ze

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English [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

Article [edit]

ze

  1. Eye dialect spelling of the (usually signifying a foreign accent, often French).
    • 1992, Tristan Jones, Adrift, page 257:
      Then one French-American sous-chef, still in his white kitchen gear, climbed down from the cockpit, where he had been inspecting the cabin, peering inside, murmuring, "wonderfool–wonderfool, ze workmansheep!"

Etymology 2 [edit]

Pronoun [edit]

ze

  1. (neologism) they (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.
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Usage notes [edit]

  • The genderqueer community are the primary proponents of ze. One refers to a person with ze and hir typically (a) when their gender is unknown, and one wishes to avoid assuming their gender, or (b) when they are neither male nor female in gender, making he and she (and also either/or terms like s/he or (s)he) inappropriate and potentially hurtful.

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Anagrams [edit]


Czech [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Preposition [edit]

ze

  1. from

Usage notes [edit]

This preposition is followed by the genitive case.

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Dutch [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Pronoun [edit]

ze

  1. Unstressed form of zij

Usage notes [edit]

Ze is used for both subject (she, they) and object (them).

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Adverb [edit]

ze

  1. (following an imperative) break a leg, go get 'em, do well, good luck
    Werk ze vanavond!
    Good luck working tonight!


Esperanto [edit]

Noun [edit]

ze (plural ze-oj, accusative singular ze-on, accusative plural ze-ojn)

  1. The name of the Latin script letter Z/z.

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Japanese [edit]

Romanization [edit]

ze

  1. See
  2. See

Lojban [edit]

Lojban cardinal numbers
 <  xa ze bi  > 
    Cardinal : ze

Cmavo [edit]

ze (rafsi zel)

  1. seven

Mandarin [edit]

Romanization [edit]

ze

  1. Nonstandard spelling of .
  2. Nonstandard spelling of .

Usage notes [edit]

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


Polish [edit]

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Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

Form of z. See there.

Preposition [edit]

ze (+ genitive)

  1. from
    Jestem ze Szwecji. – I'm from Sweden.
  2. made of

Etymology 2 [edit]

Form of z. See there.

Preposition [edit]

ze (+ instrumental)

  1. with

Turkish [edit]

Noun [edit]

ze

  1. The name of the Latin script letter Z/z.

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