Definition
The 15th letter of the Greek alphabet, or the COVID-19 variant that became widespread in 2021-2022.
Etymology
From Greek 'mikron' meaning small. It's literally 'o-micron' versus 'omega' which is 'o-mega,' showing size in the naming system; later it became famous as a virus variant designation.
Kelly Says
The Greek alphabet letter naming system is brilliant—omicron means 'small o' and omega means 'big o,' so scientists built in a scale. When COVID variants got Greek letters, omicron sounded mysterious but actually just means 'the small one.'
Translations
ARالعربية
أوميكرون
oo-mee-kroon
BNবাংলা
ওমিক্রন
oh-mi-kron
CACatalà
omicron
oh-mee-kron
CSČeština
omicron
oh-mee-kron
DADansk
omicron
oh-mee-kron
DEDeutsch
Omicron
oh-mee-kron
ELΕλληνικά
omicron
oh-mee-kron
ESEspañol
omicron
oh-mee-kron
FAفارسی
omicron
oh-mee-kron
FISuomi
omicron
oh-mee-kron
FRFrançais
omicron
oh-mee-kron
HEעברית
אומיקרון
o-mee-kron
HIहिन्दी
ओमिक्रॉन
oh-mi-khron
HUMagyar
omicron
oh-mee-kron
IDBahasa Indonesia
omicron
oh-mee-kron
ITItaliano
omicron
oh-mee-kron
KMKM
អូមីក្រូន
oh-mee-khron
MRMR
ओमिक्रॉन
oh-mi-khron
MSBahasa Melayu
omicron
oh-mee-kron
MYမြန်မာ
အိုမီကရွန်
a-oh-mee-khron
NLNederlands
omicron
oh-mee-kron
NONorsk
omicron
oh-mee-kron
PLPolski
omicron
oh-mee-kron
PTPortuguês
omicron
oh-mee-kron
RORomână
omicron
oh-mee-kron
RUРусский
Омикрон
oh-mi-khron
SVSvenska
omicron
oh-mee-kron
SWKiswahili
omicron
oh-mee-kron
TAதமிழ்
ஓமிக்கிரான்
oh-mi-kkiran
TEతెలుగు
ఒమిక్రాన్
oh-mi-kran
THไทย
โอมิครอน
oh-mi-khron
TRTürkçe
omicron
oh-mee-kron
UKУкраїнська
Омікрон
oh-mee-kron
URاردو
اومیکرون
oo-mee-kron
VITiếng Việt
omicron
oh-mee-kron
YOYO
ọmìkrọ̀n
oh-mee-kron