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Definitions and meaning of ze

ze

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zə/

Article

ze

  1. Nonstandard spelling of the (usually signifying a foreign accent, often French or German).
    • 1992, Tristan Jones, Adrift, page 257:
      Then one French-American sous-chef, still in his white kitchen gear, climbed down from the cockpit, where he had been inspecting the cabin, peering inside, murmuring, "wonderfool–wonderfool, ze workmansheep!"

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zi/

Pronoun

ze

  1. (rare, nonstandard) a gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, equivalent to singular they, and coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.
Usage notes
  • The genderqueer community are the primary proponents of ze. One refers to a person with ze and hir or zir typically (a) when their gender is unknown, and one wishes to avoid assuming their gender, or (b) when they are neither male nor female in gender, making he and she (and also either/or terms like s/he or (s)he) inappropriate and potentially hurtful.
Synonyms
  • see Appendix:English third-person singular pronouns
Coordinate terms
  • hir, hirs, hirself
  • zir, zirs, zirself

See also

  • other attested gender-neutral pronouns

Anagrams

  • EZ, Ez.

Albanian

Etymology

A Gheg dialect word, of unclear origin.

Noun

ze f (indefinite plural ze, definite singular zeja, definite plural zejet)

  1. soul

Related terms

  • zemër

Aukan

Etymology

From Dutch zee (“sea”).

Noun

ze

  1. the sea, the ocean

References

  • Aukan-English Dictionary (SIL)

Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /s̻e/, [s̻e̞]

Noun

ze inan

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter C.

Declension

See also

  • (Latin-script letter names) a, be, ze, de, e, efe, ge, hatxe, i, jota, ka, ele, eme, ene, eñe, o, pe, ku, erre, ese, te, u, uve, uve bikoitz, ixa, i greko, zeta

Cimbrian

Etymology 1

From Middle High German si(e) (“they”), merged from Old High German sie m pl, sio f pl, siu n pl, from Proto-Germanic *īz m, *ijôz f, *ijō n, the nominative plural forms of *iz. Cognate with German sie, Dutch zij.

Pronoun

ze

  1. (Sette Comuni) they
    Synonym: zandare
Alternative forms
  • se (Luserna)
  • zòi
Inflection

Etymology 2

Pronoun

ze

  1. Alternative form of zi (“she”)

References

  • “ze” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zɛ/

Preposition

ze

  1. from

Usage notes

This preposition is followed by the genitive case.

Synonyms

  • z

Further reading

  • ze in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • ze in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zə/
  • Hyphenation: ze
  • Rhymes: -ə

Pronoun

ze

  1. Unstressed form of zij (feminine singular subject)
  2. Unstressed form of zij (plural subject)
  3. Unstressed form of haar (feminine singular object)
  4. Unstressed form of hen, hun (plural object)

Usage notes

  • In the Netherlands, ze is used as a reduced form of haar chiefly when referring to feminine inanimate things:
It is often avoided by using the reduced form h'r or the masculine form hem or the neuter form het or, in formal style, the full form haar.
  • In Belgium, ze is usual as a reduced form of haar even when referring to persons (as in the example further above).
  • Ze is used in certain short and idiomatic phrases in the imperative wishing one good luck, the most common by far being werk ze (“good luck at work!”).

Inflection


Derived terms

  • werk ze

Descendants

  • Javindo: se
  • Jersey Dutch: zê, sê

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French œufs (“eggs”). In French, the plural word œufs is commonly preceded by a word, such as aux, les or mes, whose final s or x is not pronounced except before vowels, where it is pronounced /z/. As a result, œufs was reanalyzed as beginning with /z/.

Noun

ze

  1. egg

Ido

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ze/, /zɛ/

Noun

ze (plural ze-i)

  1. The name of the Latin script letter Z/z.

See also

  • (Latin script letter names) litero; a, be, ce, che, de, e, fe, ge, he, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, pe, que, re, se, she, te, u, ve, we, xe, ye, ze (Category: io:Latin letter names)

Japanese

Romanization

ze

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ぜ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ゼ

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zɛ/

Preposition

ze

  1. Alternative form of z (both meanings; used before sibilants and certain consonant clusters)
    (lit. ‘brother with sister’).

Luxembourgish

Alternative forms

  • zu (for the adverb, when stressed)

Etymology

From Middle High German ze, from Old High German zi, from Proto-Germanic *ta, reduced form of *tō, whence Luxembourgish zu and zou.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tsə/

Preposition

ze

  1. to (with a following infinitive)
    De Kaffi ass ze waarm fir ze drénken.
    The coffee is too hot to drink.

Adverb

ze

  1. too (more than enough, when unstressed)
    De Kaffi ass ze waarm fir ze drénken.
    The coffee is too hot to drink.

Mandarin

Romanization

ze

  1. Nonstandard spelling of zé.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of zè.

Usage notes

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English sǣ.

Noun

ze

  1. Alternative form of see (“sea”)

Descendants

  • English: sea

Northern Qiang

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-t(w)əj-n ~ m-ti-s.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tsə/

Noun

ze

  1. water

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zɛ/

Preposition

ze

  1. Alternative form of z.

Particle

ze

  1. (colloquial) Alternative form of z.

Usage notes

See z.

Further reading

  • ze in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • ze in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian [Term?], from Proto-West Germanic *sī. Cognates include West Frisian sy and German sie.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zə/

Pronoun

ze

  1. unstressed form of ju (“she”)
  2. unstressed form of jo (“they”)

See also

References

  • Marron C. Fort (2015), “ze”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

Turkish

Noun

ze (definite accusative zeyi, plural zeler)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter Z.

See also

  • (Latin-script letter names) harf; a, be, ce, çe, de, e, fe, ge, yumuşak ge, he, ı, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, ö, pe, re, se, şe, te, u, ü, ve, ye, ze

Turkmen

Noun

ze (definite accusative ?, plural ?)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter Z.

White Hmong

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʐe˧/

Adjective

ze

  1. near

Xhosa

Etymology

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

Relative

-ze?

  1. naked
    Synonym: -ntswempu

Inflection

Yola

Verb

ze

  1. Alternative form of zee (“to see”)

Zazaki

Adverb

ze

  1. same

Zulu

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /zé/

Relative

-zé

  1. empty
  2. naked
Inflection
Derived terms
  • ize
  • ubuze

Etymology 2

From -za (“to come”).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ze/

Verb

-ze

  1. (auxiliary, in positive) until [+subjunctive]
    Sizolinda baze bafike.
    We will wait until they arrive.
    Sakhuluma waze wafika uthisha.
    We talked until the teacher arrived.
  2. (auxiliary, in positive, past) used in exclamations [+subjunctive]
    Waze wamuhle umakoti!
    Oh how beautiful the bride is!
  3. (auxiliary, in negative, present) never [+potential]
    Angize ngingadla inyama.
    I never eat meat.
  4. (auxiliary, in negative, past) never [+subjunctive]
    Akazange agibele ihhashi.
    He has never ridden a horse.
Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

References

C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-ze”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-ze”


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