oes

See also: OES, OES., -ões, ös, öš, and -ös

English

Noun

oes

  1. (rare) plural of o, the name of the letter O.
    • 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Masques and Triumphs”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, OCLC 863521290:
      The Colours, that shew best by Candlelight, are; White, Carnation, and a Kinde of Sea-Water-Greene; And Oes, or Spangs, as they are of no great Cost, so they are of most Glory.
    • 1842, Alfred Tennyson, The Epic
      Mouthing out his hollow oes and aes, / Deep-chested music.
    • 1856, Goold Brown, The First Lines of English Grammar, page 10:
      These names […] may form regular plurals; thus, Aes, Bees, Cees, Dees, Ees, Effs, Gees, Aitches, Ies, Jays, Kays, Ells, Ems, Ens, Oes, Pees, Kues, Ars, Esses, Tees, Ues, Vees, Double-ues, Exes, Wies, Zees.

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Southern Dutch oest (Flemish and Zeelandic form of oogst), from Middle Dutch oest, from Old French aoust, from Latin augustus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /us/
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Noun

oes (plural oeste)

  1. harvest

Galician

Verb

oes

  1. second-person singular present indicative of oír

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈoes/ [ˈo.es]
  • Rhymes: -oes
  • Syllabification: o‧es

Noun

oes

  1. plural of o

Welsh

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Proto-Celtic *esti

Verb

oes

  1. (in a question) is there; are there?
  2. (in answer to a question beginning with oes; in North Wales also to a question involving eisiau) yes

Etymology 2

From Old Welsh ois, from Proto-Brythonic *oɨs, from Proto-Celtic *aissom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- (“life, age”). Ultimately cognate with Welsh oed, Latin aevus.

Noun

oes f (plural oesoedd)

  1. age, period
    Oes yr Iâ
    the Ice Age
  2. life, lifetime, lifespan
Derived terms
  • am oes (“for life”)
  • ers oes oesoedd (“from the beginning of time”)
  • goroesi (“to survive, outlast”)
  • Oes y Cerrig (“Stone Age”)
  • Oes yr Efydd (“Bronze Age”)
  • Oes yr Haearn (“Iron Age”)
  • yn oes oesoedd (“for ever and ever”)
  • yr Oesoedd Canol (“the Middle Ages”)

Further reading
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “oes”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  • Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*ay-sso-, *ay-to-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 51

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalh-prothesis
oes unchanged unchanged hoes
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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