wee

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Adjective 1.2.1.1 Translations 1.2.2 References 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Synonyms 1.3.1.2 Translations 1.3.2 Verb 1.3.2.1 Synonyms 1.3.2.2 Translations 1.4 Anagrams 2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Derived terms 3 Scots 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Adjective 3.2.1 Usage notes

[edit] English

Wikipedia

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: wē, IPA: /wiː/, SAMPA: /wi:/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -iː
• Homophones: we, Wii, whee (in accents with the wine-whine merger)

[edit] Etymology 1

From Middle English we (“‘little bit’”) < Old English wæ:ge (“‘weight’”), related to Old English wegan (“‘to move, weigh’”) (15c).

[edit] Adjective

wee (comparative weer, superlative weest)

1. (Scottish, Northern Ireland, North England) small, little

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• Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary: Tenth Edition (1997)

[edit] Etymology 2

Unknown

[edit] Noun

wee (uncountable)

1. (colloquial, uncountable) urine
2. (colloquial) An act of urination.

   to have a wee

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• wee wee

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[edit] Verb

to wee (third-person singular simple present wees, present participle weeing, simple past and past participle weed)

1. (colloquial) To urinate.

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• See also Wikisaurus:urinate

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• Alphagram: eew
• ewe

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /we/

[edit] Noun

wee f. (plural weeën, diminutive weetje)

1. Contraction during labour or childbirth.

   De weeën beginnen!

   The baby’s coming!

2. Sorrow, sadness, pain; archaic unless used as an interjection of despair or annoyance.

   O wee, wat zal er van ons worden.

   Oh my, what’s going to happen with us.

[edit] Derived terms

• (sorrow):: o wee, ach en wee, heimwee

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[edit] Scots

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: wē, IPA: /wiː/, SAMPA: /wi:/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

[edit] Adjective

wee (comparative mair wee, superlative maist wee)

1. small, little

[edit] Usage notes

Used in both the standard Scots and Ulster Scots dialect.