Oe in Scrabble Dictionary

Valid words made from Oe

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• 2 letters words from 'oe'

2 letters words from 'oe'

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Definitions and meaning of oe

oe

Etymology 1

From Swedish ö and Danish ø. Doublet of ea.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

oe (plural oes)

1. (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)

1. A grandchild.

Anagrams

• E O, E&O, EO, Eo, eo-

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Galician

Verb

oe

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

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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)

1. grandchild

Derived terms

• aa-oe

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

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Muna

Noun

oe

1. water

References

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

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Nungon

Noun

oe

1. woman

Further reading

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

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Sardinian

Alternative forms

• oje
• oi (campidanese)

Etymology

From Latin hodiē.

Adverb

oe

1. today

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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.

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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

Source: wiktionary.org

• (Scots) a grandchild.
  (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)