zei

See also: zéi and ze'i

Dutch

Etymology

Originally a regular weak verb, zegde, which reduced to zeide, whence zei.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zɛi̯/
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  • Homophone: zij

Verb

zei

  1. singular past indicative of zeggen

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

zei

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ぜい

Latin

Noun

zeī

  1. nominative plural of zeus
  2. genitive singular of zeus
  3. vocative plural of zeus

Mandarin

Romanization

zei

  1. Nonstandard spelling of zéi.

Usage notes

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [zej]

Noun

zei m pl

  1. plural of zeu
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