jee

See also: Appendix:Variations of "jee"

English

Verb

jee (third-person singular simple present jees, present participle jeeing, simple past and past participle jeed)

1. Alternative spelling of gee

Dutch

Alternative forms

• jeetje, jees

Etymology

Contracted form of Jezus, used as a minced oath.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eː

Interjection

jee

1. an expression of surprise: gosh, golly, gee

   Synonyms: jeetjemina, jeetjemineetje, jemig, gossie, goh

Derived terms

• jeetjemina

 

Related terms

• jemig

 

Finnish

Etymology

From English yea, yeah, yay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjeː/, [ˈje̞ː]
• Rhymes: -eː
• Syllabification^(key): jee

Interjection

jee (colloquial)

1. yeah!, yay! (expressing joy)

Further reading

• “jee”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German io, eo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeː/
  • Rhymes: -eː

Adverb

jee

1. ever

Synonyms

• jeemools

Manx

Etymology 1

From Old Irish día.

Noun

jee m (genitive singular jee, plural jeeaghyn or jeeghyn)

1. god, deity, godhead

   Hug ad ooashley da ymmodee jeeghyn.

   They worshipped many gods.

Derived terms

• ben jee (“goddess”)

See also

• Jee

Etymology 2

From Old Irish di.

Pronoun

jee

1. third-person singular feminine of da

Etymology 3

Pronoun

jee

1. Alternative form of j'ee

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
jee	yee	n'yee
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian jē, from Proto-West Germanic *jā. Cognates include West Frisian ja and German ja. Doublet of jä and je.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeː/
• Hyphenation: jee
• Rhymes: -eː

Particle

jee

1. yes

Antonyms

• noa

References

• Marron C. Fort (2015) “jee”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN