gee

See also: Gee and gée

gee - English

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈd͡ʒiː/

Interjection

gee

(somewhat dated) A general exclamation of surprise or frustration.
- Synonyms: see wow
- Gee, I didn't know that!
- Gee, this is swell fun!

Usage notes

Gee is generally considered somewhat dated or juvenile. It is often used for ironic effect, with the speaker putting on an air of youthful innocence.

Derived terms

gee whillikers, gee willikers, gee willickers, gee whillikins, gee whillickers, gee whilligers
gee whiz
golly gee
oh em gee

Translations

Dutch: goh (nl), gut (nl)
Finnish: jukra (fi), hitsi (fi), voi hurja
Georgian: ვა (va), ღმერთო (ɣmerto)
Indonesian: kok (id)
Italian: cribbio (it), perbacco (it), alla faccia, osteria (it)
Louisiana Creole French: bòys, boug
Macedonian: ле́ле (mk) (léle), бо́же (bóže)
Maori: ānana, aeha, ēhe, wī, anana
Portuguese: ena!, ena pá!, xi! (pt)
Russian: бо́же (ru) (bóže)
Spanish: vaya (es)
Swedish: kors (sv), oj (sv), jösses (sv)

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈd͡ʒiː/

Verb

gee (third-person singular simple present gees, present participle geeing, simple past and past participle geed)

(intransitive) Of a horse, pack animal, etc.: to move forward; go faster; or turn in a direction away from the driver, typically to the right.
- This horse won’t gee when I tell him to.
(transitive) To cause an animal to move in this way.
- You may need to walk up to the front of the pack and physically gee the lead dog.
(UK, dialect, obsolete) To agree; to harmonize.

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Translations

Czech: hot (cs)
French: hue (fr)
German: hott (de)
Romanian: cea (ro)

Noun

gee (plural gees)

A gee-gee, a horse.

Interjection

gee

A command to a horse, pack animal, etc., which may variously mean “move forward”, “go faster”, or “turn to the right”.
- Mush, huskies. Now, gee! Gee!

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈd͡ʒiː/

Noun

gee (plural gees)

The name of the Latin-script letter G.
- One branch of English society drops its initial aitches, and another branch ignores its terminal gees.
(slang) Abbreviation of grand; a thousand dollars.
- ten gees
(physics) Abbreviation of gravity; the unit of acceleration equal to that exerted by gravity at the earth's surface.
(US, slang) A guy.

Derived terms

high-gee
low-gee

Related terms

gay (in shorthand)

Translations

Arabic: غِي‎ m (ḡī), جِي‎ m (jī), جِي‎ m (gī)
Burmese: ဂျီ (gyi)
Catalan: ge (ca) f
Chinese:
- Mandarin: (English letter names are called as in English, no other standard Mandarin name exists)
Esperanto: go (eo)
Finnish: gee (fi)
French: gé (fr) m
Galician: gue (gl) m
Greek: τζι n (tzi)
Hawaiian: gā
Hindi: जी (hi) (jī)
Icelandic: gé
Ido: ge (io)
Irish: gé (ga), gort
Italian: gi (it) f
Japanese: ジー (jī)
Korean: 지 (ko) (ji)
Latin: gē (la)
Latvian: gā
Lithuanian: gė
Malay: ji
Marathi: जी (jī)
Occitan: ge f
Portuguese: gê (pt) m
Russian: джи (ru) n (dži) (English), жэ n (žɛ), гэ (ru) n (gɛ)
Spanish: ge (es) f
Thai: จี (th) (jii)
Turkish: ge (tr)
Vietnamese: giê (vi), gờ (vi), ghê (vi)
Welsh: èg f

Finnish: tonni (fi)
Russian: коса́рь (ru) m (kosárʹ)

Finnish: G (fi)
Galician: G (gl)

Noun

gee (plural gees)

(Ireland, slang) Vagina, vulva.

Pronunciation

IPA: /d͡ʒiː/

Verb

gee (third-person singular simple present gees, present participle geeing, simple past and past participle geed)

To suit or fit.

Anagrams

gee - Afar

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈɡeː/, [ˈɡeː]
Hyphenation: gee

Verb

gée (autobenefactive geyité)

(transitive) find
(transitive) recover
(transitive) get, obtain

Conjugation

Conjugation of gee (type II verb)

Compound tenses
past perfect		affirmative perfective + perfective of én or *sugé*
present perfect		affirmative perfective + imperfective of én
future perfect		affirmative perfective + prospective of *sugé*
past progressive		-k converb + imperfective of én or *sugé*
present progressive		affirmative imperfect + imperfective of én
future progressive		-k converb + prospective of *sugé*
immediate future		affirmative conjunctive I + imperfective of *wée*
imperfect potential I		affirmative conjunctive I + imperfective of *takké*
imperfect potential II	affirmative	imperfective + -m + *takké*
imperfect potential II	negative	gée + imperfective of *wée* + -m + *takké*
perfect potential	affirmative	perfective + -m + *takké*
perfect potential	negative	gée + perfective of *wée* + -m + *takké*
present conditional II	affirmative	imperfective + object pronoun + *tekkék*
present conditional II	negative	gée + perfective of *wée* + object pronoun + *tekkék*
perfect conditional	affirmative	perfective + imperfective of *sugé* + -k
perfect conditional	negative	perfective + *sugé* + imperfective of *wée* -k
irrealis		gée + perfective of *xaaxé* or *raaré*

gee - Afrikaans

Pronunciation

IPA: /χɪə/

Verb

gee (present gee, present participle gewende, past participle gegee)

to give
- Ek gee op! ― I give up!

