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Definition: Zee |
ZeeNoun1. The 26th letter of the Roman alphabet; "the British call Z zed but Americans call it zee". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "zee" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1719. (references) |
Synonym: ZeeSynonym: zed (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Zee |
| Specialty definitions using "zee": Rood-loft. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Zee" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Dutch (billow, sea). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Your name will also go on zee list. (Dad's Army; writing credit: David Croft; Jimmy Perry) Hey Rudy, you can kiss my ass. Not on zis side, not on zat sidebut right in zee meedle! (Hot Dog... The Movie; writing credit: Mike Marvin) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Zee and Co. (1972) De Stratenmaker op zee show (1972) Chimp & Zee (1968) In volle zee (1968) Prijs de zee (1959) | |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Figure 40. Liebert bacterial sampling apparatus invented by Francois Liebert in 1908 at the "Rijksinstituut voor het onderzoek der zee" and first used off the vessel WODAN in the North Sea. It sampled at depths from the surface to between 20 and 40 meters on this initial test. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Zee" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 91.67% of the time. "Zee" is used about 12 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 91.67% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Noun (proper) | 8.33% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 12 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "zee" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Zee | Last name | 300 | 28,076 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| India | Zee Telefilms Limited |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expression using "zee": tappan Zee Bridge. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "zee": E-zee. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
ona zee | 432 | gallery zee | 15 |
the tappan zee bridge | 410 | bridge cam tappan zee | 14 |
zee tv | 213 | melissa zee | 14 |
zee | 176 | studio zee | 14 |
dee zee | 150 | express tappan zee | 14 |
zee medical | 107 | tappan zee high school | 14 |
tappan zee | 66 | tv usa zee | 13 |
hotel noordwijk aan zee | 30 | jay zee | 13 |
egmond aan zee | 24 | bridge camera tappan zee | 11 |
james van der zee | 22 | cam tappan web zee | 11 |
bridge tappan traffic zee | 21 | aan bergen hotel zee | 11 |
dee zee running boards | 21 | news zee | 11 |
egmond aan zee hotel | 20 | zee medical supply | 11 |
aan vakantiehuizen zee | 19 | television zee | 11 |
aan bergen zee | 18 | bridge cam tappan web zee | 11 |
young zee | 17 | rode vissen zee | 11 |
bridge tappen zee | 17 | aan wijk zee | 10 |
cinema zee | 16 | news.com zee | 10 |
ona zee picture | 16 | tv.com zee | 10 |
bridge jumper tappan zee | 15 | ona zee pic | 10 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "zee"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Zuiderzee (Zuider Zee). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | Nederlanda Suda Maro (Zuider Zee). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Farsi | حرفZ , تلفظامریکاءی حرفZ . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | zeta (zed, zeta). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eezay название буквы Z (zed). (various references) z harfi (Izzard, zed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "zee": zees. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "zee": chimpanzee, fuzee, razee. (additional references) | |
Words containing "zee": chimpanzees, fuzees, razeed, razeeing, razees. (additional references) | |
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"Zee" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Azeem, ez, eza, Eze, ezed, Ezee, ezo, Ezoe, izy, lzee, ozee, szee, tzee, uzee, zaa, zae, zaen, zai, zaq, zase, zau, ze, zeab, zeac, zeaf, zeag, zeah, zeap, zeaw, zeb, zec, zede, Zedek, zeeb, zeec, zeed, zeef, zeeg, zeek, zeel, zeem, zeen, zeep, zeeq, zeer, zeet, Ze'ev, zeew, zeez, zef, zeg, zeh, zei, zeid, zeip, zeit, zej, zek, zeke, Zekel, zel, zele, zem, zeme, zene, zeo, zepe, zeq, zer, zere, zes, zese, zet, zete, Zetek, zeu, zev, zew, zex, zey, zeye, zeze, zia, zie, zieg, Ziem, zih, zii, zij, ziq, ziu, ziv, ziy, zoae, zofe, zoi, zoie, zoxe, zoye, Zpe, zre, zue, Zuev, zuu, zwei, zy, zyd, zye, zyo. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "zee" (pronounced zē") |
| 2 | z ē" | bourgeoisie, franchisee. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-z" | |
+1 letter: geez, jeez, meze, zees. | |
+2 letters: bezel, feaze, feeze, fezes, fuzee, heeze, mezes, razee, seize, zebec, zoeae. | |
+3 letters: beezer, begaze, bezels, breeze, breezy, defuze, eczema, enzyme, evzone, feazed, feazes, feezed, feezes, fezzed, fezzes, freeze, frieze, fuzees, geezer, heezed, heezes, lezzes, lezzie, prezes, razeed, razees, resize, rezone, seized, seizer, seizes, sleaze, sneeze, sneezy, teazel, teazle, tweeze, tzetze, wheeze, wheezy, zebeck, zebecs, zeroed, zeroes, zested, zester. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Usage Frequency 8. Names: Frequency | 9. Names: Company Usage 10. Expressions 11. Expressions: Internet 12. Translations: Modern | 13. Derivations 14. Rhymes 15. Anagrams 16. Bibliography |
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