och

== Translingual == === Etymology === Abbreviation of English Old Chinese. === Symbol === och (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Old Chinese. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Old Chinese terms == English == === Alternative forms === ach, ock === Etymology === Compare Early Modern English och, Scottish Gaelic och, Irish och. Compare also Scots ach, Scots ouch. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɒx/ Rhymes: -ɒx === Interjection === och (chiefly Scotland, Ireland) general interjection of confirmation, affirmation, and often disapproval. (chiefly Scotland, Ireland) an expression of anger, frustration, surprise ==== Derived terms ==== och aye === Anagrams === COH, Cho, HoC, CHO, HCO, OHC == Dutch == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɔx/ Rhymes: -ɔx === Interjection === och alas == Epigraphic Mayan == === Verb === och to enter == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɔx/ === Interjection === och expressing endearment, pity, consideration, etc. Och, wie süß! ― Oh, how sweet! Och, Schatz! Das wird schon wieder! ― Oh, darling! It'll all be fine! Och, das ist eigentlich keine schlechte Idee! ― Hm, that's actually not a bad idea! ==== Usage notes ==== For the most part interchangeable with ach, but the two are preferred in different respective contexts. == Lacandon == === Noun === och opossum == Luxembourgish == === Etymology === From a Middle High German contraction och or possibly *uch, from ouch, from Old High German ouh, from Proto-Germanic *auk. Cognate with German auch (“also”), Dutch ook (“also”), West Frisian ek (“also, too”), Icelandic og (“and”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /oχ/ Rhymes: -oχ === Adverb === och also even ==== Synonyms ==== (even): esouguer == Polish == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *oxъ. Compare Latin oh, German oh. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɔx/ Rhymes: -ɔx Syllabification: och Homophone: -och === Interjection === och oh! (expresses surprise or realization) Synonyms: ach, ojej, ależ ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === och in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN och in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Romansch == === Alternative forms === otg (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) ot (Vallader) === Etymology === From Latin octō. === Number === och (Puter) eight == Scottish Gaelic == === Interjection === och alas == Swedish == === Alternative forms === o, o̱, o̲, å (colloquial (speech)) === Etymology === From Old Swedish ock, ok, from Old Norse ok, unstressed variant of Proto-Germanic *auk (“also”). Cognate with Norwegian, Danish and Icelandic og, Dutch ook, German auch, and English eke. The unusual spelling with the digraph ch may have been to avoid confusion with the now dated ock (“too, also”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɔ/, (stressed) /ɔkː/ Rhymes: -ɔk Homophone: ock === Conjunction === och and; used to connect two homogeneous (similar) words or phrases Jag gillar hundar och katter. ― I like dogs and cats. and; used to denote the last item of a list Synonyms: o̲, & äpplen, apelsiner och päron ― apples, oranges and pears (mathematics) and, plus Synonym: plus Två och tre är fem. ― Two and three is five. used to connect two finite verbs to denote that the two actions are performed at the same time, often used similarly to the gerund in other languages Jag sitter och läser. ― I'm sitting and reading. to; in order to; used to connect two finite verbs to denote that the first is done in order to be able to do the second Ska vi gå och bada? ― Should we go swimming? (poetic) introduces a main clause which somehow is bound to a previous clause ==== Synonyms ==== (for most senses) samt ==== Derived terms ==== både och, och så vidare ==== Related terms ==== ock === Interjection === och (colloquial) and, so, so what === Particle === och Variant form of att (used to indicate the infinitive form of a verb; compare English to) as both tend to be pronounced as IPA(key): /ɔ/ in unstressed form. Often perceived as an erroneous hypercorrection, and proscribed. === References === och in Svensk ordbok (SO) och in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB) == Uzbek == === Etymology === Inherited from Chagatai اچ (ʾč), from Proto-Turkic *āč (“hungry, hunger”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰀𐰲 (āč), Kazakh аш (aş), Kyrgyz ач (ac), Uyghur ئاچ (ach), Turkish aç (“hungry”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɒtʃ/ Hyphenation: och === Adjective === och (comparative ochroq, superlative eng och) hungry ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “och“ in izoh.uz