English

Alternative forms

• aum

Noun

om ‎(plural oms)

1. (Hinduism, Buddhism) A sacred, mystical syllable used in prayer and meditation.
   • 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 800:

     In fact it sounded exactly like the voice of Livia, her vanished sister, and, like her, it was intoning the Aum just as she used once to do at the beginning of her yoga sessions.

   • 2001, Hazel Curry, The Guardian, 20 Oct 2001:

     Om is pronounced "a-a-o-o-u-u-m-m" and is repeated slowly for as long as possible.

Derived terms

• om mani padme hun

Translations

Anagrams

• mo , Mo, m/o, mo', MO, m.o.

Aromanian

Etymology

From Latin homō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [om]

Noun

om m ‎(plural oaminj)

1. man, person

Derived terms

• niom
• omã, oamã
• uminilji
• uminiri
• uminescu

See also

• bãrbat

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin ulmus.

Noun

om m ‎(plural oms)

1. elm

Chickasaw

Adjective

om

1. on

Chuukese

Determiner

om

1. Alternative spelling of omw ‎(“your”)

Related terms

Danish

Preposition

om

1. about

References

• “om” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Middle Dutch ombe, omme, from Old Dutch umbi, umbe, from Proto-Germanic *umbi.

Preposition

om

1. around, about
2. at (a time)

Inflection

Adverb

om

1. around, about
2. around, over (to another state)

   Hij zette de schakelaar om.

   He turned the switch over.

3. over, from an upright to a horizontal position (as in "fall over")

Derived terms

• andersom
• omheen
• omtrek
• omweg

Conjunction

om

1. (om te) in order to

Adjective

om ‎(used only predicatively, not comparable)

1. convinced, persuaded

   De rechter is om.

   The judge has been persuaded.

Friulian

Alternative forms

• omp

Etymology

From Latin homō.

Noun

om m ‎(plural oms) or umign

1. man, person
2. husband

Synonyms

• (husband): marît, cristian

See also

• femine

Middle Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /om/

Preposition

om

1. Alternative form of omme

Adverb

om

1. Alternative form of omme

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse um

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔm/

Preposition

om

1. around

   Bind et rep om halsen hans! (Tie a rope around his neck!)

2. in (when speaking of time) (after a period of time)

   Jeg kommer om ti minutter. (I shall be there in ten minutes)

3. about

   Vi snakket nettopp om deg. (We were just talking about you)

4. during, in (with words for seasons or times of the day)

   om våren

   during the spring, in the springtime

   om kvelden

   in the evening

Conjunction

om

1. whether

   De spurte om jeg ville komme. (They asked whether I would come.)

See also

• om-

References

• “om” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse um.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʊm/ (example of pronunciation)

Preposition

om

1. around
2. in (after a period of time)

See also

• om-

References

• “om” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔm/

Noun

om m

1. Alternative form of hom

Old Provençal

Alternative forms

• ome
• omne

Etymology

From Latin homō.

Noun

om m ‎(oblique plural oms, nominative singular oms, nominative plural om)

1. man (male adult human being)

Polish

Alternative forms

• ohm

Etymology

Named after the German physicist Georg Ohm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔm/

Noun

om m inan

1. ohm

Declension

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [om]

Etymology 1

From Latin homō, from earlier hemō, from Proto-Italic *hemō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ ‎(“earthling”). Compare Aromanian om, Catalan home, Esperanto homo, French homme, Interlingua homine, Italian uomo, Portuguese homem, Sardinian ómine, Spanish hombre.

Noun

om m ‎(plural oameni)

1. (now rare) man (male)
2. (regardless of gender) human

Declension

Synonyms

• (man): bărbat
• (human): ființă umană, persoană

Antonyms

• neom

Derived terms

• omenesc
• omeni
• omenie
• omenire
• omenos

Related terms

• inuman
• neuman
• uman

Etymology 2

Auxiliary verb form

Verb

(noi) om ‎(modal auxiliary, first-person plural form of vrea, used with infinitives to form presumptive tenses)

1. (we) might

   om merge mâine undeva

   we might go somewhere tomorrow

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse um, from Proto-Germanic *umbi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔm/

Conjunction

om

1. if

Preposition

om

1. about

   en bok om tåg

   a book about trains

   Vad pratar de om?

   What are they talking about?

2. in, within (when talking about time)

   om tio minuter

   in ten minutes

3. around

   Han har ett rep om sin hals

   He's got a rope around his neck

   De flyttade om möblerna

   They moved the furniture around

   Kocken rörde om i grytan

   The chef stirred (moved around) the pan

4. during, in (with words for seasons or times of the day)

   om våren

   during the spring, in the springtime

   om kvällarna

   in the evenings

5. a (only when speaking about daily or yearly frequencies)

   Han röker fem cigaretter om dagen

   He smokes five cigarettes a day

   De reser till Finland två gånger om året

   They go to Finland twice a year

6. of

   till vänster om kylskåpet

   to the left of the refrigerator

   norr om staden

   north of the city

   Ta hand om det!

   Take care of it!

Related terms

• bry sig om
• året om
• även om

Particle

om

1. specifies that a verb is done again, compare English "re-".

   Hon målade om huset.

   She repainted the house.

   Sara blev tvungen att göra om läxorna.

   Sara had to do her homework again.

Volapük

Pronoun

om ‎(plural oms)

1. he (third-person masculine)
2. (obsolete) it (third-person neuter)

Declension