English

Proper noun

Ob at Barnaul

Ob

1. The westernmost of the three great Siberian rivers in Russia.

Translations

Symbol

Ob

1. (category theory) The set of objects of a category.

Usage notes

• Usually written followed by a pair of parentheses enclosing a capital letter which is the label of some particular category.

Anagrams

• bo , Bo, BO

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from Russian Обь ‎(Obʹ).

Proper noun

Ob m

1. Ob (a river in Russia)

English

Noun

ob ‎(plural obs)

1. (historical) A halfpenny.

Etymology 2

Abbreviations.

Noun

ob ‎(plural obs)

1. (archaic) An objection.
2. (genetics) The obese gene.

Anagrams

• bo , Bo, BO

German

Etymology

From Middle High German obe, ob

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔp/

Conjunction

ob

1. (subordinating) if, whether

   ob ... oder‎ ― if ... or

Preposition

ob

1. (+ dative) (dialectal) over, above, on
2. (+ dative, genitive) (becoming dated) on account of

Synonyms

• (over, above): über

Antonyms

• (over, above): nid/nied, unter

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἐπί ‎(epí), Sanskrit अपि ‎(ápi), Avestan 𐬀𐬌𐬞𐬌 ‎(aipi), Old Persian [script needed] ‎(apiy), and Old Armenian եւ ‎(ew). Confer also Latin apud.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ob/ (before vowels and most consonants)
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /op/ (before words beginning with p, s, or t)
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ob]

Preposition

ob ‎(+ accusative)

1. in the direction of, to, towards
2. on account of, according to, because of, due to, for (the purpose of)
3. against; facing

Usage notes

• The preposition ob is used as a combining prefix with many other words, particularly verbs. In compounds, the b is often assimilated into the next consonant, as in oppose.

Derived terms

Descendants

• English: ob-

References

• ob in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ob in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “ob”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • I blame this in you; I censure you for this: hoc in te reprehendo (not ob eam rem)
    

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *jabai ‎(“when, if”), from Proto-Indo-European *e-, *ē- ‎(“then, at that time”). Cognate with English if, West Frisian oft ‎(“whether”), Dutch of ‎(“or, whether, but”), Middle Low German ef ‎(“if, whether”), German ob ‎(“if, whether”), Icelandic ef, if ‎(“if”).

Adverb

ob

1. if, whether

   Weess du, ob d'Apdikt muer op ass?‎

   Do you know if the pharmacy is open tomorrow?

Novial

Particle

ob

1. initial interrogative particle

Conjunction

ob

1. (subordinating) whether or not, if

Old Irish

Noun

ob f

1. Alternative form of aub

Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ob/

Pronoun

ob

1. I (first-person singular, nominative)

Declension

White Hmong

Numeral

ob

1. two

References

• Ernest E. Heimbach, White Hmong - English Dictionary (1979, SEAP Publications)