oie
French, noun/wa/
oie is spelled O-I-E (3 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written French, the 15,330th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oie is a French feminine noun meaning “goose” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of ouïr. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Oiseau palmipède aquatique, apparenté au canard mais plus gros et plus grand, vivant à l’état sauvage ou à…”.
What does oie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegoose
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive of ouïr
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Oiseau palmipède aquatique, apparenté au canard mais plus gros et plus grand, vivant à l’état sauvage ou à l’état domestique. 2. Femelle de cette espèce, le mâle étant le jars. 3. Indistinctement, bernache du Canada (« outarde ») ou oie des neiges (« oie blanche »). 4. Personne sotte.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of oie
- oies plural
- oye alternative archaic
- jars masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce oie?
- /wa/
- \wa\
- [y.n‿wa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to oie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is oie in French?
oie appears 3.2 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).