Kilo Lingo

la

feminine

/oˈmeɣa/

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Translation

omega

Word origin

From Greek o mega ('great O'), the long O sound, contrasted with omicron ('small O'). As the final letter of the Greek alphabet it came to mean the end.

Origin
Greek
Root
o mega

Grammar

Genderfeminine
Pluralomegas

Examples

alfabeto griego.

Omega is the last letter of the Greek alphabet.

alfa .

He is the alpha and the omega of the company.

simboliza .

The omega symbolises the end of everything.

física, representa .

In physics, the letter omega represents a unit.

.

The teacher drew an omega on the board.

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This word is part of lesson 97.