zee

ziː

Definition of zee - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

sleep

colloquial term for sleep

I need to catch some zees.

shut-eye

slumber

alphabet

TECH.

the name of the Latin-script letter Z

TECH.

The word 'zebra' starts with a zee.

zed

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Origin of zee

Dutch, zee (sea)

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IJsselmeer

history

created by damming the Zuider Zee in 1932

IJsselmeer

water type

freshwater lake replacing saltwater from the Zuider Zee

Examples of zee in a sentence

She found it hard to get enough zee with the noisy neighbors.
In Canada, they pronounce it as 'zed' instead of 'zee'.
The teacher asked the students to say the alphabet up to zee.

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French:sommeil, zède, ...
German:Schlaf, Zett, ...
Italian:nanna, zeta, ...
Spanish:sueño, zeta, ...
Portuguese:sono, zê, ...
Chinese:睡眠, 字母Z, ...
Japanese:睡眠, ズィー, ...
Arabic:مصطلح عامي للنوم, زِي, ...
Hebrew:קְצָת שֵׁנָה, זִי, ...
Russian:сон, зед, ...
Ukrainian:сон, зет, ...
Hindi:नींद, ज़ी, ...
Bengali:ঘুম, জেড, ...
Catalan:son, zeta, ...
Czech:šlofík, anglický název písmene Z, ...
Danish:søvn, zet, ...
Dutch:slaap, z, ...
Greek:ύπνος, ζι, ...
Hungarian:alvás, zé, ...
Khmer:ដំណេក, អក្សរហ្ស៊ី, ...
Korean:잠, 지, ...
Persian:چرت, زی, ...
Polish:sen, zet, ...
Portuguese (BR):sono, zê, ...
Romanian:somn, litera Z, ...
Swedish:Z:n, zett, ...
Thai:การนอน, ซี, ...
Turkish:uyku, zet, ...
Vietnamese:giấc ngủ, zê, ...

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