oie

See also: Õie

Aromanian

Etymology

From Latin ovem, accusative of ovis. Compare Romanian oaie.

Noun

oie f (plural oi, definite articulation oia, definite plural oili)

1. Alternative form of oai

See also

• cenãc
• cenãcami

French

Alternative forms

• oye (archaic)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wa/

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• Homophones: oient, oies, ois, oit, ouah (general), houa, houas, houât (possibly)
• Rhymes: -a

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French oie, from earlier oe, oue, from Vulgar Latin auca, contraction of *avica, from Latin avis (“bird”). Compare Italian, Spanish, and Catalan oca, Franco-Provençal ôye, Occitan and Romansch auca, Friulian ocje.

The Trésor de la langue française argues that -i- was added by the end of the 12th century as analogy to oisel, oiseau (“bird”).

Noun

oie f (plural oies)

1. goose

Derived terms

• jeu de l’oie
• oie cendrée
• oie des neiges
• petite oie

 

Related terms

• oiseau

Descendants

• Antillean Creole: zwa
• Haitian Creole: zwa
• Louisiana Creole: zwa
• Mauritian Creole: zwa
• Seychellois Creole: zwa

See also

• jars

Etymology 2

Verb

oie

1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of ouïr

Further reading

• “oie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish aidche and aidchi, the oblique forms of adaig, from earlier *adekʷī or *adekī, of unknown origin; possibly cognate with Latin āter (“dark”) or Sanskrit अन्ध (andha, “blind”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic oidhche.

Pronunciation

• (Northern Manx) IPA^(key): [ɛi]
• (Southern Manx) IPA^(key): [iː]

Noun

oie f (genitive singular oie, plural oieghyn)

1. night

Old French

Alternative forms

• oe
• oue

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin auca, contraction of *avica, from Latin avis (“bird”).

Noun

oie oblique singular, f (oblique plural oies, nominative singular oie, nominative plural oies)

1. goose (bird)

Descendants

• Franc-Comtois: ôye
• French: oie
• Norman: ouaïe (Guernsey), ouaie (Jersey), ouée (continental Normandy)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoje/

Interjection

oie

1. Alternative form of oiê