oes
English
Noun
oes
- (rare) plural of o, the name of the letter O.
- Alfred Tennyson
- Mouthing out his hollow oes and aes, / Deep-chested music.
- Francis Bacon
- 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.
- Alfred Tennyson
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Galician
Welsh
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /oːɨ̯s/
- (South Wales) (standard) (colloquial) IPA(key): /ɔi̯s/
- (South Wales) (colloquial) IPA(key): /oːs/, /weːs/
Noun
oes f (plural oesoedd)
- (in the context of time) An age e.g. "the Ice Age" - "Oes yr Ia"
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