ee

ee

1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Ewe.

• Rhymes: -iː

ee (plural een)

1. (Scotland, Northern England and archaic) An eye.
   • 1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere":

     Each turn'd his face with a ghastly pang / And curs'd me with his ee.

   • 1815, Sir Walter Scott, Guy Mannering:

     […] and he never took his ee aff them, or said another word […]

• Bill Griffiths, editor (2004), “ee”, in A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear: Northumbria University Press, →ISBN.

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...

ee (plural ees)

1. (chemistry) Enantiomeric excess.

• e

ee (plural ees)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter E/e.
   • 1773 October, The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged:

     The word length, which contains only four sounds l e ng th, is usually spell'd thus, el ee en gee tee aitch.

   • 2004, Will Rogers, The Stonking Steps, page 170:

     I have drunk en-ee-cee-tee-ay-ar from the ef-ell-oh-doubleyou-ee-ar-ess in his gee-ay-ar-dee-ee-en many a time.

   • 2016 CCEB, Communications Instructions Radiotelephone Procedures: ACP125 (G), p. 3-5

     ETA [is spoken] as "ee-tee-ay" instead of "I SPELL Echo Tango Alfa".

From Cantonese 噫 (ji², interjection).

• (Singapore) IPA^(key): /iː/, [iː˧˦˧], [iː˦˦˧], [iːː˨˦˧]

ee (with as many extra ‘e’s as needed for emphasis)

1. (Singapore) Ew, yuck; expression of disgust.
   • 2000 December 29, Samuel Lee, The Straits Times, Singapore: Singapore Press Holdings Limited, page L8:

     Eee, so commercial some might say.

• Not to be confused with eee, an unrelated general-English interjection of excitement.

èe

1. yes

From Middle Dutch êe, from Old Dutch ēwa, from Proto-West Germanic *aiw.

• IPA^(key): /eː/
• Hyphenation: ee
• Rhymes: -eː

ee f (uncountable)

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

• eegade, eega, eegemaal, echt, eeuw, ieder, ooit

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

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

ee

1. genitive singular of esi

From Latin ē.

• IPA^(key): /ˈeː/, [ˈe̞ː]
• Rhymes: -eː
• Syllabification^(key): ee

ee

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

• IPA^(key): /éꜜé/

eē

1. yes

   Antonym: mbà

• IPA^(key): /e.e/

ee

1. yes

• IPA^(key): /iː/

From Old Irish í.

ee (emphatic eeish or ish)

1. she

   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.

2. her

   Hug eh fo obbeeys ee.

   He bewitched her.

   Ren eh smeidey stiagh ee.

   He beckoned her in.

3. it (referring to a feminine noun)

   Cha jargym fakin ee.

   I can't see it.

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

ee (past dee, verbal noun ee, present participle gee, past participle eeit)

1. to eat, consume, feed

The expected future indicative form would be *ee but it’s not attested, the relative form is eeys. In non-relative context generally periphrastic constructions with the verbal noun are used, eg. cre nee shiu y ee, ny cre nee shiu y iv ― what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, nee eh gee ec my voayrd hene ― he shall eat at my table, raad nee ad gee eh ― wherein they shall eat it.

• æ, ea, eaa (Early Middle English)
• *eo

From Old English ēa, ǣ, from Proto-West Germanic *ahu, from Proto-Germanic *ahwō. Doublet of aa.

• IPA^(key): /ɛː/
• (early) IPA^(key): /æː/

ee

1. A body of water; river, stream.

• English: ea, Eau, eau, yeo

• “ē, n.²”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ee/

ee (modal, Perso-Arabic spelling اے)

1. Utterance final question clitic

• aa (Biori)

• Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “ee”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ee/

ee (conjunction, Perso-Arabic spelling اے)

1. Conjoining marker cliticized to the first constituent

• Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “ee”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[2], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

From (Anglian) Old English ēġe.

This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

ee (plural een)

1. eye
   • 1789, Robert Burns, Willie Brew'd A Peck O' Maut:

     We are na fou, we're nae that fou, / But just a drappie in our ee

     We are not full, we're not that full, / but just a drop [of liquor] in our eye

• (Dundee) eh

From Old English ġē.

ee (personal, non-emphatic)

1. (Southern Scots) you

ee

1. Shetland form of ae (“one”)

• ye
• yow
• yow yins

• “ee, adj.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.

