oe

English

Etymology 1

From Swedish ö and Danish ø. Doublet of ey.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /oʊ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əʊ/
• Rhymes: -əʊ
• Homophones: o, oh, owe

Noun

oe (plural oes)

1. (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

From Scottish Gaelic ogha.

Pronunciation

• (Scotland, Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ɔɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɔɪ
• Homophone: oy

Noun

oe (plural oes)

1. A grandchild.

References

Anagrams

• E O, E&O, EO, Eo, eo-

Ambonese Malay

Interjection

oe

1. hello, hi

   Oe, pi mana?

   Hello, where are you heading?

References

• D. Takaria, C. Pieter (1998) Kamus Bahasa Melayu Ambon-Indonesia‎, Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa

French

Etymology

From a pronunciation spelling of ouais.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɛʔ/

Interjection

oe

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) yeah, yh

Galician

Verb

oe

1. inflection of oír:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish aue, from Primitive Irish ᚐᚃᚔ (avi), from Proto-Celtic *awyos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewh₂yos (“grandfather”).

Noun

oe m or f (genitive singular oe, plural oeghyn)

1. grandchild

Derived terms

• aa-oe

References

• 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

Noun

oe

1. water

References

• René Van Den Berg, A Grammar of the Muna Language (1989)

Nungon

Noun

oe

1. woman

Further reading

• Hannah Sarvasy, A Grammar of Nungon: A Papuan Language of Northeast New Guinea (2017, →ISBN

Sardinian

Alternative forms

• oje, oze (Nuorese)
• oi (Campidanese)

Etymology

From Latin hodiē.

Adverb

oe

1. (Logudorese, Nuorese) today

Scots

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic ogha, odha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o/, /oe/, /oi/

Noun

oe (plural oes)

1. (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)

Termanu

Noun

oe

1. water

Turkish

Noun

oe (definite accusative oeyi, plural oeler)

1. (chiefly Internet) Acronym of orospu evladı (son of a bitch).

Uab Meto

Noun

oe

1. water

Further reading

• James J. Fox, The Poetic Power of Place: Comparative Perspectives on Austronesian (→ISBN, 2006): "Many carry the affix “oe” as part of the name. Oe is a Meto word meaning water."; cf ABVD