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ze

ze

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ze"

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zə/

Article

ze

  1. Eye dialect spelling of the (usually signifying a foreign accent, often French).
    • 1992, Tristan Jones, Adrift, page 257:
      Then one French-American sous-chef, still in his white kitchen gear, climbed down from the cockpit, where he had been inspecting the cabin, peering inside, murmuring, "wonderfool–wonderfool, ze workmansheep!"

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zi/

Pronoun

ze

  1. (neologism) they (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.
Synonyms
Coordinate terms
Hyponyms
  • he, she (when used to mean “male or female (unspecified)”)
Usage notes
  • The genderqueer community are the primary proponents of ze. One refers to a person with ze and hir or zir typically (a) when their gender is unknown, and one wishes to avoid assuming their gender, or (b) when they are neither male nor female in gender, making he and she (and also either/or terms like s/he or (s)he) inappropriate and potentially hurtful.

See also

  • other attested and proposed gender-neutral pronouns

Anagrams


Albanian

Etymology

A Gheg dialect word, of unclear origin.

Noun

ze f (indefinite plural ze, definite singular zeja, definite plural zejet)

  1. soul
Related terms

Aukan

Etymology

From Dutch zee (sea).

Noun

ze

  1. the sea, the ocean

References


Czech

Pronunciation

Preposition

ze

  1. from

Usage notes

This preposition is followed by the genitive case.

Synonyms


Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zə/

Pronoun

ze

  1. Unstressed form of zij

Usage notes

Ze is used for both subject (she, they) and object (them).

Inflection


Adverb

ze

  1. (following an imperative) break a leg, go get 'em, do well, good luck
    Werk ze vanavond!
    Good luck working tonight!


Ido

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ze/, /zɛ/

Proper noun

ze (plural ze-i)

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

See also


Japanese

Romanization

ze

  1. rōmaji reading of
  2. rōmaji reading of

Lojban

Lojban cardinal numbers
 <  xa ze bi  > 
    Cardinal : ze
    Ordinal : zemai
    Adverbial : zeroi
    Distributive : zemei
    Quantified : zemoi
    Higher-Order Ordinal : zemo'o

Cmavo

ze (rafsi zel)

  1. (cardinal) seven

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [zɛ]

Preposition

ze

  1. Alternative form of z (both meanings; used before sibilants and certain consonant clusters)
    Stej bratš ze sotšu. ― They are brother and sister (lit. ‘brother with sister’).

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Contracted form of zu (to)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tsə/

Adverb

ze

  1. too (more than enough; when unstressed, otherwise zu)
    De Kaffi ass ze waarm fir ze drénken.
    The coffee is too hot to drink.
  2. to (with a following infinitive, otherwise usually zu)
    De Kaffi ass ze waarm fir ze drénken.
    The coffee is too hot to drink.

Mandarin

Romanization

ze

  1. Nonstandard spelling of .
  2. Nonstandard spelling of .

Usage notes

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Polish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zɛ/

Etymology

An alternative form of z.

Preposition

ze

  1. An alternative form of z. See usage notes for details.

Turkish

Noun

ze (definite accusative, plural zeler)

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

See also


Turkmen

Noun

ze (definite accusative }}}, plural }}})

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

Zazaki

Adverb

ze