gee - Alemannic German

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

IPA: /ɡ̊eː/

Verb

gee (third-person singular simple present git, past participle gee, auxiliary haa) (Switzerland)

(ditransitive) to give (in various senses)
(impersonal, transitive) Used to indicate that something exists. Usually translated as there is/are or there exist(s)
- Synonym: haa
- So öppis gits nume doo! ― Something like this only exists here. (literally, “Something like this it gives only here.”)

gee - Estonian

Noun

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

The name of the Latin-script letter G.

gee - Finnish

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈɡeː/, [ˈɡe̞ː]
Syllabification: gee

Noun

gee

The name of the Latin-script letter G.
(physics) gee (unit of acceleration equal to that exerted by gravity)

Declension

Inflection of gee (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
nominative		gee	geet
genitive		geen	geiden geitten
partitive		geetä	geitä
illative		geehen	geihin
		singular	plural
nominative		gee	geet
accusative	nom.	gee	geet
accusative	gen.	geen	geet
genitive		geen	geiden geitten
partitive		geetä	geitä
inessive		geessä	geissä
elative		geestä	geistä
illative		geehen	geihin
adessive		geellä	geillä
ablative		geeltä	geiltä
allative		geelle	geille
essive		geenä	geinä
translative		geeksi	geiksi
instructive		—	gein
abessive		geettä	geittä
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of gee (type maa)

first-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		geeni	geeni
accusative	nom.	geeni	geeni
accusative	gen.	geeni	geeni
genitive		geeni	geideni geitteni
partitive		geetäni	geitäni
inessive		geessäni	geissäni
elative		geestäni	geistäni
illative		geeheni	geihini
adessive		geelläni	geilläni
ablative		geeltäni	geiltäni
allative		geelleni	geilleni
essive		geenäni	geinäni
translative		geekseni	geikseni
instructive		—	—
abessive		geettäni	geittäni
comitative		—	geineni

second-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		geesi	geesi
accusative	nom.	geesi	geesi
accusative	gen.	geesi	geesi
genitive		geesi	geidesi geittesi
partitive		geetäsi	geitäsi
inessive		geessäsi	geissäsi
elative		geestäsi	geistäsi
illative		geehesi	geihisi
adessive		geelläsi	geilläsi
ablative		geeltäsi	geiltäsi
allative		geellesi	geillesi
essive		geenäsi	geinäsi
translative		geeksesi	geiksesi
instructive		—	—
abessive		geettäsi	geittäsi
comitative		—	geinesi

first-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		geemme	geemme
accusative	nom.	geemme	geemme
accusative	gen.	geemme	geemme
genitive		geemme	geidemme geittemme
partitive		geetämme	geitämme
inessive		geessämme	geissämme
elative		geestämme	geistämme
illative		geehemme	geihimme
adessive		geellämme	geillämme
ablative		geeltämme	geiltämme
allative		geellemme	geillemme
essive		geenämme	geinämme
translative		geeksemme	geiksemme
instructive		—	—
abessive		geettämme	geittämme
comitative		—	geinemme

second-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		geenne	geenne
accusative	nom.	geenne	geenne
accusative	gen.	geenne	geenne
genitive		geenne	geidenne geittenne
partitive		geetänne	geitänne
inessive		geessänne	geissänne
elative		geestänne	geistänne
illative		geehenne	geihinne
adessive		geellänne	geillänne
ablative		geeltänne	geiltänne
allative		geellenne	geillenne
essive		geenänne	geinänne
translative		geeksenne	geiksenne
instructive		—	—
abessive		geettänne	geittänne
comitative		—	geinenne

third-person possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		geensä	geensä
accusative	nom.	geensä	geensä
accusative	gen.	geensä	geensä
genitive		geensä	geidensä geittensä
partitive		geetään geetänsä	geitään geitänsä
inessive		geessään geessänsä	geissään geissänsä
elative		geestään geestänsä	geistään geistänsä
illative		geehensä	geihinsä
adessive		geellään geellänsä	geillään geillänsä
ablative		geeltään geeltänsä	geiltään geiltänsä
allative		geelleen geellensä	geilleen geillensä
essive		geenään geenänsä	geinään geinänsä
translative		geekseen geeksensä	geikseen geiksensä
instructive		—	—
abessive		geettään geettänsä	geittään geittänsä
comitative		—	geineen geinensä

Anagrams

gee - Manx

Verb

gee

present participle of ee

gee - Old English

Pronunciation

IPA: /jeː/

Adverb

ġee

Alternative form of ġēa

gee - Võro

Noun

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

The name of the Latin-script letter G.

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

gee - Yola

Alternative forms

Verb

gee (third-person singular gees, simple past ga or gae or gaed, past participle gien)

to give