Usage in various languages
Chinese
In Chinese pinyin ó is the ''yángpíng'' tone (阳平, high-rising tone) of "o".Czech and Slovak
Ó is the 24th letter of the Czech alphabet and the 28th letter of the Slovak alphabet. It represents .Dutch
In Dutch language, Dutch, the acute Ó accent is used to mark different meanings for words, for example and ("for" / "before"), or and ("to occur" / "to prevent").Emilian-Romagnol
In Emilian dialect, Emilian, ó is used to represent [o], e.g. ''sótt'' [sotː] "dry". In Romagnol dialect, Romagnol, ó is used to represent [oː], e.g. ''alóra'' [aˈloːra] "then".Faroese
Ó is the 18th letter of the Faroese alphabet and represents or .Icelandic
Ó is the 19th letter of the Icelandic orthography, Icelandic alphabet and represents .Irish
Ó is widely used in Irish language, Irish where it has various meanings: * the preposition ''ó'' "from" * the Patronymic, patronymic term ''Ó'' "grandson, (usually male) descendant, first or second cousin" (variants: Ua, Uí, Í Uaí). When Irish names were Anglicisation of names#Non-English-language areas of the British Isles, anglicized, the ''Ó'' commonly was either dropped or written as ''O. * the interjection ''ó'' "oh"Italian
In Italian language, Italian, ''ó'' is an optional symbol (especially used in dictionaries) sometimes used to indicate that a stressed ''o'' should be pronounced with a close sound: ''córso'' , "course", as opposed to ''còrso'' , "Corsican" (but both are commonly written with no accent marks when the context is clear). A similar process may occur with ''é'' and ''è'', as in ''*pésca'', "fishing", and ''*pèsca'' "peach", in which the accent mark is not written (both are written as ''pesca'').Kashubian
Ó is the 23rd letter of the Kashubian alphabet and represents . It also represents in southern dialects.Hungarian
Ó is the 25th letter of the Hungarian alphabet. It represents .Kazakh
It was proposed in 2018 that Ó should be one of their Kazakh alphabets#Latin script, Latin alphabet to replace Ө and represents (or ). The proposal was modified to Ö in late 2019.Polish
Ó is the 21st letter of the Polish alphabet, and represents . Historically it represented but morphed to over time (similar to English "oo").Portuguese
In Portuguese, ó is used to mark a stressed in words whose stressed syllable is in an unpredictable location within the word, as in "pó" (dust) and "óculos" (glasses). If the location of the stressed syllable is predictable, the acute accent is not used. Ó contrasts with ô .Scottish Gaelic
Ó was once widely used in Scottish Gaelic language, Scottish, but it has now been largely superseded by "ò". It can still be seen in certain writings but is no longer used in standard orthography.Spanish
Ó is used in the Spanish language to denote an 'o' vowel with abnormal stress (linguistics), stress.Sorbian
Ó represents in Upper Sorbian and represents or in, especially, Lower Sorbian.Vietnamese
In Vietnamese alphabet ó is the ''sắc'' tone (high-rising tone) of "o".Character mappings
Key strokes
* Microsoft Windows users can type an "ó" by pressing on the numeric pad of the keyboard. "Ó" can be typed by pressing * In Microsoft Word, pressing , then will produce the character ó. Pressing , then will produce the character Ó. Remember to not press shift ''before'' apostrophe, as that will not type this character.See also
*Acute accentReferences
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