"oe" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /oʊ/ [General-American], /əʊ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: oes [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊ Etymology: From Swedish ö and Danish ø. Doublet of ey. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|sv|ö}} Swedish ö, {{bor|en|da|ø}} Danish ø, {{doublet|en|ey}} Doublet of ey Head templates: {{en-noun}} oe (plural oes)
  1. (literary or poetic, rare) A small island. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-oe-en-noun-uns4R3tS
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ɔɪ/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation, Scotland] Forms: oes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔɪ Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic ogha. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|gd|ogha}} Scottish Gaelic ogha Head templates: {{en-noun}} oe (plural oes)
  1. A grandchild. Categories (topical): Family members Categories (place): Landforms
    Sense id: en-oe-en-noun-3dwRzbzm Disambiguation of Family members: 4 96 Disambiguation of Landforms: 27 73 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 98 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for oe meaning in English (2.6kB)

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