"-z" meaning in English

See -z in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: Eye dialect spelling variant of -s. Etymology templates: {{m|en|-s}} -s Head templates: {{head|en|suffix}} -z
  1. (urban slang, lolspeak, leetspeak) Used as a substitute for -s in marking the plural of nouns. Usually used in words in which the -s suffix is actually pronounced /z/. Tags: Internet, Leet, humorous, morpheme, slang
    Sense id: en--z-en-suffix-FeXeXN7P Categories (other): English leet Topics: urbanism
  2. (urban slang) Used as a substitute for -s in marking verb inflections. Tags: morpheme, slang
    Sense id: en--z-en-suffix-YJzc0z4t Topics: urbanism
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

Etymology: Rhotacism of /ɹ/ Documented since at least 1987. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Rhotacism}} Rhotacism Head templates: {{head|en|suffix}} -z
  1. (UK, Australia, New Zealand) Forms nicknames, especially of personal names. Tags: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, morpheme
  2. (UK) Forms colloquial variants of words. Tags: UK, morpheme
    Sense id: en--z-en-suffix-yQbarWFl Categories (other): British English, English links with redundant target parameters
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: -zza
Etymology number: 2

Download JSON data for -z meaning in English (3.4kB)

{
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "-s"
      },
      "expansion": "-s",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Eye dialect spelling variant of -s.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-z",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English leet",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Boyz are always trouble.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Oh hai. In teh beginnin Ceiling Cat maded teh skiez An da Urfs (Gen 1:1, LOLcat Bible)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used as a substitute for -s in marking the plural of nouns. Usually used in words in which the -s suffix is actually pronounced /z/."
      ],
      "id": "en--z-en-suffix-FeXeXN7P",
      "links": [
        [
          "lolspeak",
          "lolspeak"
        ],
        [
          "leetspeak",
          "leetspeak"
        ],
        [
          "-s",
          "-s#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(urban slang, lolspeak, leetspeak) Used as a substitute for -s in marking the plural of nouns. Usually used in words in which the -s suffix is actually pronounced /z/."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Internet",
        "Leet",
        "humorous",
        "morpheme",
        "slang"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "urbanism"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He lovez me.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used as a substitute for -s in marking verb inflections."
      ],
      "id": "en--z-en-suffix-YJzc0z4t",
      "links": [
        [
          "-s",
          "-s#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(urban slang) Used as a substitute for -s in marking verb inflections."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "slang"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "urbanism"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-z"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "-zza"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Rhotacism"
      },
      "expansion": "Rhotacism",
      "name": "glossary"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Rhotacism of /ɹ/\nDocumented since at least 1987.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-z",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Australian English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "British English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English links with redundant target parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant target parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "New Zealand English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Barry + -z → Baz",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Sharon + -z → Shaz",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Jeremy + -z → Jez",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forms nicknames, especially of personal names."
      ],
      "id": "en--z-en-suffix-iQav1NB7",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, Australia, New Zealand) Forms nicknames, especially of personal names."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia",
        "New-Zealand",
        "UK",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "British English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English links with redundant target parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant target parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "sorry + -z → soz",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "tomorrow + -z → tomoz",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "apparently + -z → appaz",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forms colloquial variants of words."
      ],
      "id": "en--z-en-suffix-yQbarWFl",
      "links": [
        [
          "colloquial",
          "colloquial#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK) Forms colloquial variants of words."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-z"
}
{
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "-s"
      },
      "expansion": "-s",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Eye dialect spelling variant of -s.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-z",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English leet",
        "English slang",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Boyz are always trouble.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Oh hai. In teh beginnin Ceiling Cat maded teh skiez An da Urfs (Gen 1:1, LOLcat Bible)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used as a substitute for -s in marking the plural of nouns. Usually used in words in which the -s suffix is actually pronounced /z/."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lolspeak",
          "lolspeak"
        ],
        [
          "leetspeak",
          "leetspeak"
        ],
        [
          "-s",
          "-s#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(urban slang, lolspeak, leetspeak) Used as a substitute for -s in marking the plural of nouns. Usually used in words in which the -s suffix is actually pronounced /z/."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Internet",
        "Leet",
        "humorous",
        "morpheme",
        "slang"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "urbanism"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He lovez me.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used as a substitute for -s in marking verb inflections."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-s",
          "-s#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(urban slang) Used as a substitute for -s in marking verb inflections."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "slang"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "urbanism"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-z"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "-zza"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Rhotacism"
      },
      "expansion": "Rhotacism",
      "name": "glossary"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Rhotacism of /ɹ/\nDocumented since at least 1987.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-z",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Australian English",
        "British English",
        "English links with redundant target parameters",
        "New Zealand English"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Barry + -z → Baz",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Sharon + -z → Shaz",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Jeremy + -z → Jez",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forms nicknames, especially of personal names."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, Australia, New Zealand) Forms nicknames, especially of personal names."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia",
        "New-Zealand",
        "UK",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English links with redundant target parameters"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "sorry + -z → soz",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "tomorrow + -z → tomoz",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "apparently + -z → appaz",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forms colloquial variants of words."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "colloquial",
          "colloquial#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK) Forms colloquial variants of words."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-z"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-03-12 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-03-01 using wiktextract (68773ab and 5f6ddbb). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.