"zee" meaning in English

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Article

Head templates: {{head|en|article}} zee
  1. Pronunciation spelling of the, representing primarily French or German accented English. Tags: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: the, representing primarily French or German accented English
    Sense id: en-zee-en-article-ZljvI1Xn Categories (other): English pronunciation spellings
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ziː/, /ˈzeɪː/ [Philippine] Audio: en-us-zee.ogg [US], En-ca-zee.ogg [Canada] Forms: zees [plural]
Rhymes: -iː Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{m|en|zed}} zed, {{m|en|bee}} bee, {{m|en|dee}} dee, {{m|en|tee}} tee, {{m|en|vee}} vee Head templates: {{en-noun}} zee (plural zees)
  1. The name of the Latin-script letter Z. Tags: Newfoundland, Philippines, US Categories (topical): Latin letter names Translations (name of the letter Z, z): ⁧زِيد⁩ (zīd) [masculine] (Arabic), ⁧دْزِيتَا⁩ (dzītā) [feminine] (Arabic), zeta [feminine] (Catalan), zet (Czech), zet (Dutch), zo (Esperanto), sett [neuter] (Faroese), setta [neuter] (Faroese), tseta (Finnish), tset (Finnish), zeta (Finnish), zet (Finnish), zède [masculine] (French), zeta [masculine] (Galician), Zet [neuter] (German), Zett [neuter] (German), ζεντ (zent) [neuter] (Greek), ζι (zi) [neuter] (Greek), zeta (Hawaiian), ⁧זֵד⁩ (zed) [feminine] (Hebrew), ज़ी (zī) (Hindi), ज़ेड (zeḍ) (Hindi), (Hungarian), zeta [feminine] (Icelandic), ze (Ido), zet (Indonesian), zae (Irish), zeta [feminine] (Italian), ゼット (zetto) (Japanese), ゼッド (zeddo) (Japanese), ズィー () [rare] (Japanese), 제드 (jedeu) (Korean), (ji) (note: same as "G") (Korean), zēta (Latin), zed (Malay), झेड (jheḍ) (Marathi), izèda [feminine] (Occitan), ⁧زد⁩ (zed) (Persian), ⁧زی⁩ (zi) (Persian), zet (Polish), [masculine] (Portuguese), зэд (zɛd) [English, neuter] (Russian), зэт (zɛt) [neuter] (Russian), цэт (cɛt) [German, neuter] (Russian), zeta [feminine] (Spanish), zäta [neuter] (Swedish), zi (Tagalog), ซี (sii) (Thai), แซด (sɛ̂t) (Thai), ze (Turkish), ze (Turkmen), sèd [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-zee-en-noun-DikpZr2s Disambiguation of 'name of the letter Z, z': 94 6 0
  2. Something Z-shaped. Found in compounds. Tags: Newfoundland, Philippines, US
    Sense id: en-zee-en-noun-~qMf3Lf5 Categories (other): Newfoundland English, Philippine English Disambiguation of Newfoundland English: 4 63 7 19 7 Disambiguation of Philippine English: 1 82 17
  3. (colloquial, usually in the plural) Sleep. Tags: Newfoundland, Philippines, US, colloquial, plural-normally
    Sense id: en-zee-en-noun-fUqQ~dfw
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: zed [Australia, Canada, Ireland, New-Zealand, South-Africa, UK], izzard [Hong-Kong, Scotland, South-Asia] Derived forms: A to Zee, oh zee, oh-zee, ohzee, o-zee, ozee, zee bar
Etymology number: 1 Related terms: letter [Latin, letter-name], a [Latin, letter-name], bee [Latin, letter-name], cee [Latin, letter-name], dee [Latin, letter-name], e [Latin, letter-name], ef [Latin, letter-name], gee [Latin, letter-name], aitch [Latin, letter-name], i [Latin, letter-name], jay [Latin, letter-name], kay [Latin, letter-name], el [Latin, letter-name], em [Latin, letter-name], en [Latin, letter-name], o [Latin, letter-name], pee [Latin, letter-name], cue [Latin, letter-name], ar [Latin, letter-name], ess [Latin, letter-name], tee [Latin, letter-name], u [Latin, letter-name], vee [Latin, letter-name], double-u [Latin, letter-name], ex [Latin, letter-name], wye [Latin, letter-name], zee [Latin, letter-name], zed [Latin, letter-name]

