zee

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/ziː/Philippines, colloquial/ˈzeɪː/

noun

The name of the Latin script letter Z/z.

“zee-bar.”

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zedizzarduzzardZeZellyZezed
OriginEnglish Zelenskyyclip. ← Ukrainian Зеле́нський (Zelénsʹkyj)translit. →
Less commonFirst used 1580Scrabble 12
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Meanings

zee1

nounzee (plural zees)

plural zees

  1. The name of the Latin script letter Z/z.First known use 1580

    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
  2. Something Z-shaped. Found in compounds.

    zee-bar.

  3. colloquialplural normallySleep.

    Time to get some zees.

verbzee (third-person singular simple present zees, present participle zeeing, simple past and past participle zeed)

present singular third person zees · participle present zeeing · participle past zeed · past zeed

  1. NewfoundlandUSinformalintransitiveTo sleep or nap. (Compare zzz, catch some z's.)
  2. NewfoundlandUSintransitiverareTo zigzag; to move with sharp alternating turns.

zee2

article
  1. NewfoundlandUSpronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of the, representing primarily French or German accented English.

Zee3

proper nounZee (plural Zees)

plural Zees

  1. A surname from Wu.

Zee4

proper noun
  1. InternetderogatoryVolodymyr Zelenskyy.

    Synonyms: Ze, Zelly

Zee5

nounZee (plural Zees)

plural Zees

  1. Alternative letter-case form of zee.

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounVolodymyr Zelenskyy.

Similar
ZeZelly
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zedizzarduzzard

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe 26th letter of the Roman alphabet

Similar
Zzedezedizzard
Broader
letterletter of the alphabetalphabetic character
Also see
izzardjewlenskyzzezedzelly

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

zee · noun, verb

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.

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Zee · proper noun

From Shanghainese 徐 (6zhi) or Wu 錢／钱 (2zie)

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Zee · proper noun

  1. UkrainianЗеле́нський (Zelénsʹkyj)translit.
  2. EnglishZelenskyyclip.
  3. EnglishZee

Clipping of Zelenskyy.

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Translations

Arabic زِيد, دْزِيتَا
  • زِيد (zīd)name of the letter Z, z
  • دْزِيتَا (dzītā)name of the letter Z, z
Bengali জেড
  • জেড (jeḍ)name of the letter Z, z
Bulgarian зет
  • зет (zet)name of the letter Z, z
Catalan zeta
  • zetaname of the letter Z, z
Czech zet
  • zetname of the letter Z, z
Dutch zet
  • zetname of the letter Z, z
Esperanto zo
  • zoname of the letter Z, z
Finnish tseta, tset
  • tsetaname of the letter Z, z
  • tsetname of the letter Z, z
  • zetaname of the letter Z, z
  • zetname of the letter Z, z
French zède
  • zèdename of the letter Z, z
German Zet, Zett
  • Zetname of the letter Z, z
  • Zettname of the letter Z, z
Greek ζεντ, ζι
  • ζεντ (zent)name of the letter Z, z
  • ζι (zi)name of the letter Z, z
Hawaiian zeta
  • zetaname of the letter Z, z
Hebrew זֵד
  • זֵד (zed)name of the letter Z, z
Hindi ज़ी, ज़ेड
  • ज़ी (zī)name of the letter Z, z
  • ज़ेड (zeḍ)name of the letter Z, z
Hungarian zé
  • zéname of the letter Z, z
Icelandic zeta
  • zetaname of the letter Z, z
Indonesian zet
  • zetname of the letter Z, z
Irish zae
  • zaename of the letter Z, z
Italian zeta
  • zetaname of the letter Z, z
Japanese ゼット, ゼッド
  • ゼット (zetto)name of the letter Z, z
  • ゼッド (zeddo)name of the letter Z, z
  • ズィー (zī)name of the letter Z, z
Korean 제트, 지
  • 제트 (jeteu)name of the letter Z, z
  • 지 (ji)name of the letter Z, z
Latin zēta
  • zētaname of the letter Z, z
Malay zed
  • zedname of the letter Z, z
Persian زد, زی
  • زد (zed)name of the letter Z, z
  • زی (zi)name of the letter Z, z
Polish zet
  • zetname of the letter Z, z
Portuguese zê
  • zêname of the letter Z, z
Russian зэд, зэт
  • зэд (zɛd)name of the letter Z, z
  • зэт (zɛt)name of the letter Z, z
  • цэт (cɛt)name of the letter Z, z
Spanish zeta, zeda
  • zetaname of the letter Z, z
  • zedaname of the letter Z, z
Swedish zäta
  • zätaname of the letter Z, z
Tagalog zi
  • ziname of the letter Z, z
Thai ซี, แซด
  • ซี (sii)name of the letter Z, z
  • แซด (sɛ̂t)name of the letter Z, z
Turkish ze
  • zename of the letter Z, z
Welsh sèd
  • sèdname of the letter Z, z

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with zee

thebewefreeheseeemerebtdshedepgthreevcdkeyzcommitteeiddegree
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Anagrams

eze
Cite this entry
APA

zee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zee

MLA

“zee.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zee. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “zee,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zee.

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