different between jee vs zee

English

Verb

jee (third-person singular simple present jees, present participle jeeing, simple past and past participle jeed)

1. Alternative spelling of gee

Dutch

Etymology

Contracted form of Jezus, used as a minced oath.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?

Interjection

jee

1. an expression of surprise: gosh, golly, gee

Synonyms

• ach

Related terms

• jeetje, jees

Finnish

Pronunciation

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

Interjection

jee

1. (colloquial) yeah!, yay! (expressing joy)

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German io, eo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /je?/
  • Rhymes: -e?

Adverb

jee

1. ever

Synonyms

• jeemools

Manx

Etymology 1

From Old Irish día.

Noun

jee m (genitive singular jee, plural jeeaghyn or jeeghyn)

1. god, deity, godhead

Derived terms

• ben jee (“goddess”)

See also

• Jee

Etymology 2

From Old Irish di.

Pronoun

jee

1. third-person singular feminine of da

Etymology 3

Pronoun

jee

1. Alternative form of j'ee

Mutation

Saterland Frisian

Adverb

jee

1. yes

English

Etymology 1

1670s: variant of British English zed, by analogy with other letters such as bee, dee, tee and vee, and standardized by Noah Webster; from Middle French zede, from Late Latin zeta, from Ancient Greek ???? (zêta), from Hebrew ?? (zayin).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?zi?/
• Rhymes: -i?

Noun

zee (plural zees) (chiefly US, Newfoundland, Philippines, sometimes Canada)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Z.
2. Something Z-shaped. Found in compounds.

3. (colloquial, usually in the plural) Sleep.

Synonyms

• zed (UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa)
• izzard (Scotland, South Asia)

Translations

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee / zed

Verb

zee (third-person singular simple present zees, present participle zeeing, simple past and past participle zeed) (chiefly US, Newfoundland)

1. (intransitive, informal) To sleep or nap. (Compare zzz, catch some z's.)
2. (intransitive, rare) To zigzag; to move with sharp alternating turns.

See also

• zeta

Etymology 2

Article

zee

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

Anagrams

• EEZ, Eze.

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch sêe, from Old Dutch s?o, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ze?/
• Hyphenation: zee
• Rhymes: -e?

Noun

zee f (plural zeeën, diminutive zeetje n)

1. sea

   De oude man en de zee.

   The Old Man and the Sea.

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: see
• ? Sranan Tongo: se
• ? Saramaccan: zé

Estonian

Noun

zee (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Z.

Latin

Noun

zee

1. vocative singular of zeus

San Juan Guelavía Zapotec

Etymology

Cognate with Zoogocho Zapotec za'a.

Noun

zee

1. a fresh ear of corn

References

• López Antonio, Joaquín; Jones, Ted; Jones, Kris (2012) Vocabulario breve del Zapoteco de San Juan Guelavía?^[1] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Tlalpan, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 20

Swahili

Pronunciation

Adjective

-zee (declinable)

1. old

Inflection

Antonyms

• -pya

Related terms

• mzee
• uzee