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Open-mid back rounded vowel
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See also: IPA, Consonants
| Edit - 2× | Front | Near-front | Central | Near-back | Back |
| Close | |||||
| Near‑close | |||||
| Close‑mid | |||||
| Mid | |||||
| Open‑mid | |||||
| Near‑open | |||||
| Open | |||||
Where symbols appear in pairs, the one to the right
represents a rounded vowel.
represents a rounded vowel.
| IPA – number | 306 |
| IPA – text | ɔ |
| IPA – image |  |
| Entity | ɔ |
| X-SAMPA | O |
| Kirshenbaum | O |
| Sound sample | |
|---|---|
The open-mid back rounded vowel is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ɔ, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is O. The IPA symbol is a turned letter c and both the symbol and the sound are commonly called "open-o". The name open-o represents the sound, in that it is like the sound represented by [o], the close-mid back rounded vowel, except it is more open. It also represents the symbol, which can be remembered as an o which has been "opened" by removing part of the closed circular shape.
- Its vowel height is open-mid, which means the tongue is positioned halfway between an open vowel and a mid vowel.
- Its vowel backness is back, which means the tongue is positioned as far back as possible in the mouth without creating a constriction that would be classified as a consonant.
- Its vowel roundedness is rounded, which means that the lips are rounded.
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albanian | po | [pɔ] | 'yes' | ||
| Bengali | বস | [bɔʃ] | 'sit' | See Bengali phonology | |
| Catalan | cosa | [kɔzə] | 'thing' | See Catalan phonology | |
| Czech | oko | [ɔkɔ] | 'an eye' | See Czech phonology | |
| Dutch | bot | [bɔt] | 'bone' | See Dutch phonology | |
| Eng lish |
AuE and NZE | hot | [hɔt] | 'hot' | See Australian English phonology |
| RP | ball | [bɔːɫ] | 'ball' | See English phonology | |
| French | sort | [sɔʀ] | 'fate' | See French phonology | |
| German | voll | [fɔl] | 'full' | See German phonology | |
| Italian | parola | [paˈɾɔːla] | 'word' | See Italian phonology | |
| Norwegian | topp | [tɔp] | 'top' | See Norwegian phonology | |
| Occitan | òme | [ˈɔme] | 'man' | Word and pronunciation same for Languedocien, Provençal, Gascon, Augvergnat, and Limousin | |
| Polish | oko | [ɔkɔ] | 'an eye' | See Polish phonology | |
| Portuguese | módulo | [mɔdulu] | 'module' | See Portuguese phonology | |
| Swedish | åtta | [ˈɔtːa] | 'eight' | See Swedish phonology | |
| Vietnamese | to | [tɔ̄] | 'large' | See Vietnamese phonology | |