zea
Translingual
Etymology
Clipping of English Zealandic. Possibly from English Zealand, a province of the Netherlands.
Symbol
zea
See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Zealandic terms
English
Noun
zea (plural zeas)
- Any plant of the genus Zea.
- 1948, Wilfred Edward Shewell-Cooper, Continuous Flower Growing, page 83:
- […] and here the types used are principally the dwarf ones; and those plants of a greater height with decorative foliage like the zeas or variegated maize, which are used to produce the effect of sub-tropical bedding.
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Basque
Noun
zea
- absolutive singular of ze
Italian
Etymology
From translingual Zea, from Latin zēa (“spelt”), from Ancient Greek ζειά (zeiá).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): */ˈd͡zɛ.a/
- Rhymes: -ɛa
- Hyphenation: zè‧a
Noun
zea f (plural zee)
- a member of the Zea taxonomic genus
Derived terms
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ζειά (zeiá, “spelt”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈzeː.a]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈd̪͡z̪ɛː.a]
Noun
zēa f (genitive zēae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | zēa | zēae |
genitive | zēae | zēārum |
dative | zēae | zēīs |
accusative | zēam | zēās |
ablative | zēā | zēīs |
vocative | zēa | zēae |
Descendants
References
- “zea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- zea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “zea”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
Romanian
Noun
zea f (plural zele)
- alternative form of za
Yola
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English sæ, from Old English sǣ (“sea, lake”), from Proto-West Germanic *saiwi, probably from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂ey-wo- (“to be fierce, afflict”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zɛː/
Noun
zea
- sea
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
- Th' mucha zea sthroan; Zea greoun.
- The great sea-strand; Sea ground.
Derived terms
References
- 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