oh

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /əʊ/ (Yorkshire) IPA(key): [ö̞] (US) IPA(key): /oʊ/ Homophones: o, O, owe Rhymes: -əʊ === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Middle English o. ==== Interjection ==== oh Expression of surprise. Expression of wonder, amazement, or awe. Expression of understanding, affirmation, recognition, or realization. A word to precede an annoyed remark. A word to precede an added or offhand comment or afterthought. An invocation or address (similar to the vocative in languages with noun declension), often with a term of endearment. Oh, gosh 1998, Max Martin, ...Baby One More Time (song performed by Britney Spears) Oh baby, baby, how was I supposed to know / That something wasn't right here? Exclamation for drama or emphasis (often poetic). Expression of pain. See ouch. Space filler or extra syllable, especially in (popular) music. (interrogative) Expression of mild scepticism. "You should watch where you're going!" "Oh?" ===== 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 ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== oh (plural ohs) 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) (intransitive) To utter the interjection oh; to express surprise, etc. === Etymology 2 === From Middle English o, oo, from Old English ō, from Latin ō. ==== Noun ==== oh (plural ohs) The name of the Latin script letter O/o. ===== Alternative forms ===== o (more common) ===== Derived terms ===== Oh Em Gee, oh em gee, oh-em-gee oh zee, oh-zee, ohzee === Etymology 3 === From o (“zero”), extended use of letter O name based on similar shape of the number 0. ==== Noun ==== oh (plural ohs) The digit 0 (especially in representations of speech) ===== Derived terms ===== four oh four oh dark hundred oh dark thirty, oh-dark-thirty ===== Translations ===== === Anagrams === 'ho, HO, Ho, H₂O, h/o, ho == Aragonese == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈo/ Syllabification: oh Rhymes: -o === Interjection === oh oh (expression of surprise, etc.) == Bahnar == === Etymology === From Proto-Bahnaric *ʔɔh. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʔɔh/ === Noun === oh younger sibling == Catalan == === Interjection === oh oh (expression of surprise, etc.) == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /oː/ === Interjection === oh oh == Finnish == === Noun === oh (housing) abbreviation of olohuone (“living room”) === Further reading === “oh”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023 == French == === Etymology === Onomatopoeic; compare Latin ō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /o/ Rhymes: -o === Interjection === oh oh ==== Derived terms ==== oh là là oh non === Further reading === “oh”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Galician == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɔː] === Interjection === oh oh (expression of surprise, etc.) Synonym: ó === References === Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “oh”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “oh”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “oh”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /oː/ === Interjection === oh oh == Hokkien == == Hungarian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈo], [ˈox] Rhymes: -o, -ox === Interjection === oh oh! == Ingrian == === Pronunciation === (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈoh/, [ˈo̞h] (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈoh/, [ˈo̞ɣ̥] Rhymes: -oh Hyphenation: oh === Interjection === oh Expression of surprise: oh! ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 359 == Italian == === Etymology === Onomatopoeic; compare Latin ō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈo/ Rhymes: -o Hyphenation: óh === Interjection === oh oh == Juǀ'hoan == === Pronunciation === The murmured vowel IPA(key): /o̤/ === Letter === oh (upper case Oh) A letter of the Juǀ'hoan alphabet, written in the Latin script. == Latin == === Interjection === ōh! oh! ah! Synonym: ō! == Pohnpeian == === Conjunction === oh and == Portuguese == === Interjection === oh alternative spelling of ó === Further reading === “oh”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “oh”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Interjection === oh alternative form of of == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈo/ [ˈo] Rhymes: -o Homophones: o, ó === Interjection === oh oh (expression of awe, surprise, pain or realization) ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “oh”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Tagalog == === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔo/ [ʔo] Rhymes: -o Syllabification: oh === Particle === oh (Baybayin spelling ᜂ) alternative spelling of o === Interjection === oh (Baybayin spelling ᜂ) alternative spelling of o === Anagrams === Ho, ho == Turkish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈoh/ === Interjection === oh Exclamation of relief, joy, admiration, liking etc. == Zaghawa == === Noun === oh milk === References === Beria-English English-Beria Dictionary [provisional] ADESK, Iriba, Kobe Department, Chad