zé

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ze"

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzeː]
• Hyphenation: zé
• Rhymes: -zeː

Noun

zé

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

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	zé	zék
accusative	zét	zéket
dative	zének	zéknek
instrumental	zével	zékkel
causal-final	zéért	zékért
translative	zévé	zékké
terminative	zéig	zékig
essive-formal	zéként	zékként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	zében	zékben
superessive	zén	zéken
adessive	zénél	zéknél
illative	zébe	zékbe
sublative	zére	zékre
allative	zéhez	zékhez
elative	zéből	zékből
delative	zéről	zékről
ablative	zétől	zéktől
non-attributive possessive - singular	zéé	zéké
non-attributive possessive - plural	zééi	zékéi

Possessive forms of zé
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	zém	zéim
2nd person sing.	zéd	zéid
3rd person sing.	zéje	zéi
1st person plural	zénk	zéink
2nd person plural	zétek	zéitek
3rd person plural	zéjük	zéik

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) betű; a, á, bé, cé, csé, dé, dzé, dzsé, e, é, eff, gé, gyé, há, i, í, jé, ká, ell, ellipszilon / elly / ejj, emm, enn, enny, o, ó, ö, ő, pé, kú, err, ess, essz, té, tyé, u, ú, ü, ű, vé, dupla vé / vevé, iksz, ipszilon, zé, zsé. (See also: Latin script letters.)

Further reading

• z in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Romanization

zé (ze², Zhuyin ㄗㄜˊ)

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Zé, pet form of José (“Joseph”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈzɛ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈzɛ/

• Hyphenation: zé

Noun

zé m (plural zés)

1. (derogatory) joe (stereotypical male given name)

   Synonyms: zé-ninguém, gentalha, plebe

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Saramaccan

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch zee or perhaps from Sranan Tongo se (also from Dutch).

Noun

zé

1. sea