œ

See also: Πand Appendix:Variations of "oe"

œ U+0153, œ LATIN SMALL LIGATURE OE ← Œ [U+0152] Latin Extended-A Ŕ → [U+0154]

Character variations

ꟹ U+A7F9, ꟹ MODIFIER LETTER SMALL LIGATURE OE ← ꟸ [U+A7F8] Latin Extended-D ꟺ → [U+A7FA]

Translingual

Pronunciation

• IPA:

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Symbol

œ

1. (IPA) an open-mid front rounded vowel.
2. (superscript ⟨ꟹ⟩, IPA) [œ]-coloring or a weak, fleeting, epenthetic or echo [œ].
3. (superscript ⟨ꟹ⟩, VoQS) open-rounded labialization, less rounded than IPA ⟨ʷ⟩.

See also

• 9 (X-SAMPA equivalent)

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• enPR: ē, ĕ
• IPA^(key): /iː/, /ɛ/

Letter

œ (lower case, upper case Œ, plural œs or œ's)

1. (chiefly dated) A ligature of vowels o and e.

Usage notes

• Normally used for words of Ancient Greek or Latin origin.
• The ligature was common in words like fœtus, manœuvre, etc., but became rare or archaizing by the mid 20th century. Nowadays, it is typically separated as oe in Commonwealth English, or replaced by e in American English.

Etymology 2

The ITA œ may be written as a linked o and e.

Letter

œ

1. (ITA) The GOAT vowel.

Usage notes

The capital form, when used at all, is created by increasing the type size of the lowercase.

See also

• æ
• œthel
• oe
• o
• e

French

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /ø dɑ̃ l‿o/, /ə dɑ̃ l‿o/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Symbol

œ (lower case, upper case Œ)

1. Ligature in French spelling, a combination of o and e

   Synonym: e dans l'o

German

Symbol

œ n (lower case, upper case Œ)

1. (obsolete) Vowel borrowed from Latin. Succeeded by ö.

Swedish

Letter

œ (lower case, upper case Œ)

1. Historical Swedish letter, now obsolete and rarely used, replaced by e and ö.

See also

• Category:Swedish terms spelled with Œ
• Oͤ, oͤ
• Æ, æ

Turkish

Noun

œ

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) alternative spelling of oe