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zee

See also: Zee, zée, zêe, and žee

zee - English

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈziː/
  • (Philippine) IPA: /ˈzeɪː/ (colloquial)

Noun

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

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter Z.
  2. Something Z-shaped. Found in compounds.
    • zee-bar.
  3. (colloquial, usually in the plural) Sleep.
    • Time to get some zees.

Synonyms

  • zed (UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa)
  • izzard (Hong Kong, Scotland, South Asia)

Derived terms

  • zee bar

Translations

  • Arabic: زِيد‎ m (zīd), دْزِيتَا‎ f (dzītā)
  • Catalan: zeta (ca) f
  • Chinese:
    • Mandarin: (English letter names are called as in English, no other standard Mandarin name exists)
  • Czech: zet (cs)
  • Dutch: zet (nl)
  • Esperanto: zo (eo)
  • Faroese: sett n, setta n
  • Finnish: tseta (fi), tset (fi), zeta (fi), zet (fi)
  • French: zède (fr) m
  • Galician: zeta (gl) m
  • German: Zet n, Zett (de) n
  • Greek: ζεντ n (zent), ζι n (zi)
  • Hawaiian: zeta
  • Hebrew: זֵד‎ (he) f (zed)
  • Hindi: ज़ी (zī), ज़ेड (zeḍ)
  • Hungarian: zé (hu)
  • Icelandic: zeta f
  • Ido: ze (io)
  • Irish: zae
  • Italian: zeta (it) f
  • Japanese: ゼット (zetto), ゼッド (zeddo), ズィー (zī) (rare)
  • Korean: 제드 (jedeu), 지 (ko) (ji) (same as "G")
  • Latin: zēta (la)
  • Malay: zet
  • Marathi: जेड (jeḍ)
  • Occitan: izèda f
  • Persian: زد‎ (fa) (zed), زی‎ (fa) (zi)
  • Polish: zet (pl)
  • Portuguese: zê (pt) m
  • Russian: зэд n (zɛd) (English), зэт n (zɛt), цэт n (cɛt) (German)
  • Spanish: zeta (es) f
  • Swedish: zäta (sv) n
  • Tagalog: zi
  • Thai: ซี (th) (sii), แซด (th) (sɛ̂t)
  • Turkish: ze (tr)
  • Turkmen: ze
  • Welsh: sèd f

Verb

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.

Article

zee

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

Anagrams

zee - Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /zeː/
  • Hyphenation: zee

Noun

zee f (plural zeeën, diminutive zeetje n)

  1. sea
    • De oude man en de zee.
      • The Old Man and the Sea.
  2. a vast mass, expanse; multitude

Derived terms

Descendants

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

zee - Estonian

Noun

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

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

zee - Latin

Noun

zee

  1. vocative singular of zeus

zee - Romanian

Noun

zee f (plural zee)

  1. goddess

Declension

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

zee - San Juan Guelavía Zapotec

Noun

zee

  1. a fresh ear of corn

zee - Swahili

Adjective

-zee (declinable)

  1. old

Declension

Noun class singular plural
m-wa class(I/II) mzee wazee
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

zee - Yola

Alternative forms

Verb

zee (simple past zide)

  1. to see

Noun

zee

  1. Alternative form of zea (“sea”)
Meaning and Definition of zee
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