Definitions and meaning of oe
oe
Etymology 1
From Swedish ö and Danish ø. Doublet of ea.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əʊ/
- Homophones: o, oh, owe
Noun
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.
Etymology 2
From Scottish Gaelic ogha.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔɪ/, /oi/
- Homophone: oy
Noun
oe (plural oes)
- A grandchild.
Anagrams
Galician
Verb
oe
- third-person singular present indicative of oír
- second-person singular imperative of oír
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish úa, 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)
- grandchild
Derived terms
References
- 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
Muna
Noun
oe
- water
References
- René Van Den Berg, A Grammar of the Muna Language (1989)
Nungon
Noun
oe
- woman
Further reading
- Hannah Sarvasy, A Grammar of Nungon: A Papuan Language of Northeast New Guinea (2017, →ISBN
Sardinian
Etymology
From Latin hodiē.
Adverb
oe
- today
Scots
Etymology
From Scottish Gaelic ogha, odha.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /o/, /oe/, /oi/
Noun
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.
Uab Meto
Noun
oe
- 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
Source: wiktionary.org- (Scots) a grandchild.
(source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)