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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
1670s: variant of British English zed, by analogy with other letters such as bee, dee, tee and vee, and standardized by Noah Webster; from Middle French zede, from Late Latin zeta, from Ancient Greek ζῆτα (zêta), from Hebrew ז (zayin).
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Noun[edit]
zee (plural zees) (chiefly US, Newfoundland, Philippines, sometimes Canada)
- The name of the Latin-script letter Z.
- Something Z-shaped. Found in compounds.
- zee-bar.
- (colloquial, usually in the plural) Sleep.
- Time to get some zees.
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Translations[edit]
name of the letter Z, z
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See also[edit]
- (Latin-script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee / zed
Verb[edit]
zee (third-person singular simple present zees, present participle zeeing, simple past and past participle zeed) (chiefly US, Newfoundland)
- (intransitive, informal) To sleep or nap. (Compare zzz, catch some z's.)
- (intransitive, rare) To zigzag; to move with sharp alternating turns.
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Etymology 2[edit]
Article[edit]
zee
- Pronunciation spelling of the, representing primarily French-accented English.
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Dutch sêe, from Old Dutch sēo, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
zee f (plural zeeën, diminutive zeetje n)
- sea
- De oude man en de zee.
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Estonian[edit]
Noun[edit]
zee (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
- The name of the Latin-script letter Z.
Latin[edit]
Noun[edit]
zee
Swahili[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Adjective[edit]
-zee (declinable)
Inflection[edit]
Inflected forms of -zee
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