zee

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See also: Zee, zée, zêe, and žee

English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

1670s US variant of zed (which see for more), by analogy with other letters such as bee, dee, tee and vee, and standardized by Noah Webster.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ziː/
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  • (Philippine) IPA(key): /ˈzeɪː/ (colloquial)
  • Rhymes: -iː

Noun[edit]

zee (plural zees) (chiefly US, Newfoundland, Philippines, increasingly Canada)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter Z.
    • 1984 Waite, Prata & Martin, C (Computer Program Language), p. 190
      Thus first C checks to see if ex and wye are equal. The resulting value of 1 or 0 (true or false) then is compared to the value of zee.
  2. Something Z-shaped. Found in compounds.
    zee-bar.
  3. (colloquial, usually in the plural) Sleep.
    Time to get some zees.
Synonyms[edit]
  • zed (UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa)
  • izzard (Hong Kong, Scotland, South Asia)
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
See also[edit]

Verb[edit]

zee (third-person singular simple present zees, present participle zeeing, simple past and past participle zeed) (chiefly US, Newfoundland)

  1. (intransitive, informal) To sleep or nap. (Compare zzz, catch some z's.)
  2. (intransitive, rare) To zigzag; to move with sharp alternating turns.

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Etymology 2[edit]

Article[edit]

zee

  1. Pronunciation spelling of the, representing primarily French or German accented English.

Anagrams[edit]

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Dutch sêe, from Old Dutch sēo, from Proto-West Germanic *saiwi, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

zee f (plural zeeën, diminutive zeetje n)

  1. sea
    Ze zeilden over de open zee om nieuwe landen te ontdekken. ― They sailed the open sea to discover new lands.
    Ik wil volgend jaar naar de zee verhuizen. ― I want to move to the sea next year.
    Het kleine zeetje was een populaire plek voor lokale vissers. ― The small sea was a popular spot for local fishermen.
  2. sea (a vast mass, expanse; multitude)
    Er was een zee van mensen bij het concert. ― There was a sea of people at the concert.
    Hij keek uit over een zee van bloemen. ― He looked out over a sea of flowers.
    De hemel was een eindeloze zee van sterren. ― The sky was an endless sea of stars.

Derived terms[edit]

general
seas

Descendants[edit]

  • Afrikaans: see
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: sei
  • Javindo: see
  • Negerhollands: see
  • → Saramaccan: zé
  • → Sranan Tongo: se

Estonian[edit]

Noun[edit]

zee (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

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

Latin[edit]

Noun[edit]

zee

  1. vocative singular of zeus

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From zeu.

Noun[edit]

zee f (plural zee)

  1. goddess

Declension[edit]

Declension of zee
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (o) zee zeea (niște) zee zeele
genitive/dative (unei) zee zeei (unor) zee zeelor
vocative zee, zeeo zeelor

San Juan Guelavía Zapotec[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with Zoogocho Zapotec za'a.

Noun[edit]

zee

  1. a fresh ear of corn

References[edit]

  • López Antonio, Joaquín, Jones, Ted, Jones, Kris (2012) Vocabulario breve del Zapoteco de San Juan Guelavía‎[1] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Tlalpan, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 20

Swahili[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

-zee (declinable)

  1. old

Declension[edit]

Inflected forms of -zee
Noun class singular plural
m-wa class(I/II) mzee
m-mi class(III/IV) mzee mizee
ji-ma class(V/VI) zee mazee
ki-vi class(VII/VIII) kizee vizee
n class(IX/X) nzee nzee
u class(XI) mzee see n(X) or ma(VI) class
pa class(XVI) pazee
ku class(XVII) kuzee
mu class(XVIII) muzee

Antonyms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Yola[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English seen, son, from Old English sēon, from Proto-West Germanic *sehwan.

Alternative forms[edit]

Verb[edit]

zee (simple past zide) [1]

  1. to see
    • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3, pages 94[2]:
      Maade a nicest coolecannan that e'er ye did zee.
      Made the nicest coolecannan that ever you did see.
    • 1927, “YOLA ZONG O BARONY VORTH”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 132, lines 9[3]:
      Co Sooney, "Billeen dowst thee zee faads lewer,
      Says Alice "Billy, do you see what's yonder?"

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

zee [4]

  1. Alternative form of zea (“sea”)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 81
  2. ^ Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 94
  3. ^ Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
  4. ^ Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 80
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