different between ree vs jee

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i?/

Etymology 1

Noun

ree (plural rees)

1. Alternative form of rei

Etymology 2

From Middle English rei, reh, reoh, from Old English hr?oh (“rough, fierce, wild, angry, disturbed, troubled, stormy, tempestuous”), from Proto-Germanic *hreuhaz (“bad, wild”), from Proto-Indo-European *krewh?- (“raw meat, fresh blood”). Cognate with Scots ree, rae, ray (“ree”), Old Saxon hr? (“evil, bad, angry”), Gothic ???????????????????????????????? (rauhtjan, “to become angry, rage against”). Related to Old English hr?aw (“raw, uncooked”). More at raw.

Alternative forms

• rie (Scotland)

Adjective

ree (comparative reer or more ree, superlative reest or most ree)

1. (now chiefly dialectal) Wild; fierce; outrageous; overexcited; frenzied; delirious; crazy.
2. (now chiefly dialectal) Befuddled with liquor; half-drunk; tipsy.

Synonyms

• (frenzied): frantic, frenetic, off the chain
• (half-drunk): buzzed, merry, squiffy; see also Thesaurus:drunk

Noun

ree (plural rees)

1. (now chiefly dialectal) A state of befuddlement; intoxication.
2. (now chiefly dialectal) A state of great excitement or frenzy.

Verb

ree (third-person singular simple present rees, present participle reeing, simple past and past participle reed)

1. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To become extremely excited; fly into a rage.
2. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To drive into a state of excitement; fire with enthusiasm.

Etymology 3

Compare riddle (“a sieve”).

Verb

ree (third-person singular simple present rees, present participle reeing, simple past and past participle reed)

1. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) To riddle; to sift; to separate or throw off.

Anagrams

• 'ere, -eer, EER, Ere, e'er, eer, ere

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch ree, from Middle Dutch ree, from Old Dutch r?a.

Noun

ree (plural reë)

1. roe, deer of the genus Capreolus

Derived terms

• reebok

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /re?/
• Hyphenation: ree
• Rhymes: -e?

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch ree, from Old Dutch r?a. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

ree f or n (plural reeën, diminutive reetje n)

1. The roe, Capreolus capreolus.
2. Any deer of the genus Capreolus.

Derived terms

• reebeen
• reebok
• reegeit
• reekalf
• waterree

Descendants

• Afrikaans: ree

Etymology 2

Syncopic form of rede.

Noun

ree f (plural reeën)

1. (now literary or dialectal) Alternative form of rede (“anchorage”).

Anagrams

• eer, ere

Esperanto

Etymology

re- +? -e

Pronunciation

Adverb

ree

1. again

Italian

Adjective

ree f pl

1. feminine plural of reo

Anagrams

• ere

Latin

Noun

ree m

1. vocative singular of reus

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish rí, from Proto-Celtic *r?xs, from Proto-Indo-European *h?r??s (“ruler, king”).

Noun

ree m (genitive singular ree, plural reeghyn or reeaghyn)

1. king (monarchy, chess, card games, draughts)

Derived terms

Swahili

Alternative forms

• rea
• rei

Pronunciation

Noun

ree (n class, plural ree)

1. (card games) ace

See also

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English rye, from Old English ry?e, from Proto-West Germanic *rugi.

Noun

ree

1. rye

References

• Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN

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