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Definition: OE |
OE1. A diphthong, employed in the Latin language, and thence in the English language, as the representative of the Greek diphthong oi. In many words in common use, e alone stands instead of /. Classicists prefer to write the diphthong oe separate in Latin words. |
Date "OE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1871. (references) |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
oe | English | Omissions excepted | N/A |
OE | French | Essentiel facultatif | Post & Telecom |
OE | German | Oxfordeinheit | N/A |
OE | Italian | Essenziale in via opzionale | Post & Telecom |
OE | Spanish | Opcional esencial | Post & Telecom |
OE | Swedish | Valfritt väsentlig | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: OE |
| English words defined with "OE": Petrohyoid ♦ Queen apple ♦ upside down. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "OE": magnetic unit in prospecting. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "OE": Bodice ♦ upholsterer. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "OE" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Manx (grandchild, grandson). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Aloha Oe (1933) | |
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Business | New cars are sold with full options and installed at the assembly plant, virtually as OE production. (references) | |
While the share of imports from the U.S. of new OE tires was negligible, there is some demand for U.S. re-tread car tires, which reportedly represented an estimated 20% of total Italian segment imports. (references) | ||
This type of investment has involved more than twenty companies of different sizes, belonging to a variety of commodity sectors (mostly OE suppliers, but also "spare part" and equipment and die manufacturers). (references) | ||
Economic History | France | Original equipment (OE) suppliers witnessed overall turnover increase 10 percent to reach USD 33 billion in 1999, and through the first nine months of 2000 have seen OE sales rise 7.7 percent. (references) |
Italy | On January 1, 2002 sales of leaded fuel will be banned in Italy, which will boost the renewal of the automotive fleet (with positive effects on OE sales) because of the need to eliminate some of the 15 million vehicles not equipped with catalytic converters. (references) | |
France | European Union markets accounted for 84.9 percent of French OE exports, as vehicle production in E.U. countries increased during 2000. Overall vehicle production in Europe is expected to remain stable, though some industry forecasts call for a minor decrease in overall vehicle production in 2001, as vehicle sales show weaker growth. (references) | |
Trade | Australia | The supply of OE (Original Equipment) automotive parts must adhere to Quality System QS9000, the system adopted in the U.S. by Ford, General Motors and Chrysler. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "OE" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 91.89% of the time. "OE" is used about 37 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 91.89% | 34 | 59,261 |
| Noun (common) | 8.11% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 37 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "OE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | loddeforbindelser (brazed oe soldered joint). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | soldeerverbinding (brazed oe soldered joint). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | juotos (soldered joint). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | joint brasé (brazed oe soldered joint), brasure (brazed oe soldered joint). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Loetung (brazed oe soldered joint). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ένωση (amalgamation, combination, coupling, fusion, guild, join, junction, juncture, union, vinculum), συγκόλληση (agglutination, soldering, weld). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | giunzione eseguita mediante brasatura (brazed oe soldered joint), giunzione brasata (brazed oe soldered joint). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oeay junta de brasagem (brazed oe soldered joint). (various references) soldadura fuerte o blanda (brazed oe soldered joint). (various references) lödskarv (brazed oe soldered joint, soldered side seam). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Luke Chapter 6, Verse 28 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Eulogeite touV katarwmenouV umin kai proseucesqe uper twn ephreazontwn umaV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Benedicite maledicentibus vobis orate pro calumniantibus vos |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Bletsiað þa oe eow wiriao: gebiddaþ for þa þe eow onhisceað; |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Blesse ye men that cursen you, preye ye for men that defamen you. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Blesse the that course you. And praye for the which wrongfully trouble you. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Bless them that curse you, and pray for them who despitefully use you. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Give blessing to those who give you curses, say prayers for those who are cruel to you. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Luke Chapter 6, Verse 28 |
| Cebuano | Panalangini ninyo ang mga magapanghimaraut kaninyo, ug pag-ampo kamo alang sa mga magapasipala kaninyo. |
| Chinese | 咒 詛 你 們 的 要 為 他 祝 福 、 凌 辱 你 們 的 要 為 他 禱 告 。 |
| Croatian | blagoslivljajte one koji vas proklinju, molite za one koji vas zlostavljaju." |
| Danish | velsigner dem, som forbande eder, og beder for dem, som krænke eder. |
| Dutch | Zegent degenen, die u vervloeken, en bidt voor degenen, die u geweld doen. |
| Finnish | siunatkaa niitä, jotka teitä kiroavat, rukoilkaa niiden edestä, jotka teitä parjaavat. |
| French | bénissez ceux qui vous maudissent, priez pour ceux qui vous maltraitent. |
| German | segnet die, so euch verfluchen und bittet für die, so euch beleidigen. |
| Haitian Creole | Mande benediksyon pou moun k'ap ban nou madichon. Lapriyè pou moun k'ap maltrete nou. |
| Hungarian | Áldjátok azokat, a kik titeket átkoznak, és imádkozzatok azokért, a kik titeket háborgatnak. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Berkatilah orang yang mengutukmu, dan doakanlah orang yang jahat terhadapmu. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | mintalah berkat bagi orang yang mengutuki kamu; dan doakan orang yang mencercai kamu. |
| Italian | benedite coloro che vi maledicono, pregate per coloro che vi maltrattano. |
| Latvian | Svçtîjiet tos, kas jûs nolâd, un lûdziet Dievu par tiem, kas jûs apvaino! |
| Manx Gaelic | Bannee-jee adsyn ta gwee mollaght diu, as gow-jee padjer er nyn son ocsyn ta cur seaghyn erriu. |
| Maori | Manaakitia te hunga e kanga ana i a koutou, me inoi mo te hunga e whakawhiu ana i a koutou. |
| Norwegian | velsign dem som forbanner eder, bed for dem som taler ille om eder! |
| Portuguese | bendizei aos que vos maldizem, e orai pelos que vos caluniam. |
| Rumanian | binecuvkntayi pe cei ce vq blastqmq, rugayi-vq pentru cei ce se poartq rqu cu voi. |
| Russian | ВМБЗПУМПЧМСКФЕ РТПЛМЙОБАЭЙИ ЧБУ Й НПМЙФЕУШ ЪБ ПВЙЦБАЭЙИ ЧБУ. |
| Shuar | yajauch chichartamainia nusha shiir Enentáimtusarta; katsekramainia nusha Yus áujtusarta. |
| Spanish | bendecid a los que os maldicen y orad por los que os maltratan. |
| Swahili | Watakieni baraka wale wanaowalaani, na waombeeni wale wanaowatendea vibaya. |
| Swedish | välsignen dem som förbanna eder, bedjen för dem som förorätta eder. |
| Uma | Gane' -ra to mpokamo-ta, posampayai-ra to dada'a hi kita'. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "OE": oecologies, oecology, oecumenical, oedema, oedemas, oedemata, oedipal, oedipally, oedipean, oeillade, oeillades, oenologies, oenology, oenomel, oenomels, oenophile, oenophiles, oersted, oersteds, oes, oesophagi, oesophagus, oestrin, oestrins, oestriol, oestriols, oestrone, oestrones, oestrous, oestrum, oestrums, oestrus, oestruses, oeuvre, oeuvres. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "OE": aloe, backhoe, canoe, chegoe, chigoe, dildoe, diploe, doe, euphroe, felloe, floe, foe, froe, gumshoe, hammertoe, hoe, hoopoe, horseshoe, joe, kalanchoe, mahoe, mistletoe, mongoe, oboe, overshoe, pahoehoe, pekoe, reshoe, roe, roscoe, sandshoe, schmoe, shoe, sloe, snowshoe, throe, ticktacktoe, tippytoe, tiptoe, toe, toeshoe, tuckahoe, uphroe, voe, woe. (additional references) | |
Words containing "OE": acoelomate, acoelomates, aeroelastic, aeroelasticities, aeroelasticity, aeroembolism, aeroembolisms, albedoes, alnicoes, aloes, aloetic, amoeba, amoebae, amoeban, amoebas, amoebean, amoebiases, amoebiasis, amoebic, amoebocyte, amoebocytes, amoeboid, androecia, androecium, antiheroes, antipoetic, apnoea, apnoeal, apnoeas, apnoeic, apoenzyme, apoenzymes, archipelagoes, asafoetida, asafoetidas, autoecious, autoeciously, autoecism, autoecisms, autoed, autoerotic, autoeroticism, autoeroticisms, autoerotism, autoerotisms, avocadoes, backhoes, ballyhooed, banjoes, barbascoes, barricadoed. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "e-o" | |
+1 letter: doe, ego, eon, foe, hoe, joe, obe, ode, oes, oke, ole, one, ope, ore, ose, owe, roe, toe, voe, woe. | |
+2 letters: aeon, aero, aloe, bode, bole, bone, bore, cero, code, coed, coke, cole, come, cone, cope, core, cote, cove, deco, demo, doer, does, doge, dole, dome, done, dope, dore, dose, dote, dove, doze, ebon, echo, eddo, egos, enol, enow, eons, epos, ergo, eros, euro, exon, expo, feod, floe, foes, fore, froe, goer, goes, gone, gore, helo, hero, hoed, hoer, hoes, hoke, hole, home, hone, hope, hose, hove, howe, jeon, joes, joey, joke, jole, keno, keto, koel, kore, leno, levo, lobe, lode, loge, lone, lope, lore, lose, love, lowe, memo, meno, meou, meow, mode, moke, mole, mome, mope, more, mote, moue, move, neon, node, noel, noes, nome, none, nope, nose, note, obes, obey, oboe, odea, odes, ogee, ogle, ogre, ohed, okeh, okes, olea, oleo, oles, omen, omer, once, ones, ooze, oped, open, opes, ores, orle, oses, oven, over, owed, owes, owse, oxen, oxes, oyer, oyes, oyez, peon, pepo, peso, poem, poet, poke, pole, pome, pone, pope, pore, pose, redo, repo, robe, rode, roes, role, rope, rose, rote, roue, rove, sego, shoe, sloe, soke, sole, some, sone, sore, toea, toed, toes, toke, tole, tome, tone, tope, tore, tote, veto, voes, vole, vote, woes, woke, wore, wove, yoke, yore, yowe, zero, zoea, zone. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4F 45 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--- . |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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