"eze" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: ezes [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Igbo eze. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|ig|eze}} Borrowed from Igbo eze Head templates: {{en-noun}} eze (plural ezes)
  1. A chief of the Igbo people.
    Sense id: en-eze-en-noun-AyveAJex Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Igbo]

IPA: /ézè/ Forms: éze [canonical]
Etymology: From Proto-Igboid *é-`-ɟè. Cognate with Ekpeye ézè, Ogbah ézè, Ezaa ézè, Ukwuani-Aboh-Ndoni ézé, Ika ézê. Etymology templates: {{inh|ig|alv-igb-pro|*é-`-ɟè}} Proto-Igboid *é-`-ɟè, {{cog|ekp|ézè}} Ekpeye ézè, {{cog|ogc|ézè}} Ogbah ézè, {{cog|eza|ézè}} Ezaa ézè, {{cog|ukw|ézé}} Ukwuani-Aboh-Ndoni ézé, {{cog|ikk|ézê}} Ika ézê Head templates: {{head|ig|noun|head=éze}} éze
  1. king
    Sense id: en-eze-ig-noun-6B3-aYQa
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Igbo]

IPA: /éꜜzé/ Audio: Eze mmadu.ogg Forms: ézē [canonical]
Etymology: From Proto-Igboid *í-`-ɟé. Cognate with Ekpeye íꜜzé, Ogbah éꜜzé, Ezaa ézé, Ukwuani-Aboh-Ndoni ézé, Ika éꜜzé. Etymology templates: {{inh|ig|alv-igb-pro|*í-`-ɟé}} Proto-Igboid *í-`-ɟé, {{cog|ekp|íꜜzé}} Ekpeye íꜜzé, {{cog|ogc|éꜜzé}} Ogbah éꜜzé, {{cog|eza|ézé}} Ezaa ézé, {{cog|ukw|ézé}} Ukwuani-Aboh-Ndoni ézé, {{cog|ikk|éꜜzé}} Ika éꜜzé Head templates: {{head|ig|noun|head=ézē}} ézē
  1. teeth
    Sense id: en-eze-ig-noun-yTSdq7ag Categories (other): Igbo entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Igbo entries with incorrect language header: 17 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Symbol [Translingual]

Head templates: {{mul-symbol/script|Latn}} Latn, {{head|mul|symbol|||or||or||or||cat2=|f1lang=en|f1nolink=|f2lang=en|f2nolink=|f3lang=en|f3nolink=|f4lang=en|f4nolink=|head=|head2=|head3=|head4=|image=|nolinkhead=|sc=Latn|sort=}} eze, {{mul-symbol}} eze
  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Uzekwe. Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Uzekwe terms
    Sense id: en-eze-mul-symbol-uwFEOPmz Categories (other): ISO 639-3, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Translingual entries with incorrect language header, Translingual terms with redundant script codes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 33 1 3 63 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 1 3 63

Inflected forms

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