oe

From Swedish ö and Danish ø. Doublet of ey.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /oʊ/^[1]
• IPA^(key): (Received Pronunciation) /əʊ/^[1]
• Rhymes: -əʊ
• Homophones: o, oh, owe

oe (plural oes)

1. (literary or poetic, rare) A small island.
   • 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:

     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.

From Scottish Gaelic ogha.

• IPA^(key): (Scotland, Received Pronunciation, General American) /ɔɪ/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ɔɪ
• Homophone: oy

oe (plural oes)

1. A grandchild.

• E O, E&O, EO, Eo, eo-

oe

1. hey

   Oe, pi mana?

   Hey, where are you heading?

• D. Takaria, C. Pieter (1998) Kamus Bahasa Melayu Ambon-Indonesia‎^[1], Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa

From a pronunciation spelling of ouais.

• IPA^(key): /wɛʔ/

oe

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) yeah, yh

oe

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

oe

1. Rōmaji transcription of おえ

From Old Irish aue,^[1] from Primitive Irish ᚐᚃᚔ (avi), from Proto-Celtic *awyos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewh₂yos (“grandfather”).

• IPA^(key): /oː/^[2]

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

1. grandchild

• aa-oe

oe

1. water

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

oe

1. woman

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

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

From Latin hodiē.

oe

1. (Logudorese, Nuorese) today

From Scottish Gaelic ogha, odha.

• IPA^(key): /o/, /oe/, /oi/

oe (plural oes)

1. (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)

Relaxed pronunciation of oye.

• IPA^(key): /ˈoe/ [ˈo.e]
• Rhymes: -oe
• Syllabification: o‧e

oe

1. (Peru, Chile, colloquial) hey!

oe

1. water

• IPA^(key): /oˈe/

oe (definite accusative oeyi, plural oeler)

1. (vulgar, Internet slang, text messaging) initialism of orospu evladı (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

   • 2025 March 10, @okelydokelyy, Twitter‎^[2]:

     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^[3]:

     Sorsan şeriat ister oe

     If you ask him he would want sharia son of a bitch

   • 2023 February 4, @notselect3d, Twitter‎^[4]:

     ders programını ayarlayankimse onjn ben amk 5 dersi 5 gune nasıl yaydins en oe

     Whoever made the class schedule fuck you how did you manage to spread 5 classes over 5 days [you] son of a bitch

oe

1. water

• 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