Verb

IPA: /ziː/, /ˈzeɪː/ [Philippine] Audio: en-us-zee.ogg [US], En-ca-zee.ogg [Canada] Forms: zees [present, singular, third-person], zeeing [participle, present], zeed [participle, past], zeed [past]
Rhymes: -iː Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{m|en|zed}} zed, {{m|en|bee}} bee, {{m|en|dee}} dee, {{m|en|tee}} tee, {{m|en|vee}} vee Head templates: {{en-verb}} zee (third-person singular simple present zees, present participle zeeing, simple past and past participle zeed)
  1. (intransitive, informal) To sleep or nap. (Compare zzz, catch some z's.) Tags: Newfoundland, US, informal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-zee-en-verb-P70Qxego
  2. (intransitive, rare) To zigzag; to move with sharp alternating turns. Tags: Newfoundland, US, intransitive, rare
    Sense id: en-zee-en-verb-4QGjsDyG
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: zeta
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for zee meaning in English (14.7kB)

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            "Letters, symbols, and punctuation",
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            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
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          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "zīd",
          "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "⁧زِيد⁩"
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          "roman": "dzītā",
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          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "zeta"
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          "_dis1": "94 6 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
          "word": "zet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
          "word": "zet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6 0",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
          "word": "zo"
        },
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          "_dis1": "94 6 0",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "sett"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6 0",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
          "word": "tseta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
          "word": "tset"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
          "word": "zeta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
          "word": "zet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "zède"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "zeta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Zet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Zett"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "zent",
          "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ζεντ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "zi",
          "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ζι"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6 0",
          "code": "haw",
          "lang": "Hawaiian",
          "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
          "word": "zeta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6 0",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "zed",
          "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "⁧זֵד⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6 0",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "zī",
          "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
          "word": "ज़ी"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6 0",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "zeḍ",
          "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
          "word": "ज़ेड"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
          "word": "zé"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6 0",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "zeta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6 0",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
          "word": "ze"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6 0",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
          "word": "zet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6 0",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
          "word": "zae"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "zeta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6 0",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "zetto",
          "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
          "word": "ゼット"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6 0",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "zeddo",
          "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
          "word": "ゼッド"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6 0",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "zī",
          "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
          "tags": [
            "rare"
          ],
          "word": "ズィー"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6 0",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jedeu",
          "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
          "word": "제드"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6 0",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "note": "same as \"G\"",
          "roman": "ji",
          "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
          "word": "지"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6 0",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
          "word": "zēta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6 0",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
          "word": "zed"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6 0",
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "jheḍ",
          "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
          "word": "झेड"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6 0",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "izèda"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6 0",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "zed",
          "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
          "word": "⁧زد⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6 0",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "zi",
          "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
          "word": "⁧زی⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
          "word": "zet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "zê"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zɛd",
          "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
          "tags": [
            "English",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "зэд"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zɛt",
          "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "зэт"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "cɛt",
          "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
          "tags": [
            "German",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "цэт"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "zeta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "zäta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6 0",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
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            "feminine"
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        }
      ]
    },
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 82 17",
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        {
          "text": "zee-bar.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "US"
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        [
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        "(colloquial, usually in the plural) Sleep."
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      "ipa": "/ˈzeɪː/",
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        "Philippine"
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    {
      "rhymes": "-iː"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-zee.ogg",
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        "US"
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    },
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      "audio": "En-ca-zee.ogg",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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        "Australia",
        "Canada",
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        "New-Zealand",
        "South-Africa",
        "UK"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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        "Hong-Kong",
        "Scotland",
        "South-Asia"
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      "word": "A to Zee"
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    {
      "word": "oh zee"
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    {
      "word": "oh-zee"
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    {
      "word": "ohzee"
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    {
      "word": "o-zee"
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    {
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter-name"
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    {
      "tags": [
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        "Latin",
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    {
      "tags": [
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        "letter-name"
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      "word": "kay"
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      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter-name"
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
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        "letter-name"
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    {
      "tags": [
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      "word": "o"
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    {
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        "letter-name"
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      "word": "pee"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
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      "word": "cue"
    },
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      "tags": [
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        "letter-name"
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      "tags": [
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    },
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        "letter-name"
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
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      "tags": [
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        "letter-name"
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        "letter-name"
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        "Latin",
        "letter-name"
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        "Philippines",
        "US"
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        "Philippines",
        "US"
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          "sleep"
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        "Philippines",
        "US",
        "colloquial",
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      "ipa": "/ˈzeɪː/",
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        "Philippine"
      ]
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    {
      "rhymes": "-iː"
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        "Canada",
        "Ireland",
        "New-Zealand",
        "South-Africa",
        "UK"
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      "word": "zed"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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        "Scotland",
        "South-Asia"
      ],
      "word": "izzard"
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      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "zīd",
      "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧زِيد⁩"
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "dzītā",
      "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧دْزِيتَا⁩"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
      "word": "zet"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
      "word": "zet"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
      "word": "zet"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
      "word": "zo"
    },
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      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sett"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "setta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
      "word": "tseta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
      "word": "tset"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
      "word": "zeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
      "word": "zet"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zède"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Zet"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Zett"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "zent",
      "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ζεντ"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "zi",
      "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ζι"
    },
    {
      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
      "word": "zeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "zed",
      "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧זֵד⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "zī",
      "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
      "word": "ज़ी"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "zeḍ",
      "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
      "word": "ज़ेड"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
      "word": "zé"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
      "word": "ze"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
      "word": "zet"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
      "word": "zae"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "zetto",
      "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
      "word": "ゼット"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "zeddo",
      "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
      "word": "ゼッド"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "zī",
      "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "ズィー"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jedeu",
      "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
      "word": "제드"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "note": "same as \"G\"",
      "roman": "ji",
      "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
      "word": "지"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
      "word": "zēta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
      "word": "zed"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "jheḍ",
      "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
      "word": "झेड"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "izèda"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "zed",
      "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
      "word": "⁧زد⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "zi",
      "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
      "word": "⁧زی⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
      "word": "zet"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zê"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zɛd",
      "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
      "tags": [
        "English",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "зэд"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zɛt",
      "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "зэт"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "cɛt",
      "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
      "tags": [
        "German",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "цэт"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zäta"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
      "word": "zi"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sii",
      "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
      "word": "ซี"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sɛ̂t",
      "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
      "word": "แซด"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
      "word": "ze"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
      "word": "ze"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "name of the letter Z, z",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sèd"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Noah Webster"
  ],
  "word": "zee"
}

