"oe" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /oʊ/ [General-American], /əʊ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: oes [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊ Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish ö and Danish ø. Doublet of ey (“small island in a river”, inherited from Old English) and -ey (an element found in some place names, also partly from Old Norse). See also ea and yeo. Etymology templates: {{cog|ang|-}} Old English, {{cog|non|-}} Old Norse, {{ety|en|:bor<conj:and>|sv:ö<id:island>|da:ø<id:island>|doublet=ey<id:island><t:small island in a river><ng:inherited from Old English>,-ey<ng:an element found in some place names, also partly from Old Norse>|id=island|text=1|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "island", "children" : [ ], "status" : "missing", "lang_name" : "Swedish", "term" : "ö", "lang" : "sv" }, { "id" : "island", "children" : [ ], "status" : "missing", "lang_name" : "Danish", "term" : "ø", "lang" : "da" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "oe", "lang" : "en" }" data-id="island" data-lang="en" data-title="oe" id="English:_island"> Borrowed from Swedish ö and Danish ø. Doublet of ey (“small island in a river”, inherited from Old English) and -ey (an element found in some place names, also partly from Old Norse)., {{ety|en|:bor<conj:and>|sv:ö<id:island>|da:ø<id:island>|doublet=['ey<id:island><t:small island in a river><ng:inherited from ', <TEMPLATE(['cog'], ['ang'], ['-']){} >, '>,-ey<ng:an element found in some place names, also partly from ', <TEMPLATE(['cog'], ['non'], ['-']){} >, '>']|id=island|text=1|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂der. Proto-Germanic *awjō Proto-Norse *ᚨᚢᛃᚢ (*auju) Old Norse ey Old Swedish ø Swedish öbor. ▲ Old Norse ey Danish øbor. English oe Borrowed from Swedish ö and Danish ø. Doublet of ey (“small island in a river”, inherited from Old English) and -ey (an element found in some place names, also partly from Old Norse). Head templates: {{en-noun}} oe (plural oes)
  1. (literary or poetic, rare) A small island. Tags: literary, poetic, rare
    Sense id: en-oe-en-noun-uns4R3tS Categories (other): English 2-letter words, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Landforms Disambiguation of English 2-letter words: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 48 52 Disambiguation of Landforms: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ɔɪ/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation, Scotland] Forms: oes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔɪ Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewh₂yos Proto-Celtic *awyos Primitive Irish ᚐᚃᚔ (avi) Old Irish aue Middle Irish úa Scottish Gaelic oghabor. ▲ Scottish Gaelic oghabor. Scots oebor. English oe Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic ogha and Scots oe; for spelling see the Scots entry. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor&lt;conj:and&gt;|gd:ogha|sco:oe|id=grandchild|nodot=1|text=1|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewh₂yos Proto-Celtic *awyos Primitive Irish ᚐᚃᚔ (avi) Old Irish aue Middle Irish úa Scottish Gaelic oghabor. ▲ Scottish Gaelic oghabor. Scots oebor. English oe [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂ewh₂yos", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Celtic", "term" : "*awyos", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "cel-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Primitive Irish", "term" : "ᚐᚃᚔ", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "pgl" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old Irish", "term" : "aue", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "sga" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle Irish", "term" : "úa", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "mga" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Scottish Gaelic", "term" : "ogha", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gd" }, { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "is_duplicate" : true, "children" : [ ], "status" : { "1" : "gd", "2" : ":inh", "3" : "mga:úa<ety:inh<sga:aue>>", "tree" : "1" }, "lang_name" : "Scottish Gaelic", "term" : "ogha", "lang" : "gd" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Scots", "term" : "oe", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "sco" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "oe", "lang" : "en" }" data-id="grandchild" data-lang="en" data-title="oe" id="English:_grandchild"> Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic ogha and Scots oe, {{ety|en|:bor&lt;conj:and&gt;|gd:ogha|sco:oe|id=grandchild|nodot=1|text=1|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewh₂yos Proto-Celtic *awyos Primitive Irish ᚐᚃᚔ (avi) Old Irish aue Middle Irish úa Scottish Gaelic oghabor. ▲ Scottish Gaelic oghabor. Scots oebor. English oe Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic ogha and Scots oe Head templates: {{en-noun}} oe (plural oes)
  1. A grandchild.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":bor<conj:and>",
        "3": "sv:ö<id:island>",
        "4": "da:ø<id:island>",
        "doublet": "ey<id:island><t:small island in a river><ng:inherited from Old English>,-ey<ng:an element found in some place names, also partly from Old Norse>",
        "id": "island",
        "text": "1",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"island\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang_name\" : \"Swedish\", \"term\" : \"ö\", \"lang\" : \"sv\" }, { \"id\" : \"island\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang_name\" : \"Danish\", \"term\" : \"ø\", \"lang\" : \"da\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"oe\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-id=\"island\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"oe\" id=\"English:_island\">\nBorrowed from Swedish ö and Danish ø. Doublet of ey (“small island in a river”, inherited from Old English) and -ey (an element found in some place names, also partly from Old Norse).",
      "name": "ety"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":bor<conj:and>",
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        "4": "da:ø<id:island>",
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        "id": "island",
        "text": "1",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂der.\nProto-Germanic *awjō\nProto-Norse *ᚨᚢᛃᚢ (*auju)\nOld Norse ey\nOld Swedish ø\nSwedish öbor.\n▲\nOld Norse ey\nDanish øbor.\nEnglish oe\nBorrowed from Swedish ö and Danish ø. Doublet of ey (“small island in a river”, inherited from Old English) and -ey (an element found in some place names, also partly from Old Norse).",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Swedish ö and Danish ø. Doublet of ey (“small island in a river”, inherited from Old English) and -ey (an element found in some place names, also partly from Old Norse). See also ea and yeo.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "oes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "oe (plural oes)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
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        "English poetic terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with rare senses"
      ],
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        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              132,
              134
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1817, [Walter Scott], “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:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A small island."
      ],
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        [
          "small",
          "small#Adjective"
        ],
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          "island",
          "island"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
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      ],
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        "literary",
        "poetic",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/oʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/əʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊ"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "O"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "o"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "oh"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "owe (toe–tow merger)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "oe"
}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
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    "English terms borrowed from Scots",
    "English terms borrowed from Scottish Gaelic",
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    "English terms derived from Primitive Irish",
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    "English terms derived from Scottish Gaelic",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *h₂ewh₂yos",
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    "Pages using etymon with no ID",
    "Pages with 14 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Pages with etymology trees",
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    "Rhymes:English/ɔɪ/1 syllable",
    "en:Family members",
    "en:Landforms"
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        "id": "grandchild",
        "nodot": "1",
        "text": "1",
        "tree": "1"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":bor<conj:and>",
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        "text": "1",
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      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *h₂ewh₂yos\nProto-Celtic *awyos\nPrimitive Irish ᚐᚃᚔ (avi)\nOld Irish aue\nMiddle Irish úa\nScottish Gaelic oghabor.\n▲\nScottish Gaelic oghabor.\nScots oebor.\nEnglish oe\nBorrowed from Scottish Gaelic ogha and Scots oe",
      "name": "ety"
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  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "oes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A grandchild."
      ],
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        [
          "grandchild",
          "grandchild"
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɔɪ/",
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        "General-American",
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        "Scotland"
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    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɔɪ"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "oi"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "oy"
    }
  ],
  "word": "oe"
}

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