zee
SubstantivVerbArtikelin Dialogen belegt
- //ziː//
- //ˈzeɪː//
The name of the Latin script letter Z/z.
Substantiv
- 1
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.
- 2
Something Z-shaped. Found in compounds.
zee-bar.
- 3
Sleep.
Time to get some zees.
Herkunft
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.
Verb
- 1
umgangssprachlichTo sleep or nap. (Compare zzz, catch some z's.)
- 2
seltenTo zigzag; to move with sharp alternating turns.
Artikel
- 1
Variante von thePronunciation spelling of the, representing primarily French or German accented English.
Formen
- Plural
- zees
- Präteritum
- zeed
- Partizip II
- zeed
- Partizip I
- zeeing
- 3. Person Singular
- zees