Ó
Ó, ó (o-acute) is a letter in the Faroese, Hungarian, Icelandic, Kashubian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, and Sorbian languages. This letter also appears in the Catalan, Irish, Occitan, Portuguese, Spanish. and Vietnamese languages as a variant of letter “o”. It is also used in English for other purposes.
Usage in various languages
Faroese
Ó is the 18th letter of the Faroese alphabet and represents /œ/ or /ɔuː//.
Icelandic
Ó is the 19th letter of the Icelandic alphabet and represents /oṷ/.
Hungarian, Czech and Slovak
Ó is the 25th letter of the Hungarian alphabet, the 24th letter of the Czech alphabet and the 28th letter of the Slovak alphabet. It represents /oː/.
Polish
Ó is the 21st letter of the Polish alphabet, and represents /u/.
Kashubian
Ó is the 23rd letter of the Kashubian alphabet and represents /o/. It also represents /u/ in southern dialects.
Sorbian
Ó represents /uʊ/ in Upper Sorbian and represents /ɛ/ or /ɨ/ in Lower Sorbian.
Spanish
Óó is used in the Spanish language to denote a stronger pronunciation.
Gaelige/Irish
Ó is widely used in Irish - also known as Gaeilge - where it means 'from'. It is also used in male surnames. When Irish names were anglicised, the Ó which was common in many names was either dropped or subsequently written as O'
Vietnamese
In Vietnamese alphabet ó is the sắc tone (high-rising tone) of “o”.
Chinese
In Chinese pinyin ó is the yángpíng tone (阳平, high-rising tone) of “o”.
Character mappings
| Charset | Unicode | ISO 8859-1, 2, 3, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16 |
|---|---|---|
| Majuscule Ó | U+00D3 | D3 |
| Minuscule ó | U+00F3 | F3 |