English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

zee ‎(plural zees) (chiefly US, Newfoundland, sometimes Canada)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Z/z.
2. Something Z-shaped. Found in compounds such as zee-bar.
3. (colloquial) (usually plural) Sleep (as in "get some zees").

See also

• (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 ^{(Category: en:Latin letter names)}

Synonyms

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

Translations

See also

• zeta

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.

Etymology 2

Article

zee

1. Eye dialect spelling of the, representing primarily French-accented English.

Anagrams

• Eze.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eː
• IPA^(key): /zeː/, /zeː/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch see, from Old Dutch sēo, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz. Compare Low German See, West Frisian see, German See, English sea, Danish sø.

Noun

zee f ‎(plural zeeën, diminutive zeetje n)

1. sea

   De oude man en de zee.

   The Old Man and the Sea.

Derived terms

Estonian

Noun

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

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

Latin

Noun

zee

1. vocative singular of zeus

Swahili

Adjective

-zee ‎(declinable)

1. old

Related terms

• mzee
• uzee

Antonyms

• -pya

Inflection