om
* if

### Preposition

om
* about
    en bok om tåga book about trains
    Vi har pratat om digWe have talked about you
    Vad pratar de om?What are they talking about?
* in, within (when talking about time)
    om tio minuterin ten minutes
    Vem kan komma på festen jag ska ha om en vecka?Who can come to the party I will have in a week?
* around
    Han har ett rep om sin halsHe's got a rope around his neck
    De flyttade om möblernaThey moved the furniture around
    Kocken rörde om i grytanThe chef stirred (moved around) the pan
* during, in (with words for seasons or times of the day)
    om vårenduring the spring, in the springtime
    om kvällarnain the evenings
* a (only when speaking about frequencies); per
    Han röker fem cigaretter om dagenHe smokes five cigarettes a day
    Jag jobbar nästan alla dagar om åretI work nearly every day of the year
    De reser till Finland två gånger om åretThey go to Finland twice a year
* of
    till vänster om kylskåpetto the left of the refrigerator
    norr om stadennorth of the city
    Ta hand om det!Take care of it!

#### Derived terms

* bry sig om
* förutom
* om och men
* tycka om
* utom
* året om
* även om

### Particle

om
* Specifies that a verb is done again; compare English re-.
    Hon målade om husetShe repainted the house
    Sara blev tvungen att göra om läxornaSara had to redo her homework

### Related terms

* om-

### References

* om in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* om in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* om in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* mo

## Ternate
### Etymology

From the older omu, with word-final vowel deletion.

### Verb

om
* (stative) alternative form of omu (“ripe”)

#### Conjugation
### References

* Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

## Tocharian B
### Adverb

om
* Alternative form of omp (“there”)

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [ʔɔm˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [ʔɔm˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [ʔɔm˧˧]

### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

#### Verb

om • (𤋾, 堷)
* (cooking) to simmer
    om cá ― to simmer fish
    om chuối ― to cook (with) banana
    nồi om ― a pot for simmering

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

#### Adjective

om • (𫇌, 𬛯, 𦽔, 𫉮)
* pitch-dark; pitch-black; very much (esp. dark)
    Trời tối om. ― It's pitch dark (outside).

### Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

#### Verb

om • (喑)
* to make a noise
    Ngày nay, khi nói tới đàn bầu thì người ta nghĩ ngay tới cái bầu, có hình như bầu rượu, được gắn vào cần đàn để om tiếng.Today, when talking about the dan bau, people immediately think of a gourd, shaped like a wine gourd, attached to the neck of the instrument to make sounds.

## Volapük
### Pronoun

om (plural oms)
* he (third-person masculine)
** 1952, Arie de Jong, Diatek nulik: Gospul ma ‚Matthaeus’. Kapit: I:Omotof soni, keli onemol Yesusi; om ga olelivükom pöpi de sinods onik.She will give birth to a son and you must name him Jesus, because he is the one who is to save his people from their sins.
* (obsolete) it (third-person neuter)

#### Declension
## West Frisian
### Etymology

From Old Frisian umbe, from Proto-Germanic *umbi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi.

### Preposition

om
* around, about
* about, regarding

#### Further reading

* “om (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

### Adverb

om
* around, about

#### Further reading

* “om (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

## Zou
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /om˧/

### Verb

om
* (transitive) to disengage

### References

* Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 40