oe
See also: Appendix:Variations of "oe"
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Swedish ö and Danish ø. Doublet of ey.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /oʊ/[1]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əʊ/[1]
- Rhymes: -əʊ
- Homophones: o, oh, owe
Noun edit
oe (plural oes)
- (literary or poetic, rare) A small island.
- 1817, [Walter Scott], “Canto Third”, in Harold the Dauntless; […], Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and Archibald Constable and Co., […], →OCLC, stanza X.2, page 97:
- 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.
Etymology 2 edit
From Scottish Gaelic ogha.
Pronunciation edit
- (Scotland, Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ɔɪ/[1]
- Rhymes: -ɔɪ
- Homophone: oy
Noun edit
oe (plural oes)
- A grandchild.
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933. (oe "island", oe, oy, "grandchild")
Anagrams edit
Ambonese Malay edit
Interjection edit
oe
References edit
- D. Takaria, C. Pieter (1998) Kamus Bahasa Melayu Ambon-Indonesia[1], Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa
French edit
Etymology edit
From a pronunciation spelling of ouais.
Pronunciation edit
Interjection edit
oe
Galician edit
Verb edit
oe
- inflection of oír:
Manx edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish aue, from Primitive Irish ᚐᚃᚔ (avi), from Proto-Celtic *awyos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewh₂yos (“grandfather”).
Noun edit
oe m or f (genitive singular oe, plural oeghyn)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “úa, óa, ó”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Muna edit
Noun edit
oe
References edit
- René Van Den Berg, A Grammar of the Muna Language (1989)
Nungon edit
Noun edit
oe
Further reading edit
- Hannah Sarvasy, A Grammar of Nungon: A Papuan Language of Northeast New Guinea (2017, →ISBN
Sardinian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Adverb edit
oe
Scots edit
Etymology edit
From Scottish Gaelic ogha, odha.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1833, John Galt, The Howdie: An Autobiography,
Termanu edit
Noun edit
oe
Turkish edit
Noun edit
oe (definite accusative oeyi, plural oeler)
- (chiefly Internet) Acronym of orospu evladı (son of a bitch).
Uab Meto edit
Noun edit
oe