# oe
## English
### Etymology 1

From Swedish ö and Danish ø. Doublet of ey.

#### Pronunciation

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

#### Noun

oe (plural oes)
* (literary or poetic, rare) A small island.
** 1817,, “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: /ɔɪ/
* Rhymes: -ɔɪ
* Homophone: oy

#### Noun

oe (plural oes)
* A grandchild.

### References

* 1 2 3 James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Oe”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC. (oe "island", oe, oy, "grandchild")

### Anagrams

* E O, E&O, EO, Eo, eo-

## Ambonese Malay
### Interjection

oe
* 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: /wɛʔ/

### Interjection

oe
* (Internet slang, text messaging) yeah, yh

## Galician
### Verb

oe
* inflection of oír:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Japanese
### Romanization

oe
* Rōmaji transcription of おえ

## Manx
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /oː/

### Noun

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

#### Derived terms

* aa-oe

### References

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, 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
### Alternative forms

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

### Etymology

From Latin hodiē.

### Adverb

oe
* (Logudorese, Nuorese) today

## Scots
### Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic ogha, odha.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /o/, /oe/, /oi/

### Noun

oe (plural oes)
* (archaic) grandchild (especially illegitimate)
** 1833, John Galt, The Howdie: An Autobiography,
    She tellt me that she wis afeart her oe haed brocht hame her wark, an that she daedna doot they wad be needin the slicht o ma haund.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

## Termanu
### Noun

oe
* water

## Turkish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /oe/, [oɛ]

### Noun

oe (definite accusative oeyi, plural oeler)
* (vulgar, Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of orospu evladı (son of a bitch).
** 2025 March 10, @okelydokelyy, Twitter‎:Zır deli hayatsız bir oe maalesef. Ciddiye almayın, engelleyip geçiniz.She's a lifeless lunatic son of a bitch unfortunately. Do not take her seriously, just block and go on with your day.
** 2024 February 4, @yafesin__kilici, Twitter‎:Sorsan şeriat ister oeIf you ask him he would want sharia son of a bitch
** 2023 February 4, @notselect3d, Twitter‎:ders programını ayarlayankimse onjn ben amk 5 dersi 5 gune nasıl yaydins en oeWhoever made the class schedule fuck you how did you manage to spread 5 classes over 5 days [you] son of a bitch
    Alternative forms: OE, œ
    Yutamayacağını bildiğin lokmayı neden yedin? Niye yaptın O.E? ― Why did you knowingly bit off more than you could chew? Why did you do it [you] son of a bitch

## 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