different between zed vs zel

English

Etymology

From Middle English zed, zedde, zede, from Old French zede, from Late Latin zeta, from Ancient Greek ???? (zêta). Letter had rare nonstandard usage in Old English, such as in bezt, where it represented "ts" (compare the German pronunciation of Z). For the sleep sense, see zzz. The zombie sense comes from the initial letter. Doublet of zeta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /z?d/
• Rhymes: -?d

Noun

zed (plural zeds) (chiefly Commonwealth)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Z.
2. (in combination) Something Z-shaped.

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

4. (slang) A zombie.

   A horde of zeds began to shuffle into the shopping mall.

Synonyms

• (all): zee (US, Newfoundland)
• (letter): izzard (Scotland)
• (sleep): zee (Canada) (more common)

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

zed (third-person singular simple present zeds, present participle zedding, simple past and past participle zedded) (chiefly Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Ireland, South Africa)

1. (intransitive, informal) To sleep or nap. (Compare zzz, catch some z's.)
2. (intransitive, rare) To zigzag; to move with sharp alternating turns.
   • 1931, Reginald Rankin, The Collected Works of Lt. Colonel Sir Reginald Rankin

     We were zedding hell-bells up the hill towards Cervione, with a bank of road metal and a precipice on our left...

See also

• zeta

Yola

Adjective

zed

1. stewed, sodden

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

Noun

zel (plural zels)

1. Alternative form of zill

Anagrams

• Lez, lez

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin z?lus, from Ancient Greek ????? (zêlos)

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?z?l/

Noun

zel m (plural zels)

1. fervor, zeal
2. heat, estrus

Related terms

• gelós

Further reading

• “zel” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “zel” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “zel” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “zel” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?z?l]

Noun

zel n

1. genitive plural of zlo

Latvian

Verb

zel

1. 2nd person singular present indicative form of zelt
2. 2nd person singular imperative form of zelt

Middle English

Noun

zel

1. Alternative form of zele

Middle French

Alternative forms

• zele

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin z?lus.

Noun

zel m (uncountable)

1. zeal

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French zèle.

Noun

zel n (uncountable)

1. zeal (fervor or devotion)

Declension

Synonyms

• râvn?, sârguin??, ardoare

Related terms

• zelos

Slovene

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *z?l?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /z???/

Adjective

z??? (comparative zl?jši, superlative n?jzl?jši)

1. evil

Inflection

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zé??/

Noun

z??? f

1. (clarification of this definition is needed) green plant

Inflection

Further reading

• “zel”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran