different between oes vs ees

English

Noun

oes

1. (rare) plural of o, the name of the letter O.
   • 1842, Alfred Tennyson, The Epic

     Mouthing out his hollow oes and aes, / Deep-chested music.

   • 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Masques and Triumphs

     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.

Anagrams

• -ose, E&Os, Eos, OSE, SEO, SOE, Seo, Soe, soe

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/

Noun

oes (plural oeste)

1. harvest

Galician

Verb

oes

1. second-person singular present indicative of oír

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?oes/, [?o.es]

Noun

oes

1. plural of o

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /o???s/
• (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /?i?s/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /o?s/, /we?s/

Etymology 1

Cognate with English "if is", German "ob ist". Probably Celtic "op is" with the p disapearing giving "o is".

Verb

oes

1. (in a question) is there; are there.
2. (in answer to a question beginning with oes) yes.

Etymology 2

From Old Welsh ois, from Proto-Brythonic *o?s, from Proto-Celtic *aissom, from Proto-Indo-European *h?ey- (“life, age”). Ultimately cognate with Welsh oed, Latin aevus.

Noun

oes f (plural oesoedd)

1. age, period

Derived terms

• ers oes oesoedd (“from the beginning of time”)
• goroesi (“to survive, outlast”)
• yr Oesoedd Canol (“the Middle Ages”)
• yn oes oesoedd (“for ever and ever”)

Mutation

References

• 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
• Matasovi?, Ranko (2009) , “*ay-sso-, *ay-to-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, ?ISBN, page 51

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i?z/
• Homophone: ease

Noun

ees

1. (rare) plural of e, the name of the letter E.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation spelling of is, representing Latino- or French-accented English.

Verb

ees

1. (nonstandard) Alternative spelling of is

Etymology 3

Noun

ees

1. plural of ee

Anagrams

• -ese, ESE, Ese, ese, see

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *ede. Cognates include Finnish esi- and Hungarian el?tt.

Postposition

ees

1. before, in front of

Derived terms

• ees-
• ette
• eest

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?s/, [?e??s?]
• Rhymes: -e?s
• Syllabification: ees

Adverb

ees

1. (dialectal) Alternative form of edes.

See also

• ees-
• taas