# zee
## English
### Etymology 1

1670s US variant of zed (which see for more), by analogy with other letters such as bee, dee, tee and vee, and standardized by Noah Webster.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ziː/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Audio (Canada):(file)
* (Philippines) IPA: /ˈzeɪː/ (colloquial)
* Rhymes: -iː

#### Noun

zee (plural zees) (chiefly US, Newfoundland, Philippines, increasingly in Canada, UK, Australia)
* The name of the Latin-script letter Z/z.
** 1984 Waite, Prata & Martin, C (Computer Program Language), p. 190
    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.
* Something Z-shaped. Found in compounds.
    zee-bar.
* (colloquial, usually in the plural) Sleep.
    Time to get some zees.

##### Synonyms

* zed (UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Commonwealth)
* izzard (Hong Kong, Scotland)

##### Derived terms

* from A to Zee
* oh zee, oh-zee, ohzee, o-zee, ozee
* zee bar (see Z-bar).

##### Translations
#### Descendants

* → Tagalog: zi

#### 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

#### Verb

zee (third-person singular simple present zees, present participle zeeing, simple past and past participle zeed) (chiefly US, Newfoundland)
* (intransitive, informal) To sleep or nap. (Compare zzz, catch some z's.)
* (intransitive, rare) To zigzag; to move with sharp alternating turns.

#### See also

* zeta

### Etymology 2
#### Article

zee
* Pronunciation spelling of the, representing primarily French or German accented English.

### Anagrams

* EEZ, Eze.

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch sêe, from Old Dutch sēo, from Proto-West Germanic *saiwi, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /zeː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: zee
* Rhymes: -eː

### Noun

zee f (plural zeeën, diminutive zeetje n)
* sea
    Ze zeilden over de open zee om nieuwe landen te ontdekken. ― They sailed the open sea to discover new lands.
    Ik wil volgend jaar naar de zee verhuizen. ― I want to move to the sea next year.
    Het kleine zeetje was een populaire plek voor lokale vissers. ― The small sea was a popular spot for local fishermen.
* sea (a vast mass, expanse; multitude)
    Er was een zee van mensen bij het concert. ― There was a sea of people at the concert.
    Hij keek uit over een zee van bloemen. ― He looked out over a sea of flowers.
    De hemel was een eindeloze zee van sterren. ― The sky was an endless sea of stars.

