different between bees vs ees

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi?z/
• Rhymes: -i?z

Noun

bees

1. plural of bee

See also

• Appendix:Animals
• Appendix:English collective nouns

Anagrams

• BSEE, EBEs, SEbE

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch beest, from Middle Dutch beeste, from Old French beste, from Latin b?stia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??s/

Noun

bees (plural beeste)

1. cow, ox (bovine, esp. of a domesticated species)
2. brute

Derived terms

• beesvleis
• wildebees

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /be?s/
• Hyphenation: bees
• Rhymes: -e?s

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French baise.

Noun

bees f (plural bezen, diminutive bezeke n)

1. (Brabant) kiss

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch bese (“berry”). Variant of bes.

Noun

bees f (plural bezen, diminutive bezeke n)

1. candy

2. berry

References

• [1]

Finnish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bees

1. Alternative form of beesi

Declension

Derived terms

• bees-värinen (adjective)

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?be.e?s/, [?be?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?be.es/, [?b???s]

Verb

be?s

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of be?

Middle English

Noun

bees

1. plural of bee

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German böse.

Adjective

bees

1. angry
2. offended

Plautdietsch

Adjective

bees

1. evil, wicked

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