om

om

1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Oromo.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Oromo terms

• aum

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit ओम् (om) (symbol ॐ (oṃ)). The former (om) is used in both Buddhist and Hindu settings, while the latter (aum) is usually used only in Jain and Hindu settings.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɒm/, /əʊm/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /oʊm/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -əʊm, -ɒm

om (plural oms)

1. (Hinduism, Buddhism) A sacred, mystical syllable used in prayer and meditation.
   • 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 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 October 20, Hazel Curry, The Guardian:

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

• om mani padme hum
• Om Namah Shivaya

om (third-person singular simple present oms, present participle omming, simple past and past participle ommed)

1. (intransitive) To chant the sacred syllable om.
   • 1996, Nora Sayre, Sixties Going on Seventies, page 14:

     Allen Ginsberg omming like a death rattle, his voice ravaged by the days of Hindu chants and gas.

   • 2015, Hilary H. Carter, Number Woman:

     I had to go into church to clear it by chanting the sacred mantra 'Om'. I was omming, loudly and intensely so that the vibration of that sacred mantra would fill every corner.

• om nom nom
• tiddly-om-pom-pom

• M.O., mo., mo', m/o, -mo, Mo., MO, Mo, mo, m.o.

From Latin homō.

• IPA^(key): [om]

om m (plural oaminj)

1. man, person

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

• bãrbat

• orm (Valencia)
• olm

From older olm, from Latin ulmus (compare French orme, Spanish olmo). First attested in 1150.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈom]

• Audio:

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om m (plural oms)

1. elm (tree)
2. elm (wood)

• “om”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “om” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “om” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “om”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /om/

om

1. (most dialects) contraction of op/of däm (“on the”)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /ɔm/

om

1. (parts of Eifel) contraction of on däm (“in the”)

• öm (some other Eifel dialects)
• em (most dialects)

om

1. on

om

1. alternative spelling of omw (“your”)

From Old Norse um, from Proto-Germanic *umbi. Cognate with German um (“about”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈʌmˀ, ʌm]
• Rhymes: -ɒm

om

1. about

   Han viklede dem om sin lillefinger.

   He wrapped them around his pinky finger.

• “om,3” in Den Danske Ordbog

om

1. such that something changes orientation or has its orientation changed
2. such that something moves or is moved to the far side of something
   • 2015, Karsten H Petersen, To mus på tur: en julekalender og en påskekalender, BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN:

     De skal om på den mørke side af kirken.

     They are going to the dark side of the church.

3. such that something is surrounded
   • 2016, Ole Henrik Laub, Hovedrollen, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:

     Vred kluden op, vaskede fingeren, viklede papir om og begyndte igen at skrælle kartofler.

     Wrung the rag, washed the finger, wrapped paper around [it] and resumed peeling potatoes.

4. in changing, goalless directions
   • 2017, Hjalmar Söderberg (Translated by Jørgen Årup Hansen), Doktor Glas, Gyldendal A/S →ISBN, page 28

     ... hvor længe skal jeg flakke om i denne gådernes og drømmenes og de uransagelige fænomeners verden?

     ... for how long must I wander about in this world of the riddles, the dreams and the inscrutable phenomena?

5. again, returning to the beginning (whence ommer, om igen, tro om igen)
   • 2014, Dennis Jürgensen, Måske, Tellerup A/S, →ISBN:

     „Nej. Hvis du tror jeg vil se passivt til, mens du ødelægger din mands og dit eget liv med dette martyrium, så må du tro om ...“

     "No. If you think I intend to look on passively while you destroy your husband's and your own life with this martyrium, you will have to think again ..."

   • 2016, Terje Nordberg, Det må godt føles rart, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:

     Jo, jeg har da haft mine nu'er, men hvis jeg skulle gøre det hele om, ville jeg sørge for at have mange flere af dem.

     Sure, I have had my nows, but if I had to do it all again, I would make sure to have many more of them.

   • 2017, Morten Sabroe, Love Me Do, Politikens Forlag, →ISBN:

     Han skrev den om tre gange.

     He rewrote it three times.

6. such that something is changed (whence lave om
   • 2017, Sacha Batthyany (Translated by Uffe Gardel), Og hvad har det med mig at gøre, Art People →ISBN

     Men verdenskrisen i 1929 lukkede fabrikken, og indenrigsministeriet overtog den og byggede den om til et fængsel.

     But the world crisis in 1929 closed down the factory, and the ministry of internal affairs took it and rebuilt it into a prison.

7. going forwards in a book or similar, reaching some page
   • 2014, Lene Dybdahl, Nøglens Vogtere #2: Visigotens Hjelm, Tellerup A/S, →ISBN:

     Consuela bladrede langsomt om på indholdsfortegnelsen.

