-ö-
-ö- is the alternative spelling of -o-.
Meaning of -o-
Interfix (1)
-o-
- A linking vowel inserted interconsonantally between two morphemes, to ease pronunciation, without contributing to the meaning. It frequently joins words or combining forms of Ancient Greek or Classical Latin origin in the classical compounds of New Latin and international scientific vocabulary, but it can also be used to join modern terms and even abbreviations, either formally or informally.
- extreme + -o- + -phile → extremophile
Interfix (2)
-o-
- a monoclonal antibody derived from a murine source
Origin of -ö-
From the old practice, which comes from French, of using the diaeresis accent to communicate vowel hiatus, i.e. to clarify that a vowel is to be spoken separately rather than joined with or influenced by the sounds before it; for example, Chloë is to be read as CLOH-EY, not CLEE (i.e. an oe as in Oedipus); and the ae in aëroport is not spoken as that in archaeology.
Words formed from -ö-
- bioöil
- bioöncology
- bioöptic
- bioöptical
- bioöptics
- bioörgan
- bioörganic
- bioörganism
- bioörganometallic
- bioörient
- bioörientation
- bioörthogonal
- bioöxidant
- bioöxidation
- electroöculogram
- hydroötelluric
- hydroöxide
- hydroöxonium
- macroörchidism
- macroörganism
- macroösmatic
- microödontia
- microödontism
- microöhm
- microöhmmeter
- microöperation
- microöperative
- microöphthalmy
- microöptimization
- microöptode
- microörganelle
- microörganic
- microörganism
- microörganismal
- microörigami
- microörnamentation
- microösmatic
- microösmotic
- microöxygenation
- orthoöpia
- panzoösis
- photoöffset
- photoörganoheterotroph
- photoörganoheterotrophic
- photoörganoheterotrophically
- photoörganotroph
- photoörganotrophic
- photoörganotrophically
- photoörientation
- photoöxidant
- photoöxidase
- photoöxidation
- photoöxidative
- photoöxidizable
- photoöxidize
- photoöxidizer
- photoöxidizing
- photoöxygenation
- psychoönomastics
- socioönomastics
Questions about -ö-
- What is -ö- the alternative spelling of?
- -ö- is the alternative spelling of -o-.
Words near -ö- in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: -ö- (page history and authors); -o- (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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