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Œ

Œ

Œ	U+0152, Œ LATIN CAPITAL LIGATURE OE

← ő
[U+0151]

Latin Extended-A

œ →
[U+0153]

See also: œ, Appendix:Variations of "e", and Appendix:Variations of "o"

Translingual

Letter

Œ upper case (lower case œ)

Ligature of the Latin letters O and E.

See also

(Latin script): A a B b C c D d E e F f G g H h I i J j K k L l M m N n O o P p Q q R r S ſ s T t U u V v W w X x Y y Z z
(Variations of letter O): Ó ó Ò ò Ŏ ŏ Ô ô Ố ố Ồồ Ỗỗ Ổổ Ǒǒ Ö ö Ȫ ȫ Ő ő Õ õ Ṍṍ Ṏ ṏ Ȭ ȭ Ȯ ȯ Ȱ ȱ Ø ø Ǿ ǿ Ǫ ǫ Ǭ ǭ Ō ō Ṓ ṓ Ō̂ō̂ Ṑṑ Ỏ ỏ Ȍȍ Ȏȏ Ơ ơ Ớ ớ Ờ ờ Ỡ ỡ Ở ở Ợ ợ Ọ ọ Ộộ Ɵ ɵ ⱺ ᴏ Ｏｏ Ꜵ ꜵ Œ œ Ꝏ ꝏ Ꝍꝍ Ȣ ȣ
(Letter combinations): Ꜳ ꜳ Æ æ ᴁᴭ Ǽ ǽ Ǣ ǣ Ꜵ ꜵ Å å Ꜷ ꜷ Ꜹꜹ Ꜻꜻ Ꜽꜽ ct ȸ Ǳ ǲ ǳ Ǆ ǅ ǆ ᴂᵆ ᴔ & ﬀ ﬁ ﬃ ﬂ ﬄ ℔ Ĳ ĳ Ǉ ǈ ǉ Ỻ ỻ Ŋ ŋ Ǌ ǋ ǌ Œ œ ɶ Ꝏ ꝏ Ȣ ȣ ᴕ ȹ ẞ ß ﬅ ﬆ ᵫ Ů ů W w Ꝡ ꝡ

English

Symbol

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

(chiefly dated) Ligature of vowels O and E, called œthel.

Usage notes

Normally used for words of either Ancient Greek or Latin origin.
Uncommon in modern times mainly due to its absence in typographical equipment.

See also

Æ

Anagrams

EO, eo

French

Symbol

Œ ‎(upper case, lower case œ)

Letter used in French, a combination of O and E.

œ

œ

œ	U+0153, œ LATIN SMALL LIGATURE OE

← Œ
[U+0152]

Latin Extended-A

Ŕ →
[U+0154]

See also: Œ, Appendix:Variations of "o", and Appendix:Variations of "e"

Translingual

Letter

œ lower case (upper case Œ)

Ligature of Latin letters o and e.

See also

(Latin script): A a B b C c D d E e F f G g H h I i J j K k L l M m N n O o P p Q q R r S ſ s T t U u V v W w X x Y y Z z
(Variations of letter O): Ó ó Ò ò Ŏ ŏ Ô ô Ố ố Ồồ Ỗỗ Ổổ Ǒǒ Ö ö Ȫ ȫ Ő ő Õ õ Ṍṍ Ṏ ṏ Ȭ ȭ Ȯ ȯ Ȱ ȱ Ø ø Ǿ ǿ Ǫ ǫ Ǭ ǭ Ō ō Ṓ ṓ Ō̂ō̂ Ṑṑ Ỏ ỏ Ȍȍ Ȏȏ Ơ ơ Ớ ớ Ờ ờ Ỡ ỡ Ở ở Ợ ợ Ọ ọ Ộộ Ɵ ɵ ⱺ ᴏ Ｏｏ Ꜵ ꜵ Œ œ Ꝏ ꝏ Ꝍꝍ Ȣ ȣ
(Letter combinations): Ꜳ ꜳ Æ æ ᴁᴭ Ǽ ǽ Ǣ ǣ Ꜵ ꜵ Å å Ꜷ ꜷ Ꜹꜹ Ꜻꜻ Ꜽꜽ ct ȸ Ǳ ǲ ǳ Ǆ ǅ ǆ ᴂᵆ ᴔ & ﬀ ﬁ ﬃ ﬂ ﬄ ℔ Ĳ ĳ Ǉ ǈ ǉ Ỻ ỻ Ŋ ŋ Ǌ ǋ ǌ Œ œ ɶ Ꝏ ꝏ Ȣ ȣ ᴕ ȹ ẞ ß ﬅ ﬆ ᵫ Ů ů W w Ꝡ ꝡ

Pronunciation

Symbol

œ

(IPA) open-mid front rounded vowel

See also

9 (X-SAMPA equivalent)

English

Symbol

œ lower case (upper case Œ)

(chiefly archaic) A ligature of vowels o and e.

Usage notes

It is normally used for words of either Ancient Greek or Latin origin. However, it has become rare and often absent in modern times, since it has been reduced to e in American English or separated as oe in Commonwealth English.

See also

æ
œthel

Anagrams

EO, eo

French

Symbol

œ ‎(lower case, upper case Œ)

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

German

Symbol

œ ‎(lower case, upper case Œ)

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