zee

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.

• IPA^(key): /ziː/

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• IPA^(key): (Philippines) /ˈzeɪː/ (colloquial)
• Rhymes: -iː

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

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

• zed (UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Commonwealth)
• izzard (Hong Kong, Scotland)

• from A to Zee
• oh zee, oh-zee, ohzee, o-zee, ozee
• zee bar (see Z-bar).

• → Tagalog: zi

• (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

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.

• zeta

zee

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

• EEZ, Eze.

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

• IPA^(key): /zeː/
  • (Belgium) IPA^(key): [zeː]
  • (Netherlands) IPA^(key): [zeɪ̯]

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• Hyphenation: zee
• Rhymes: -eː

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.

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.

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

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

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

zee

1. vocative singular of zeus

From zeu.

zee f (plural zee)

1. goddess

Cognate with Zoogocho Zapotec za'a.

zee

1. a fresh ear of corn

• López Antonio, Joaquín, Jones, Ted, Jones, Kris (2012) Vocabulario breve del Zapoteco de San Juan Guelavía‎^[2] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Tlalpan, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 20

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-zee (declinable)

1. old

• -pya

• mzee
• uzee

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

• zie, ze, zey, sau

• IPA^(key): /ziː/, /zeː/, /sɔː/

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?"

zee ^[4]

1. alternative form of zea (“sea”)