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ee

1. o; oh

From Proto-Mixtec *ɨ́ɨ̨́.

ee

1. one

From Proto-Mixtec *ɨ̀ɨ̨̀.

ee

1. nine

• Alvarado, Francisco de (1593) Vocabulario en lengua misteca (in Spanish), Mexico: En casa de Pedro Balli, page 203v

• IPA^(key): /iː/

ee (upper case Ee)

1. (US) A letter of the Tlingit alphabet, written in the Latin script.

   Synonym: ì

• Canada: (Latin-script letters) A a, Á á, À à,  â, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, D d, Dł dł, Dz dz, E e, É é, È è, Ê ê, G g, Gw gw, Gh gh, Ghw ghw, H h, I i, Í í, Ì ì, Πî, J j, K k, Kw kw, Kʼ kʼ, Kʼw kʼw, Kh kh, Khw khw, Khʼ khʼ, Khʼw khʼw (L l), Ł ł, Łʼ łʼ (M m), N n (O o), S s, Sʼ sʼ, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Tl tl, Tlʼ tlʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, U u, Ú ú, Ù ù, Û û, W w, X x, Xw xw, Xʼ xʼ, Xʼw xʼw, Xh xh, Xhw xhw, Xhʼ xhʼ, Xhʼw xhʼw, Y y (Ÿ ÿ), ․
• US: (Latin-script letters) A a, Á á, Aa aa, Áa áa, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, D d, Dl dl, Dz dz, E e, É é, Ee ee, Ée ée, Ei ei, Éi éi, G g, Gw gw, G̱ g̱, G̱w g̱w, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, Kw kw, Kʼ kʼ, Kʼw kʼw, Ḵ ḵ, Ḵw ḵw, Ḵʼ ḵʼ, Ḵʼw ḵʼw, L l, Lʼ lʼ (Ḻ ḻ, M m), N n (O o), Oo oo, Óo óo, S s, Sʼ sʼ, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Tl tl, Tlʼ tlʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, U u, Ú ú, W w, X x, Xw xw, Xʼ xʼ, Xʼw xʼw, X̱ x̱, X̱w x̱w, X̱ʼ x̱ʼ, X̱ʼw x̱ʼw, Y y (Ÿ ÿ, Y̱ y̱), ․

• IPA^(key): /ˈe.ɪ/

ee

1. yes

 

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

ee

1. water (clear liquid H₂O)

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

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

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• 'eee

• IPA^(key): [eː]

ee

1. yes

   Synonym: mmjm

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “ee”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[3], Lyon
• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 388: “'eee - yes”
• Hall, Katherine (2007) “ʔeee”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series‎^[4], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021

ee

1. Alternative form of ing (“in”)
   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 84:

     Th' valler w'speen here, th' lass ee chourch-hey.

     The more we spend here, the less in the churchyard.

   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 4, page 84:

     Joud an moud vrem earchee ete was ee Lough.

     Throngs and crowds from each quarter were at the Lough;

   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 4, page 84:

     Zitch vaperreen, an shimmereen, fan ee-daff ee aar scoth!

     Such vapouring and glittering when stript in their shirts!

ee

1. Alternative form of a (“the”)
   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 52:

     Leiough ut ee die.

     Idle out the day.

   • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 1-3:

     Wee, Vassalès o' 'His Most Gracious Majesty,' Wilyame ee Vourthe,

     We, the subjects of his Most Gracious Majesty, William [the] IV.,

   • 1867, “DR. RUSSELL ON THE INHABITANTS AND DIALECT OF THE BARONY OF FORTH”, in APPENDIX, page 130:

     Ee vrieste o' paryshe on a long-tailed garrane.

     [The priest of parish on a long-tailed pony.]

   • 1867, “DR. RUSSELL ON THE INHABITANTS AND DIALECT OF THE BARONY OF FORTH”, in APPENDIX, page 130:

     Anure vrem ee Bake,

     [Another from the Beak,]

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 37