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  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
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      "args": {
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        "2": "zed"
      },
      "expansion": "zed",
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      "expansion": "bee",
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      "form": "zeeing",
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        "present"
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      "form": "zeed",
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        "past"
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      "word": "zeta"
    }
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      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
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        "To sleep or nap. (Compare zzz, catch some z's.)"
      ],
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        [
          "sleep",
          "sleep"
        ],
        [
          "nap",
          "nap"
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        [
          "zzz",
          "zzz"
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        [
          "catch some z's",
          "catch some z's"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, informal) To sleep or nap. (Compare zzz, catch some z's.)"
      ],
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        "Newfoundland",
        "US",
        "informal",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To zigzag; to move with sharp alternating turns."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "zigzag",
          "zigzag"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, rare) To zigzag; to move with sharp alternating turns."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Newfoundland",
        "US",
        "intransitive",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ziː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈzeɪː/",
      "tags": [
        "Philippine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iː"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-zee.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/19/En-us-zee.ogg/En-us-zee.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/En-us-zee.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-ca-zee.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/58/En-ca-zee.ogg/En-ca-zee.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/En-ca-zee.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Canada"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (CAN)"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Noah Webster"
  ],
  "word": "zee"
}

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  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [],
  "etymology_text": "",
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "article"
      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "article",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "the"
        },
        {
          "word": "representing primarily French or German accented English"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English pronunciation spellings"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Pronunciation spelling of the, representing primarily French or German accented English."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Pronunciation spelling",
          "pronunciation spelling"
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          "the",
          "the#English"
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        "pronunciation-spelling"
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}

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