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o'¹

  • /ə/
  • /oʊ/ US, stressed

Sounds like a · Rhymes with -əʊ

preposition o · a

  1. abbreviation, contraction, unstressed Contraction of of, usually before consonants.of Gimme two o’ those ones.
  2. abbreviation, archaic, contraction, unstressed Contraction of on.on A pox o' your throat, you bawling, blasphemous, incharitable dog!

O'²

Where it comes from

From Irish Ó.

Unrelated to English o' (“of”).

prefix

  1. morpheme descendant of; used to form Irish patronymic surnames. O'Reilly

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