     Slowly, Consuela turned the pages till she reached the table of contents.

8. such that something rotates or revolves (either of its own accord or by external influence)

   Hun vendte sig om og så på ham.

   She turned and looked at him.

• “om,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Old Danish ef, em, um, from Old Norse ef, from Proto-Germanic *jabai (“when, if”). Cognate with English if, German ob (“if”).

• IPA^(key): [ʌm]

om

1. whether (introducing an indirect question)

   Jeg skulle spørge om du havde fem minutter.

   I have been asked to ask [you] if you have five minutes.

2. (formal) if (introducing a conditional clause)

   Fjern om nødvendigt jorden.

   If necessary, remove the dirt.

   Om du bare ville lytte, skal jeg forklare alt.

   If only you would listen, I shall explain everything.

3. if (introducing a concessive clause)

   Hun var om ikke død, så i hvert fald stærkt såret.

   She was, if not dead, then at least seriously wounded.

4. even if
   • 2013, Gyldendal, Breve hjem: Danske soldater i Første Verdenskrig, Gyldendal A/S →ISBN

     ... men du, jeg vil have den; før holder jeg ikke op, om så jeg skal med i en krig til.

     ... but hey, I want [a medal]; I shall not stop before [getting it], even if I shall have to go to another war.

5. if only (introducing a wish)

• (whether): hvorvidt
• (if): hvis
• (irrespective of): selvom, uagtet, på trods af
• (desire): bare, gid

• “om,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

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

• IPA^(key): /ɔm/

• Audio:

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om

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

   Ik sta om vijf uur buiten. ― I'll be outside at five.

3. for (some purpose or object), concerning

   Synonyms: over, voor

   Zij vochten om de macht. ― They fought for power.

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")

• om-

• Afrikaans: om

om

1. (om te) in order to; shortening of om te

   Ik ga naar de winkel om boodschappen te kopen.

   I am going to the shop to buy some groceries.

om (used only predicatively, not comparable)

1. convinced, persuaded

   De rechter is om.

   The judge has been persuaded.

   (literally, “The judge is over.”)

2. up; over; gone (time)

   Je tijd is om.

   Your time is up.

3. longer than the shortest possible; roundabout

   De route die je hebt genomen was heel erg om, je had beter zo kunnen gaan.

   The route you took was a lot longer than necessary, you should have gone like this.

• omp

From Latin homō.

om m (plural oms) or umign

1. man, person
2. husband

• (husband): marît, cristian

• femine

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈom/ [ˈɔm]
• Rhymes: -om
• Syllabification: om

From Sanskrit ओं (oṃ) or औं (auṃ) or ॐ (oṃ). Cognate with Balinese om (in Balinese script ᬒᬁ).

om

1. (Hinduism, Buddhism) om (a sacred, mystical syllable used in prayer and meditation)

Borrowed from Dutch oom (“uncle”), from Middle Dutch oom, from Old Dutch *ōm, from Proto-Germanic *awahaimaz (“maternal uncle”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os (“maternal uncle, maternal grandfather”).

om (plural om-om)

1. (colloquial) uncle (The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent)
2. (colloquial) uncle (form of address to a man by young people or children)

• “om” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Inherited from Latin homō (nominative). The plural reflects Latin hominēs.

• IPA^(key): /om/

om m (plural omir)

1. man, person, husband

• IPA^(key): /om/

om

1. alternative form of omme

om

1. alternative form of omme

From Old Norse um, from Proto-Germanic *umbi (“around, about”).

• As a conjunction, um superseded or blended with Old Norse ef and em, taking on their function as well. This is from Proto-Germanic *jabai (“when, if”), whence also English if and German ob.

• IPA^(key): /ɔm/

om

1. around

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

2. (when speaking of time) in (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

om

1. whether

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

• selv om

• om-

• “om” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From the earlier, Old Norse preposition um, from Proto-Germanic *umbi (“around, about”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi (“by, around”), from earlier *h₂ntbʰi, instrumental case form to *h₂énts (“face”).^[1] Doublet of ambi- and amfi.

• As a conjunction, um superseded or blended with Old Norse ef and em, taking on their function as well. This is from Proto-Germanic *jabai (“when, if”), whence also English if and German ob.

• um (non-standard since 1938)

• IPA^(key): /ʊm/, /ɔm/

om

1. around

   Bind eit reip om halsen på han!

   Tie a rope around his neck!

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

   Eg kjem om ti minutt.

   I shall be there in ten minutes

3. in (with words for seasons or times of the day)

   om våren

   in the spring, in the springtime

   om kvelden

   in the evening

4. about

   Me snakka nettopp om deg.

