different between dees vs zees

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di?z/

Noun

dees

1. plural of dee, the name of the letter D.
2. Something shaped like the letter D.

3. (colloquial) Police detectives.

Anagrams

• EDES, Seed, dese, sede, seed

Catalan

Noun

dees

1. plural of dea

Latin

Verb

d?es

1. second-person singular present active imperative of d?sum
2. second-person singular present active indicative of d?sum

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de?s/
• Rhymes: -e?s

Etymology 1

Possibly from Middle High German deist (“that is”), contraction of daz or dat + ist. Compare German es sei denn (literally “it be then”) and the use of English that is to introduce a specification or additional requirement.

Alternatives include some formation with Luxembourgish ees (“once, sometime”), from Middle High German eins, or possibly a contraction similar to Dutch tenzij, based on Middle High German et en s? (“it be not”), where the loss of the stressed final syllable would be unexpected, however.

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Conjunction

dees

1. unless

Synonyms

• ausser

Etymology 2

Inflected form of doen (“to do, to make”).

Verb

dees

1. second-person singular present indicative of doen

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

dees

1. Alternative form of deis (“dais”)

Etymology 2

From Old French des, plural of de. Owing to the noun's frequent use in the plural, sometimes, as in Modern English, reinterpreted as a singular.

Alternative forms

• dis, dys, des, dise, dyse, deis, deys, dez, dice, dyce, dies, dyes, deisse, deysse, disse, dysse

Noun

dees

1. plural of dee (“die”)

Noun

dees (plural dees or dyses)

1. Synonym of dee (“die”)

Descendants

• English: dice
• Scots: dice

Semai

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer [Term?]. Compare Koho dous (“debt; fine”).

Noun

dees

1. debt

Adjective

dees

1. bad

Synonyms

• (bad): nèc, nic

References

English

Etymology 1

Noun

zees

1. plural of zee

Etymology 2

Pronoun

zees

1. Pronunciation spelling of this, representing primarily French-accented English.

Anagrams

• EEZs