different between zee vs zen

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

English

Alternative forms

• Zen

Etymology

From Japanese ?(??) (zen), from Middle Chinese ? (MC d??i?n) (compare Mandarin ? (Chán), an abbreviation of ?? (MC d??i?n n?), from Sanskrit ????? (dhy?na, “a type of meditation”). Akin to dhyana.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?n

Noun

zen (uncountable)

1. (religion) A denomination of Buddhism.
2. (religion) Profound meditation within that denomination of Buddhism.
3. An approach to an activity, skill, or subject that emphasizes simplicity and intuition rather than conventional thinking or fixation on goals.

   the zen of cooking; the zen of passing the bar exam; the zen of C++

Usage notes

Often capitalized, similar to a proper noun, when talking about the denomination proper (compare Catholicism),rather than the philosophy or calm: “That’s very zen.” versus “She studies Zen Buddhism.”

Synonyms

• (approach emphasizing simplicity etc): tao

Adjective

zen (comparative more zen, superlative most zen)

1. (religion) Pertaining to this denomination of Buddhism.
2. (colloquial) Enlightened, unburdened and free of worries; chill, extremely relaxed and collected.

Translations

References

• zen at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Enz, NZE

Antillean Creole

Noun

zen

1. fishhook

Aynu

Etymology

Related to Persian ??? (zan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /z?n/

Noun

zen

1. woman

References

• Otto Ladstätter, Andreas Tietze, Die Abdal (Äynu) in Xinjiang (1994)

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?en/

Verb

zen

1. Third-person singular (hura) past indicative form of izan; he/she/it was

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?zen/, [?ze?n]
• IPA^(key): /?tsen/, [?ts?e?n]
• Rhymes: -en
• Syllabification: zen

Noun

zen

1. zen

Declension

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /z?n/
• Rhymes: -?n

Noun

zen m (plural zen)

1. zen

Adjective

zen (invariable)

1. pertaining to zen.
2. (colloquial) extremely relaxed and collected.

Further reading

• “zen” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• nez

Indonesian

Etymology

From Japanese ? (??, zen), from Middle Chinese ? (MC d??i?n) (compare Mandarin ? (chán), an abbreviation of ?? (MC d??i?n n?), from Sanskrit ????? (dhy?na, “a type of meditation”). Akin to dhyana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /z?n/
• Hyphenation: zèn

Noun

zen

1. (religion) A denomination of Buddhism.

Further reading

• “zen” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Japanese

Romanization

zen

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Mandarin

Romanization

zen

1. Nonstandard spelling of z?n.
2. Nonstandard spelling of zèn.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Portuguese

Noun

zen m (uncountable)

1. Zen
   1. (religion) denomination of Buddhism
   2. (informal) philosophy

Adjective

zen (plural zen, comparable)

1. zen
   1. (religion) pertaining to the Zen denomination of Buddhism
   2. (informal) extremely relaxing
2. (slang, of a person) calm, peaceful, not easily angered

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from German Zinder, French cendre and English cinder.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?sen/

Noun

zen (nominative plural zens)

1. ash, cinder
   • 1952, Epistle to the Hebrews, 9.13,14, translated by Arie de Jong.

     If ya blud toras e hikaparas, e zen kunüla, kel pagifülon ad klinükön koapi, saludükon profenanis,

     vio mödikumo blud Kristusa, kel ededietom oki dub Lanal laidüpik nenmiotädiko Gode, oklinükon konsieni obsik de vobots deadik, ad kultön Godi liföl.

     If the blood of bulls and billies, and the ashes of heifers, which is sprinkled to clean the body, already sanctifies profane people,

     how much more will the blood of Christ, who gave himself unblemished to God because of the eternal Spirit, clean our conscience from dead deeds to worship the living God.

Declension