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zee

UK/ziː/ US/ˈzeɪː/ uncommon informal rare us

noun

1.

the 26th letter of the Roman alphabet

  • “the British call Z zed and the Scots call it ezed but Americans call it zee”
  • “he doesn”
Synonyms

Origin

Likely an alteration of zed (which see for more), by analogy with other letters such as bee, dee, tee and vee. Fell out of usage in England by the 17th century, and made standard in the U.S. in American Dictionary of English Language by Noah Webster in 1828, though usage varied for decades afterwards.

Phrases

  • A to Zee
  • oh zee
  • zee bar

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