ee

Noun

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 […]

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...

Noun

ee (plural ees)

1. (chemistry) Enantiomeric excess.

Noun

ee (plural ees)

2. Alternative form of e: 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".

Pronunciation

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

Interjection

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiː/

Noun

ee

1. (music, informal) Alternative form of e (“The second semiquaver (sixteenth note) of a beat”).

Related terms

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

Noun

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

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

Noun

ee

1. genitive singular of esi

Declension

Pronoun

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.

See also

Verb

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

1. to eat, consume, feed

Derived terms

• eafrosk (“waterfrog”)

Descendants

• English: ea, Eau, eau, yeo

References

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ee/

Particle

ee (modal, Perso-Arabic spelling اے)

1. Utterance final question clitic

References

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ee/

Conjunction

ee (conjunction, Perso-Arabic spelling اے)

1. Conjoining marker cliticized to the first constituent

References

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

Noun

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

Pronoun

ee (personal, non-emphatic)

1. (Southern Scots) you

Numeral

ee

1. Shetland form of ae (“one”)

See also

• ye
• yow
• yow yins

Numeral

ee

1. one

Numeral

ee

1. nine

See also

• 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), ․

Inflection

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Preposition

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!

Article

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,]