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zhee
English
Etymology
From Pitman zee, which it resembles phonetically and graphically, and the sound it represents.
Noun
zhee (plural zhees)
- The letter for the zh sound /?/ in Pitman shorthand.
Related terms
- ish
- ezh, the name of the IPA letter for this sound
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zee
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)
- The name of the Latin-script letter Z.
- Something Z-shaped. Found in compounds.
- (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)
- (intransitive, informal) To sleep or nap. (Compare zzz, catch some z's.)
- (intransitive, rare) To zigzag; to move with sharp alternating turns.
See also
- zeta
Etymology 2
Article
zee
- 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)
- sea
- De oude man en de zee.
- The Old Man and the Sea.
- De oude man en de zee.
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: see
- ? Sranan Tongo: se
- ? Saramaccan: zé
Estonian
Noun
zee (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
- The name of the Latin-script letter Z.
Latin
Noun
zee
- vocative singular of zeus
San Juan Guelavía Zapotec
Etymology
Cognate with Zoogocho Zapotec za'a.
Noun
zee
- 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)
- old
Inflection
Antonyms
- -pya
Related terms
- mzee
- uzee
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