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You can make 5 words from zed according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of zed

zed ezd zde dze edz dez

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Definitions and meaning of zed

zed

Etymology

From Middle English zed, zedde, zede, from Old French zede, from Late Latin zeta, from Ancient Greek ζῆτα (zêta), from Hebrew ז (zayin) with influence from beta, eta and theta. Letter had rare nonstandard usage in Old English, such as in bezt, where it represented "ts" (compare the German, Italian, and Finnish pronunciation of Z). For the sleep sense, see zzz. The zombie sense comes from the initial letter. Doublet of zeta. Cognate to Spanish zeta, German Zett, French zède, Italian zeta, and perhaps Portuguese zê.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɛd/
• Rhymes: -ɛd

Noun

zed (plural zeds) (chiefly Commonwealth)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Z.
2. (in combination) Something Z-shaped.

3. (colloquial, usually in the plural) Sleep.

4. (slang) A zombie.

   A horde of zeds began to shuffle into the shopping mall.

Synonyms

• (all): zee (US, Philippines, Newfoundland)
• (letter): izzard (Scotland)
• (sleep): zee (Canada) (more common)

Derived terms

• from A to Zed
• Generation Zed, Gen Zed, Gen Zedder, Gen-Zedder, Zed
• Zed-car
• zedsexual

Descendants

• → Greek: ζεντ (zent)
• → Hindi: ज़ेड (zeḍ)
• → Japanese: ゼット (zetto), ゼッド (zeddo)
• → Korean: 제드 (jedeu)
• → Malay: zed
• → Marathi: जेड (jeḍ)
• → Russian: зэд (zɛd)
• → Thai: แซด (sɛ̂t)
• → Welsh: sèd

Translations

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee / zed

Verb

zed (third-person singular simple present zeds, present participle zedding, simple past and past participle zedded) (chiefly British, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Ireland, South Africa)

1. (intransitive, informal) To sleep or nap. (Compare zzz, catch some z's.)
2. (intransitive, rare) To zigzag; to move with sharp alternating turns.

See also

• zeta

Malay

Etymology

From British English zed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzed/, [ˈzet̪]

Noun

zéd (plural zed-zed)

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

Synonyms

• zain (Jawi letter name)
• zet (Indonesian)

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) huruf; e, bi, si, di, i, ef, ji, hec, ai, je, ke, el, em, en, o, pi, kiu, ar, es, ti, yu, vi, dabel yu, eks, way, zed

Middle English

Etymology 1

Adjective

zed

1. (Kent) Alternative form of sad

Etymology 2

Noun

zed

1. Alternative form of seed (“seed”)

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zidъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈzɛd/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈzɛt/

Noun

zed f

1. wall

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Czech: zeď

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “zed”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Yola

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɛd/

Etymology 1

From Middle English soden, sode (“seethed”, past participle of sethen), with the vowel taken from other forms of the verb.

Adjective

zed

1. stewed, sodden

Etymology 2

Verb

zed

1. simple past tense of zey (“to say”)

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 81 & 104