zee en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
Etymology
Likely an alteration of zed (which see for more), by analogy with other letters such as bee, dee, tee and vee. Fell out of usage in England by the 17th century, and made standard in the U.S. in American Dictionary of English Language by Noah Webster in 1828, though usage varied for decades afterwards.
Meanings
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The name of the Latin script letter Z/z.
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.
1984 Waite, Prata & Martin, C (Computer Program Language), p. 190
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Something Z-shaped. Found in compounds.
zee-bar.
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(colloquial, plural-normally) Sleep.
Time to get some zees.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| zees | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
o-zee · ohzee · oh zee · zee bar · oh-zee · ozee · A to Zee
Descendants
Synonyms
Translations (57)
ar دْزِيتَا (name of the letter Z, z) · ru зэд (name of the letter Z, z) · la zēta (name of the letter Z, z) · ar زِيد (name of the letter Z, z) · pt zê (name of the letter Z, z) · tl zi (name of the letter Z, z) · bg зет (name of the letter Z, z) · fi tseta (name of the letter Z, z) · cs zet (name of the letter Z, z) · sv zäta (name of the letter Z, z) · fr zède (name of the letter Z, z) · cy sèd (name of the letter Z, z) · tr ze (name of the letter Z, z) · ru зэт (name of the letter Z, z) · nl zet (name of the letter Z, z) · fi zeta (name of the letter Z, z) · io ze (name of the letter Z, z) · pl zet (name of the letter Z, z) · bn জেড (name of the letter Z, z) · ca zeta (name of the letter Z, z) · he זֵד (name of the letter Z, z) · ja ズィー (name of the letter Z, z) · ko 제트 (name of the letter Z, z) · hi ज़ेड (name of the letter Z, z) · tk ze (name of the letter Z, z) · fo setta (name of the letter Z, z) · id zet (name of the letter Z, z) · is zeta (name of the letter Z, z) · ru цэт (name of the letter Z, z) · hu zé (name of the letter Z, z) · ko 지 (name of the letter Z, z) · mr झेड (name of the letter Z, z) · de Zett (name of the letter Z, z) · es zeta (name of the letter Z, z) · el ζι (name of the letter Z, z) · ja ゼッド (name of the letter Z, z) · de Zet (name of the letter Z, z) · el ζεντ (name of the letter Z, z) · oc izèda (name of the letter Z, z) · ga zae (name of the letter Z, z) · ms zed (name of the letter Z, z) · gl zeta (name of the letter Z, z) · fi zet (name of the letter Z, z) · fa زی (name of the letter Z, z) · fi tset (name of the letter Z, z) · ast zeta (name of the letter Z, z) · haw zeta (name of the letter Z, z) · ja ゼット (name of the letter Z, z) · ast zeda (name of the letter Z, z) · it zeta (name of the letter Z, z) · hi ज़ी (name of the letter Z, z) · th แซด (name of the letter Z, z) · fa زد (name of the letter Z, z) · fo sett (name of the letter Z, z) · th ซี (name of the letter Z, z) · eo zo (name of the letter Z, z) · es zeda (name of the letter Z, z)