Rounded half-open back vowel

IPA mark	ɔ
IPA number	306
IPA character description	open Latin minuscule or similar
Unicode	U + 0254
HTML (dec.)	& # 596;
X-SAMPA	`O`
Kirshenbaum	`O`
Audio sample ^{? / i} [ ʔɔː ]

Phonetic and orthographic realization of the rounded half-open back vowel in different languages:

French :
- [⁠ ɔ ⁠] : o
  - Examples: h o mme [ ɔm ], f o rt [ fɔʀ ], p o rte [ pɔʀt ]

German :
- [⁠ ɔ ⁠] : o
  - Examples: B o b [ bɔp ], B o xen [ ˈbɔksn̩ ], o ffen [ ˈɔfn̩ ], T o nne [ ˈtʰɔnə ]

See also