"omicron" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɒmɪkɹɒn/ [UK], /ˈɒmɪkɹən/ [UK], /ˈəʊmɪkɹɒn/ [UK], /əʊˈmaɪkɹɒn/ [UK], /əʊˈmaɪkɹən/ [UK], /əˈmaɪkɹɒn/ [UK], /əˈmaɪkɹən/ [UK], /ˈoʊməˌkɹɑn/ [US], /ˈoʊmɪˌkɹɑn/ [US], /ˈɑməˌkɹɑn/ [US], /ˈɑmɪˌkɹɑn/ [US] Audio: En-us-omicron-2.ogg Forms: omicrons [plural], omicra [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪkɹɒn Etymology: From Latin omicron, from Koine Greek ὂ μῑκρόν (ò mīkrón, “little o”), named in contrast with omega (“big o”). The uncommon form omicra is similarly borrowed from Latin and Greek. The use for designating stars in a constellation—typically in order of apparent brightness—began with Johann Bayer's 1603 Uranometria. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|omicron}} Latin omicron, {{der|en|grc-koi|ὂ μῑκρόν|t=little o}} Koine Greek ὂ μῑκρόν (ò mīkrón, “little o”), {{mdash}} —, {{mdash}} — Head templates: {{en-noun|s|omicra}} omicron (plural omicrons or omicra)
  1. (sometimes capitalized) The 15th letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets (16th in Ancient and Old Greek), used in ordering lists as in naming (astronomy) the 15th star of a constellation or (epidemiology) the 15th discovered major variant of a disease. Tags: capitalized, sometimes Categories (topical): Astronomy, Epidemiology, Greek letter names
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Omicron, omikron, Omikron, o, O, Ο, ο

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɒmɪkɹɒn/ [UK], /ˈɒmɪkɹən/ [UK], /ˈəʊmɪkɹɒn/ [UK], /əʊˈmaɪkɹɒn/ [UK], /əʊˈmaɪkɹən/ [UK], /əˈmaɪkɹɒn/ [UK], /əˈmaɪkɹən/ [UK], /ˈoʊməˌkɹɑn/ [US], /ˈoʊmɪˌkɹɑn/ [US], /ˈɑməˌkɹɑn/ [US], /ˈɑmɪˌkɹɑn/ [US] Audio: En-us-omicron-2.ogg
Rhymes: -aɪkɹɒn Etymology: From Latin omicron, from Koine Greek ὂ μῑκρόν (ò mīkrón, “little o”), named in contrast with omega (“big o”). The uncommon form omicra is similarly borrowed from Latin and Greek. The use for designating stars in a constellation—typically in order of apparent brightness—began with Johann Bayer's 1603 Uranometria. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|omicron}} Latin omicron, {{der|en|grc-koi|ὂ μῑκρόν|t=little o}} Koine Greek ὂ μῑκρόν (ò mīkrón, “little o”), {{mdash}} —, {{mdash}} — Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} omicron (uncountable)
  1. (virology, pathology) Ellipsis of Omicron variant. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable Alternative form of: Omicron variant Categories (topical): Pathology, Virology, Coronavirus Derived forms: omicron strain, omicron variant, omicron virus Translations (Greek letter): ὂ μικρόν (ò mikrón) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), أُومِيكْرُون (ʔumikrūn) [masculine] (Arabic), ómicron (Asturian), òmicron [feminine] (Catalan), 奧米克戎 /奥米克戎 (àomǐkèróng) (Chinese Mandarin), 奧密克戎 /奥密克戎 (àomìkèróng) (Chinese Mandarin), omikron (Czech), omikron [masculine] (Dutch), omikrono (Esperanto), omikron (Finnish), omicron [masculine] (French), Omikron [neuter] (German), όμικρον (ómikron) [neuter] (Greek), omikron (Hungarian), omicron (Interlingua), oimiocrón [masculine] (Irish), omicron [feminine] (Italian), オミクロン (omikuron) (Japanese), 오미크론 (omikeuron) (Korean), omikron (Malay), omikorōna (Maori), omikron [masculine] (Polish), ómicron [masculine] (Portuguese), ômicron [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), омикро́н (omikrón) [masculine] (Russian), ómicron [feminine] (Spanish), omikron (Swedish), โอไมครอน (oo-mai-krɔ̂n) (Thai), omikron (Turkish)
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Synonyms: Omicron, omikron, Omikron, o, O, Ο, ο

Noun [French]

IPA: /ɔ.mi.kʁɔ̃/, /ɔ.mi.kʁɔn/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-omicron.wav Forms: omicron [plural], omicrons [plural]
Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|#|+}} omicron m (plural omicron or omicrons)
  1. omicron (Greek letter) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Greek letter names
    Sense id: en-omicron-fr-noun-a5YRo4R1 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Italian]

Head templates: {{it-noun|m|#}} omicron m (invariable)
  1. omicron (Greek letter) Wikipedia link: it:omicron Tags: invariable, masculine Categories (topical): Greek letter names
    Sense id: en-omicron-it-noun-a5YRo4R1 Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Romanian]

Etymology: Borrowed from French omicron. Etymology templates: {{bor+|ro|fr|omicron}} Borrowed from French omicron Head templates: {{ro-noun|m|omicron}} omicron m (plural omicron) Inflection templates: {{ro-decl-noun|g=m|gpd=omicronlor|gpi=omicron|gsd=omicronului|gsi=omicron|n=|npd=omicroni|npi=omicron|nsd=omicronul|nsi=omicron|vp=omicronlor|vs=omicronule|vs2=}} Forms: omicron [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], omicron [accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular], omicronul [accusative, definite, nominative, singular], omicroni [accusative, definite, nominative, plural], omicron [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, singular], omicronului [definite, error-unrecognized-form, singular], omicronlor [definite, error-unrecognized-form, plural], omicronule [singular, vocative], omicronlor [vocative]
  1. omicron (Greek letter) Tags: masculine
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Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "invariable",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "it:omicron"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "omicron"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from French omicron",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from French omicron.",
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    {
      "form": "omicron",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "omicron",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "omicroni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "omicron",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "omicronului",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "omicronlor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "omicronule",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "omicronlor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "omicron"
      },
      "expansion": "omicron m (plural omicron)",
      "name": "ro-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "gpd": "omicronlor",
        "gpi": "omicron",
        "gsd": "omicronului",
        "gsi": "omicron",
        "n": "",
        "npd": "omicroni",
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        "nsi": "omicron",
        "vp": "omicronlor",
        "vs": "omicronule",
        "vs2": ""
      },
      "name": "ro-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Romanian",
  "lang_code": "ro",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Romanian countable nouns",
        "Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Romanian lemmas",
        "Romanian masculine nouns",
        "Romanian nouns",
        "Romanian terms borrowed from French",
        "Romanian terms derived from French"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "omicron (Greek letter)"
      ],
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        [
          "omicron",
          "omicron#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "omicron"
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'genitive-dative'",
  "path": [
    "omicron"
  ],
  "section": "Romanian",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "omicron",
  "trace": ""
}

{
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  "msg": "Rowspan 999 over 30, set to 1",
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  "subsection": "noun",
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}

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