oie

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See also: Õie

Aromanian

Etymology

From Latin ovem, accusative of ovis. Compare Romanian oaie.

Noun

oie f (plural oi, definite articulation oia, definite plural oili)

  1. Alternative form of oai

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French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French oie, from earlier oe, oue, from Vulgar Latin auca, contraction of *avica, from Latin avis (“bird”). Compare Italian, Spanish, and Catalan oca, Franco-Provençal ôye, Occitan and Romansch auca, Friulian ocje.

The Trésor de la langue française argues that -i- was added by the end of the 12th century as analogy to oisel, oiseau (“bird”).

Noun

oie f (plural oies)

  1. goose
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Related terms
Descendants
  • Antillean Creole: zwa
  • Haitian Creole: zwa
  • Louisiana Creole: zwa
  • Mauritian Creole: zwa
  • Seychellois Creole: zwa

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Etymology 2

Verb

oie

  1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of ouïr

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Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish aidche and aidchi, the oblique forms of adaig, from earlier *adekʷī or *adekī, of unknown origin; possibly cognate with Latin āter (“dark”) or Sanskrit अन्ध (andha, “blind”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic oidhche.

Pronunciation

Noun

oie f (genitive singular oie, plural oieghyn)

  1. night

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin auca, contraction of *avica, from Latin avis (“bird”).

Noun

oie oblique singular, f (oblique plural oies, nominative singular oie, nominative plural oies)

  1. goose (bird)

Descendants

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Interjection

oie

  1. Alternative form of oiê
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