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oh

See also: Variations of "oh"

oh - English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA: /əʊ/
  • (US) IPA: /oʊ/
  • Homophones: o, O, owe

Interjection

oh

  1. Expression of surprise.
    • Oh! I didn't see you there.
  2. Expression of wonder, amazement, or awe.
    • Oh, wow! That's amazing.
  3. Expression of understanding, affirmation, recognition, or realization.
    • Oh, so that's how it works.
  4. A word to precede an offhand or annoyed remark.
    • Oh, leave me alone.
  5. A word to precede an added comment or afterthought.
    • Oh, and don't forget your coat.
  6. An invocation or address (similar to the vocative in languages with noun declension), often with a term of endearment.
  7. Exclamation for drama or emphasis (often poetic).
    • Oh, when will it end?
  8. Expression of pain. See ouch.
    • Oh! That hurt.
  9. Space filler or extra syllable, especially in (popular) music.
  10. (interrogative) Expression of mild scepticism.
    • "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

Particularly in the context of Internet conversations, "oh" is sometimes written with additional Os or Hs - for example, ohhh. See also ooh.

Derived terms

Translations

  • Arabic: وَا‎ (wā), يَا‎ (ar) (yā), أُوه‎ (ʔūh), أُوه‎ (ʔūh)
    • Egyptian Arabic: لاااا‎ (laaa), ياااا‎ (yaaa)
  • Armenian: ահ (hy) (ah), օհ (hy) (ōh)
  • Chickasaw: aa, kii
  • Chinese:
    • Mandarin: 哎呀 (zh) (āiyā), 哎哟 (zh) (āiyō), (different tone expresses different level of surprise) 哦 (zh) (o, ò, ó), 呵 (zh) (hē), 嗯 (zh) (ēn)
  • Czech: ach (cs)
  • Danish: åh (da)
  • Dutch: o (nl)
  • Esperanto: ho (eo), aĥ (eo), hu (eo)
  • Finnish: oi (fi), oho (fi)
  • French: oh (fr), ah (fr)
  • Galician: oh, ó (gl)
  • Georgian: ოჰ (oh), ახ (ax)
  • German: ach (de), oh (de)
  • Greek: ω (el) (o), α (el) (a)
  • Hiligaynon: abáo
  • Hindi: अरे (hi) (are), हे (hi) (he), ओ (hi) (o)
  • Hungarian: aj (hu)
  • Icelandic: ó (is)
  • Japanese: あら (ja) (ara), おや (ja) (oya), まあ (maa), ああ (ja) (aa), へえ (hee), お (ja) (o), あ (ja) (a)
  • Korean: 아 (ko) (a), 오 (ko) (o), 어 (ko) (eo)
  • Latgalian: oi, ai, ek, a
  • Latin: eheu, ō (la)
  • Latvian: ak
  • Malay: oh
  • Manchu: ᠣ (o)
  • Manx: ugh
  • Maori: hā
  • Norwegian: oi, å (no), ai (no)
  • Persian: اه‎ (fa) (oh), آه‎ (fa), آه‎ (fa)
  • Polish: och (pl), ach (pl)
  • Portuguese: ó (pt)
  • Romanian: o (ro), oh (ro), of (ro)
  • Russian: о (ru) (o), ой (ru) (oj), ах (ru) (ax), ох (ru) (ox), ого́ (ru) (ohó), ого́ (ru) (ogó)
  • Sanskrit: अहो (sa) (aho) (for joyful or painful surprise), हा (sa) (hā), ओ (sa) (o) (in common speech, informally)
  • Serbo-Croatian: oj (sh)
  • Spanish: oh (es), ai (es)
  • Swahili: ee, lo, loo, o
  • Swedish: åh (sv), å (sv), oj (sv) jaså (sv)
  • Tagalog: ay (tl)
  • Tuvan: о (o)
  • Urdu: آہ‎ (ur) (ʾāh)
  • Venetian: vèrceghe (vec), pòrco can
  • Vietnamese: ồ (vi), ôi (vi), ối (vi)
  • Welsh: o
  • Yakut: оо (oo)
  • Yiddish: אָ!‎ (o!)
  • Czech: ó (cs)
  • Danish: åh (da)
  • Swedish: oj (sv), å (sv), åh (sv)
  • Arabic: آه‎ (ar) (ʔāh)
  • Chinese:
    • Mandarin: 哦 (zh) (ō, o); 噢 (zh) (ō)
  • Czech: aha (cs), ach (cs)
  • Finnish: ai (fi), aa (fi)
  • Galician: ah (gl)
  • Manchu: ᠣ (o)
  • Mongolian: өө (mn) (öö)
  • Portuguese: ah (pt)
  • Russian: а (ru) (a), ага (ru) (aga)
  • Swedish: jaha (sv)
  • Danish: o (da)
  • French: ô (fr)
  • Galician: ou (gl), ho (gl)

Noun

oh (plural ohs)

  1. An utterance of oh; a spoken expression of surprise, acknowledgement, etc.

Verb

oh (third-person singular simple present ohs, present participle ohing, simple past and past participle ohed)

  1. (intransitive) To utter the interjection oh; to express surprise, etc.

Noun

oh (plural ohs)

  1. the letter O, o (more commonly spelled o)

Alternative forms

Noun

oh (plural ohs)

  1. the digit 0 (especially in representations of speech)
    • My telephone number is four-double-three-two-oh-nine.

Translations

  • Japanese: 〇 (ja) (maru)
  • Korean: 공 (ko) (gong)
  • Malay: kosong (ms)
  • Swedish: noll (sv)
  • Welsh: dim (cy)

Anagrams

oh - Bahnar

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ʔɔh/

Noun

oh

  1. younger sibling

oh - Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /oː/

Interjection

oh

  1. oh

oh - Finnish

Noun

oh

  1. (housing) Abbreviation of olohuone (“living room”).

oh - French

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /o/

Interjection

oh

  1. oh

Derived terms

oh - Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈɔː]

Interjection

oh

  1. oh (expression of surprise, etc.)
    • Synonym: ó

oh - German

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /oː/

Interjection

oh

  1. oh

oh - Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈo], [ˈox]

Interjection

oh

  1. oh!

oh - Ingrian

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈoh/, [ˈo̞h]
  • (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈoh/, [ˈo̞h]
  • Hyphenation: oh

Interjection

oh

  1. Expression of surprise: oh!

Derived terms

oh - Min Nan

For pronunciation and definitions of oh – see 僫 (“evil; wicked; foul; fierce; hostile; ferocious; etc.”). (This character, oh, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 僫.)

oh - Pohnpeian

Conjunction

oh

  1. and

oh - Portuguese

Interjection

oh

  1. Alternative form of ó

oh - Romanian

Interjection

oh

  1. Alternative form of of

oh - Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈo/ [ˈo]
  • Homophones: o, ó

Interjection

oh

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