oe
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Swedish ö and Danish ø. Doublet of ea.
PronunciationEdit
- (General American) IPA(key): /oʊ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əʊ/
- Homophones: o, oh, owe
NounEdit
oe (plural oes)
- (literary or poetic, rare) A small island.
- 1817, Sir Walter Scott, Harold the Dauntless, canto III:
- I love my father's northern land, / Where the dark pine-trees grow, / And the bold Baltic's echoing strand / Looks o'er each grassy oe.
- 1817, Sir Walter Scott, Harold the Dauntless, canto III:
Etymology 2Edit
From Scottish Gaelic ogha.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
oe (plural oes)
- A grandchild.
AnagramsEdit
GalicianEdit
VerbEdit
oe
ManxEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Irish úa, from Primitive Irish ᚐᚃᚔ (avi), from Proto-Celtic *awyos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewh₂yos (“grandfather”).
NounEdit
oe m or f (genitive singular oe, plural oeghyn)
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “úa, óa, ó”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
MunaEdit
NounEdit
oe
ReferencesEdit
- René Van Den Berg, A Grammar of the Muna Language (1989)
NungonEdit
NounEdit
oe
Further readingEdit
- Hannah Sarvasy, A Grammar of Nungon: A Papuan Language of Northeast New Guinea (2017, →ISBN
SardinianEdit
EtymologyEdit
AdverbEdit
oe
ScotsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Scottish Gaelic ogha, odha.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
oe (plural oes)
- (archaic) grandchild (especially illegitimate)
- 1833, John Galt, The Howdie: An Autobiography,
- She told me that she was afraid her oe had brought home her wark, and that she didna doubt they would need the sleight of my hand.
- 1833, John Galt, The Howdie: An Autobiography,
Uab MetoEdit
NounEdit
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