ees

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See also: EES, EEs, Ees, ees-, and -ees

English[edit]

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Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ees

  1. (rare) plural of e, the name of the letter E.
    • 1856, Goold Brown, The First Lines of English Grammar, page 10:
      These names [] may form regular plurals; thus, Aes, Bees, Cees, Dees, Ees, Effs, Gees, Aitches, Ies, Jays, Kays, Ells, Ems, Ens, Oes, Pees, Kues, Ars, Esses, Tees, Ues, Vees, Double-ues, Exes, Wies, Zees.
    • 1998, Ricardo Corona, "These Esses" ("Esses esses"), in Other Shores (Outras Praias), translated by Ricardo Corona & Charles Perrone
      to say (full of ees, ies, ues) that plurals are always two or more
    • 2005, David Riede, Allegories of One's Own Mind: Melancholy in Victorian Poetry, page 51:
      The verse is further slowed by the heavy punctuation of the refrain and by the long vowel sounds—not only the "hollow oes and aes" but especially the interminable "ees" of "dreary . . . aweary, aweary."

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation spelling of is, representing Latino- or French-accented English.

Verb[edit]

ees

  1. (nonstandard) Alternative spelling of is

Etymology 3[edit]

Noun[edit]

ees

  1. plural of ee

Anagrams[edit]

Estonian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *ede. Cognates include Finnish esi- and Hungarian előtt.

Postposition[edit]

ees

  1. before, in front of

Derived terms[edit]

Finnish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈeːs/, [ˈe̞ːs̠]
  • Rhymes: -eːs
  • Syllabification(key): ees

Adverb[edit]

ees (dialectal)

  1. Alternative form of edes.

See also[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Ingrian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Spatial inflection of ees
→○ illative ettee
inessive ees
○→ elative eest

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

ees

  1. (of location) in front

Postposition[edit]

ees (+ genitive)

  1. (of location) in front of
    • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 45:
      Monikoos, möö näimmä, painutossihan lopun ees ono monikon tuntomerkki, kummaal sanas ono oma merkitös.
      In the plural, we saw, in front of the case ending is the marker of the plural, with which there is its own marking in the word.

Preposition[edit]

ees (+ partitive)

  1. (of location) in front of

Noun[edit]

ees

  1. inessive singular of esi

Etymology 2[edit]

Lative singular of esi (front). Akin to Finnish edes.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

ees

  1. even
    • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:
      Kaik väki jo on töös.
      Lapsiil omat hoolet on ees.
      All the people are already working.
      Even children have their own concerns.
Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 38