#### Derived terms

* binnenzee
* bloemenzee
* diepzee
* ijszee
* onderzeeboot
* onderzeeër
* onderzees
* open zee
* randzee
* vlammenzee
* vuurzee
* wereldzee
* zee-eend
* zee-egel
* zee-engte
* zee-ijs
* zeeaal
* zeealant
* zeeanemoon
* zeeanjelier
* zeearend
* zeearm
* zeeaster
* zeebaai
* zeebaars
* zeebaboe
* zeebad
* zeebanket
* zeebatterij
* zeebeer
* zeebenen
* zeebeving
* zeebewoner
* zeebies
* zeeblauw
* zeebodem
* zeeboei
* zeeboezem
* zeebonk
* zeebot
* zeebries
* zeecadet
* zeecontainer
* zeedier
* zeedijk
* zeedistel
* zeedorp
* zeedraak
* zeedrift
* zeeduin
* zeeduivel
* zeeduizendpoot
* zeefort
* zeegat
* zeegevecht
* zeegezicht
* zeegod
* zeegodin
* zeegolf
* zeegras
* zeegroen
* zeehandel
* zeehaven
* zeeheld
* zeehond
* zeekaart
* zeekastanje
* zeekat
* zeekering
* zeeklaar
* zeeklei
* zeekoe
* zeekoelte
* zeekoet
* zeekolk
* zeekomkommer
* zeekompas
* zeekraal
* zeekrab
* zeekrijg
* zeekrokodil
* zeekunde
* zeekust
* zeelamprei
* Zeeland
* zeeland
* zeeleeuw
* zeeleven
* zeelied
* zeelucht
* zeelui
* zeeluipaard
* zeemacht
* zeemakelaar
* zeeman
* zeemeermin
* zeemeeuw
* zeemijl
* zeemijn
* zeemond
* zeemonster
* zeemossel
* zeemuis
* zeenaald
* zeenimf
* zeeniveau
* zeeofficier
* zeeolifant
* zeeoorlog
* zeeotter
* zeepaard
* zeepaling
* zeepissebed
* zeeplant
* zeepok
* zeeprik
* zeeraket
* zeereis
* zeereptiel
* zeerob
* zeeroof
* zeeroofdier
* zeeroofvogel
* zeerot
* zeerover
* zeeschelp
* zeeschildpad
* zeeschip
* zeeschuim
* zeeschuimer
* zeeslag
* zeeslang
* zeesluis
* zeesoldaat
* zeespiegel
* zeestaat
* zeester
* zeestorm
* zeestraat
* zeestrand
* zeestroom
* zeetransport
* zeevaarder
* zeevaart
* zeevang
* zeevast
* zeeverbinding
* zeeverkeer
* zeeverkenner
* zeevetmuur
* zeevis
* zeevisser
* zeevliegtuig
* zeevogel
* zeevolk
* zeevonk
* zeevoogd
* zeewaardig
* zeewapen
* zeewater
* zeewering
* zeewezen
* zeewier
* zeewind
* zeewinde
* zeewolf
* zeewolfsmelk
* zeezeiler
* zeezicht
* zeeziek
* zeeziekte
* zeezout
* zeezwaluw
* zoutzee
* Adriatische Zee
* Arabische Zee
* Bandazee
* Barentszzee
* Caraïbische Zee
* Dode Zee
* Egeïsche Zee
* Floreszee
* Javazee
* Kaspische Zee
* Middellandse Zee
* Middelzee
* Noordelijke IJszee
* Noordzee
* Oost-Chinese Zee
* Oostzee
* Rode Zee
* Stille Zuidzee
* Waddenzee
* Zuid-Chinese Zee
* Zuiderzee
* Zwarte Zee

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: see
* Berbice Creole Dutch: sei
* Javindo: see
* Negerhollands: see
* → Saramaccan: zé
* → Sranan Tongo: se

## Estonian
### Noun

zee (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
* The name of the Latin-script letter Z/z.

## Latin
### Noun

zee
* vocative singular of zeus

## Romanian
### Etymology

From zeu.

### Noun

zee f (plural zee)
* goddess

#### Declension
## San Juan Guelavía Zapotec
### Etymology

Cognate with Zoogocho Zapotec za'a.

### Noun

zee
* a fresh ear of corn

### References

* López Antonio, Joaquín, Jones, Ted, Jones, Kris (2012) Vocabulario breve del Zapoteco de San Juan Guelavía‎ (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Tlalpan, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 20

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Adjective

-zee (declinable)
* old

#### Antonyms

* -pya

#### Related terms

* mzee
* uzee

## Yola
### Etymology 1

From Middle English seen, son, from Old English sēon, from Proto-West Germanic *sehwan.

#### Alternative forms

* zie, ze, zey, sau

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ziː/, /zeː/, /sɔː/

#### Verb

zee (simple past zide)
* to see
** 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3, pages 94:Maade a nicest coolecannan that e'er ye did zee.Made the nicest coolecannan that ever you did see.
** 1927, “YOLA ZONG O BARONY VORTH”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 132, lines 9:Co Sooney, "Billeen dowst thee zee faads lewer,Says Alice "Billy, do you see what's yonder?"

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

zee
* Alternative form of zea (“sea”)

### References

* ↑ Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 81
* ↑ Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 94
* ↑ Kathleen A. Browne (1927) “THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD.”, in Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of lreland (Sixth Series)‎, volume 17, number 2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
* ↑ Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 80