Standard Lemma guide

ogonek

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɒˈɡɒnɛk/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈəʊɡənɛk/
  • US: /ɑˈɡɑnɛk/
  • US: /ɔˈɡɔnɛk/
  • US: /ˈoʊɡənɛk/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • /ɔˈɡɔnɛk/
  • rhymes with -ɒnɛk

1

noun

Meaning 1

A hook-shaped diacritical mark ⟨◌̨⟩ attached underneath a vowel, typically to indicate nasalization, as in Ąą, Ęę, Įį, Ǫǫ or Ųų.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, orthography, publishing, writing

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: diacritical hook

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Slavic *o- Proto-Indo-European *gwhen- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *gwhónos Proto-Slavic *gonъ Proto-Slavic *ogonъ Polish ogon Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Slavic *-kъ Proto-Slavic *-ъkъ Old Polish -ek Polish -ek Polish ogonekbor. English ogonek Borrowed from Polish ogonek, from ogon + -ek.

Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: аго́нэк (ahónek) — diacritical mark
  • Belarusian: хво́сцік (xvóscik) — diacritical mark
  • Chinese Mandarin: 反尾形符 (fǎnwěixíngfú) — diacritical mark
  • Czech: ocásek — diacritical mark
  • Danish: ogonek — diacritical mark
  • Dutch: ogonek — diacritical mark
  • Elfdalian: nevkruok — diacritical mark
  • Esperanto: ogoneko — diacritical mark
  • Faroese: krókur — diacritical mark
  • Finnish: ogonek — diacritical mark
  • Finnish: häntä — diacritical mark
  • French: ogonek — diacritical mark
  • German: Ogonek — diacritical mark
  • Hebrew: זנב (zanáv) — diacritical mark
  • Hungarian: ogonek — diacritical mark
  • Hungarian: horog — diacritical mark
  • Hungarian: jobb farok — diacritical mark
  • Hungarian: farkinca — diacritical mark
  • Italian: ogonek — diacritical mark
  • Italian: codetta — diacritical mark
  • Italian: uncino — diacritical mark
  • Japanese: オゴネク (ogoneku) — diacritical mark
  • Korean: 오고넥 (ogonek) — diacritical mark
  • Lithuanian: nosinė — diacritical mark
  • Norwegian: kvist — diacritical mark
  • Persian: اگنک (ogonek) — diacritical mark
  • Polish: ogonek — diacritical mark
  • Russian: ого́нэк (ogónɛk) — diacritical mark
  • Russian: хво́стик (xvóstik) — diacritical mark
  • Slovak: nožička — diacritical mark
  • Spanish: ogonek — diacritical mark
  • Spanish: colita — diacritical mark
  • Swedish: svans — diacritical mark
  • Ukrainian: ого́нек (ohónek) — diacritical mark
  • Ukrainian: хво́стик (xvóstyk) — diacritical mark
  • Winnebago: sįįc — diacritical mark