different between joe vs jee

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: j?
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d???/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /d?o?/
• Homophones: Jo, Joe
• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

From the proper name Joe.

Noun

joe (plural joes)

1. (informal) A male; a guy; a fellow.

   I'm just an ordinary joe.

2. (historical) Synonym of johannes (“An old Portuguese gold coin bearing a figure of John V of Portugal.”)

Alternative forms

• Joe

Derived terms

• half joe
• joe job

Translations

Etymology 2

Of uncertain origin. See cup of joe for more.

Noun

joe (countable and uncountable, plural joes)

1. (chiefly US, informal) Coffee.
   • 2010, Melody Carlson, A Mile in My Flip-Flops (page 221)

     Some people say I make the best joe in town. But you know there's a kiosk over on Eighteenth Avenue, not that far from here.

Related terms

• cup of joe

Etymology 3

Noun

joe (plural joes)

1. (Scotland) Alternative form of jo (“a darling or sweetheart”)
   • 1836 Joanna Baillie The Phantom, Act 2. Provost, to a maidservant.

     I fear, my joe, the good that I can do him,
     Or ev'n the minister, if he were here,
     Would be but little.

Dalmatian

Pronoun

joe f (plural jai)

1. (third-person feminine singular pronoun, oblique case) her

Related terms

• jala
• joi (masculine)
• jai

Dutch

Interjection

joe

1. (colloquial) bye

   Joe! - Bye!

Old French

Noun

joe f (oblique plural joes, nominative singular joe, nominative plural joes)

1. cheek

Descendants

• French: joue

Sranan Tongo

Pronoun

joe

1. Superseded spelling of yu.

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