   We were just talking about you

5. via

   Me køyrde til Bergen om Hardanger

   We drove to Bergen via Hardanger

• attom
• kringom
• utom
• om-

om

1. whether, if

• om enn
• som om

om

1. (dialectal, Rogaland) Used to introduce yes-no-questions.

   Om du har sjokolade?

   Do you have chocolate?

Compare with Old Norse ómun f (“voice”).

• IPA^(key): /uːm/
• Homophones: ohm, óm

om m (definite singular omen, indefinite plural omar, definite plural omane)

1. a weak sound
2. reverberation

• oma, óma, ome, óme (verb)

• “om” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• mo, mò, Mo, óm

• IPA^(key): /um/

om m

1. alternative form of hom

From Proto-Celtic *omos (compare Welsh of), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₃mós.

• IPA^(key): [oβ̃]

om

1. raw

• Middle Irish: om
  • Irish: amh
  • Scottish Gaelic: amh
  • Manx: aw

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “om”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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

1. alternative form of ome

• ohm

Named after the German physicist Georg Ohm.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔm/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔm
• Syllabification: om

om m inan

1. ohm

• om in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• omu — archaic

• IPA^(key): /ˈom/

• Audio:

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Inherited from Latin homō (nominative). The plural reflects Latin hominēs.

om m (plural oameni)

1. (dated) man (male)

   Synonym: bărbat

2. (regardless of gender) human

   Synonyms: ființă umană, persoană

• neom

• omenesc
• omeni
• omenie
• omenire
• omenos

• inuman
• neuman
• uman

Auxiliary verb form

(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

• “om”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

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

• As a conjunction, um superseded or blended with Old Norse ef and em, taking on their function as well. This is from Proto-Germanic *jabai (“when, if”), whence also English if and German ob.

• IPA^(key): /ɔm/

• Audio:

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om

1. if
   • 1990, Niklas Strömstedt, “Om [If]”, in Om! [If!]‎^[2]:

     Om du var ett hav vore jag en våg. Om du var himmelen skulle jag ha vingar. Om du var ett regn hade jag var't [varit] hav och land. Om du var musik vore jag en sång. Om du var vidderna ville jag va' [vara] vinden. Men jag skulle inte va' [vara] nånting om du inte fanns.

     [Literally translated for illustration – see the link for a more natural translation] If you were an ocean [sea], were I a wave [subjunctive, everyday – see vore]. If you were the sky, I would have wings. If you were a rain, had I been sea and land [subjunctive, everyday – very common with hade (“had”)]. If you were music, were [subjunctive] I a song. If you were the plains, I wanted to be the wind [somewhat tersely worded here in Swedish as well]. But I would not be anything if you did not exist.

om

1. about

   en bok om tåg

   a book about trains

   Vi har pratat om dig

   We have talked about you

   Vad pratar de om?

   What are they talking about?

2. in, within (when talking about time)

   om tio minuter

   in ten minutes

   Vem kan komma på festen jag ska ha om en vecka?

   Who can come to the party I will have in a week?

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 in) the pot

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 frequencies); per

   Han röker fem cigaretter om dagen

   He smokes five cigarettes a day

   Jag jobbar nästan alla dagar om året

   I work nearly every day of the year

   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!

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 redo her homework

• om-

• om in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• om in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• om in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• mo

From the older omu, with word-final vowel deletion.

om

1. (stative) alternative form of omu (“ripe”)

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

om

1. alternative form of omp (“there”)

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɔm˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɔm˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɔm˧˧]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

om • (𤋾, 堷)

1. (cooking) to simmer

   om cá ― to simmer fish

   om chuối ― to cook (with) banana

   nồi om ― a pot for simmering

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

om • (𫇌, 𬛯, 𦽔, 𫉮)

1. pitch-dark; pitch-black; very much (esp. dark)

   Trời tối om. ― It's pitch dark (outside).

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

om • (喑)

1. to make a noise

   Ngày nay, khi nói tới đàn bầu thì người ta nghĩ ngay tới cái bầu, có hình như bầu rượu, được gắn vào cần đàn để om tiếng.

   Today, when talking about the dan bau, people immediately think of a gourd, shaped like a wine gourd, attached to the neck of the instrument to make sounds.

om (plural oms)

1. he (third-person masculine)
   • 1952, Arie de Jong, Diatek nulik: Gospul ma ‚Matthaeus’. Kapit: I:

     Omotof soni, keli onemol Yesusi; om ga olelivükom pöpi de sinods onik.

     She will give birth to a son and you must name him Jesus, because he is the one who is to save his people from their sins.

2. (obsolete) it (third-person neuter)

From Old Frisian umbe, from Proto-Germanic *umbi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi.

om

1. around, about
2. about, regarding

• “om (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

om

1. around, about

• “om (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

• IPA^(key): /om˧/

om

1. (transitive) to disengage

• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 40