ee

See also: EE, Ee, 'ee, eë, -ee, -ée, .ee, ééʼ, ʻée, ее, её, and өө

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -iː

Etymology 1

Noun

ee (plural een)

  1. (Scotland, Northern England and archaic) An eye.
    • 1815, Sir Walter Scott, Guy Mannering
      […] and he never took his ee aff them, or said another word […]
References
  • A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Interjection

ee

  1. (Northern England) eh
    • 1975, R. Chetwynd-Hayes, The Werewolf and the Vampire
      Father advanced with outstretched hand and announced in a loud, very hearty voice: "Ee, I'm pleased to meet ye, lad. […]
    • 2008, Mavis Crawley, The Rolling Stone: Based on the True Story of My Life
      'Ee by gum lass we've seen nought of thee this many a long year, thou's a sight for sore eyes,' he said planting a kiss firmly on Mum's cheek...

Etymology 3

Noun

ee (plural ees)

  1. (chemistry) Enantiomeric excess.

Dutch

Noun

ee f (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) a law or rule
  2. (obsolete) the bond of marriage

Estonian

Noun

ee (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter E/e.

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeː/
  • Rhymes: -eː

Noun

ee

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter E/e.

Declension

Inflection of ee (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
nominative ee eet
genitive een eiden
eitten
partitive eetä eitä
illative eehen eihin
singular plural
nominative ee eet
accusative nom. ee eet
gen. een
genitive een eiden
eitten
partitive eetä eitä
inessive eessä eissä
elative eestä eistä
illative eehen eihin
adessive eellä eillä
ablative eeltä eiltä
allative eelle eille
essive eenä einä
translative eeksi eiksi
instructive — ein
abessive eettä eittä
comitative — eineen

Luo

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.e/

Interjection

ee

  1. yes

Manx

Etymology 1

From Old Irish í

Pronoun

ee (emphatic eeish or ish)

  1. she, her
    As ta'n chooid share jeh nagh vel ee ny ben Vanninagh.
    The beauty of it is that she is not Manx.
    Ben vie thie ee.
    She is a good housekeeper.
    Cha dooar ee eh.
    She didn't find it.
    Cha nel ee agh ny lhiannoo.
    She is but a child.
    Er leshyn dy row ee nane jeh e chaarjyn.
    He counted her among his friends.
    Hug eh fo obbeeys ee.
    He bewitched her.
    Ren eh smeidey stiagh ee.
    He beckoned her in.
  2. it (referring to a feminine noun)
    Cha jargym fakin ee.
    I can't see it.

Etymology 2

From Old Irish ithid, from Proto-Celtic *ɸiteti, from Proto-Indo-European *peyt-.

Verb

ee (future independent eeee, verbal noun ee, present participle gee, past participle eeit)

  1. to eat

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English ēa, ǣ.

Noun

ee

  1. Alternative form of æ

Scots

Etymology 1

From (Anglian) Old English ēġe.

Noun

ee (plural een)

  1. eye

Etymology 2

From Old English ġē.

Pronoun

ee (personal, non-emphatic)

  1. (South Scots) you

See also

Swahili

Interjection

ee

  1. o; oh

Tswana

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈe.ɪ/

Interjection

ee

  1. yes

Tukudede

ee

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

Noun

ee

  1. water (clear liquid H₂O)

Võro

Noun

ee (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter E/e.

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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