"mee" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mees [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Hokkien 麵/面 (mī). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|nan-hbl|-|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Hokkien, {{bor+|en|nan-hbl|-}} Borrowed from Hokkien, {{zh-l|麵|tr=mī}} 麵/面 (mī) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} mee (countable and uncountable, plural mees)
  1. (cooking, Malaysia, Singapore) Noodles, or a dish containing noodles. Tags: Malaysia, Singapore, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Cooking, Foods Derived forms: Hokkien mee, Maggi mee, mee sua Related terms: mee goreng, mee krob, mee chiang kueh, mee hoon, mee-maw
    Sense id: en-mee-en-noun-H0JicZ~O Disambiguation of Foods: 84 0 16 Categories (other): Malaysian English, Singapore English, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 77 1 22 Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Pronoun

Etymology: From Middle English mee, variant of me, from Old English mē (“me”). More at me. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|mee}} Middle English mee, {{m|enm|me}} me, {{inh|en|ang|mē|t=me}} Old English mē (“me”), {{l|en|me}} me Head templates: {{head|en|pronoun|personal pronoun||||||||||||||||||head=}} mee (personal pronoun), {{en-pron|desc=personal pronoun}} mee (personal pronoun)
  1. Obsolete form of me. Tags: alt-of, obsolete, personal, pronoun Alternative form of: me
    Sense id: en-mee-en-pron-lkbeCxBj
  2. obsolete emphatic of me Tags: alt-of, emphatic, obsolete, personal, pronoun Alternative form of: me
    Sense id: en-mee-en-pron-paYiHtXz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pronouns Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 100 Disambiguation of English pronouns: 29 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Download JSON data for mee meaning in English (4.1kB)

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