Two buoys float in the ocean. One has the letter o on it and the other has the letter h. Hhh. Ah. A wave pushes letters along and they land on the matching buoy. Outstanding! Yahoo! Two seals splash around and smile. Ah. Goodbye. The seals swim away. The letter O is the fifteenth letter in the English alphabet and is classified as a vowel. It has two primary sounds: the long O sound, which is like the /O/ in open, and the short O sound, which is like the /o/ in octopus. This Alphabet song in our Let’s Learn About the Alphabet Series is all about the vowel O Your children will be engaged in singing, listening and following along as they’ll learn to: identify the. O, the fourth vowel of the modern alphabet, corresponding to the Semitic ayin, which represented a breathing and not a vowel. The Semitic form may have derived from an earlier sign representing an eye. O (minuscule: o) is the fifteenth letter and the fourth vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Ó (minuscule: ó), known as O-acute, is a Latin-script character composed of the letter O and an acute accent. It is found in the Czech, Dobrujan Tatar, Emilian-Romagnol, Faroese, Hungarian, Icelandic, Kashubian, Polish, Slovak, Karakalpak, and Sorbian languages. What do these words share in common? Children will learn that they begin with the letter O. The O with accent is a commonly used character in many languages, including Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, and Italian. Accents placed on the letter O —such as Ó, Ò, Ô, Õ, Ö —change pronunciation, meaning, or grammatical emphasis. This super-catchy and clear alphabet song also lets children hear the letter O sound and see each letter at the beginning of five simple words paired with colorful kid-friend images. Meanings for Letter O On calendars, O sometimes means the month October. In chemistry, O represents the symbol oxygen. In medicine, O is one of the human blood types. Sometimes when saying decimals, O is another word for 0.