cee

See also: CEE, čee, and сее

English

Etymology

From Middle English cee.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: , IPA(key): /ˈsiː/
  • Rhymes: -iː

Noun

cee (plural cees)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter C.
    • 2004 Will Rogers, The Stonking Steps, p. 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.
  2. Something shaped like the letter C, such as a cee spring.

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Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈseː/, [ˈs̠e̞ː]
  • Rhymes: -eː
  • Syllabification(key): cee

Noun

cee

  1. Alternative spelling of see

Usage notes

  • Speakers often use the corresponding forms of c-kirjain ("letter C, letter c") instead of inflecting this word, especially in plural.

Declension

Inflection of cee (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
nominative cee ceet
genitive ceen ceiden
ceitten
partitive ceetä ceitä
illative ceehen ceihin
singular plural
nominative cee ceet
accusative nom. cee ceet
gen. ceen
genitive ceen ceiden
ceitten
partitive ceetä ceitä
inessive ceessä ceissä
elative ceestä ceistä
illative ceehen ceihin
adessive ceellä ceillä
ablative ceeltä ceiltä
allative ceelle ceille
essive ceenä ceinä
translative ceeksi ceiksi
instructive cein
abessive ceettä ceittä
comitative ceineen
Possessive forms of cee (type maa)
possessor singular plural
1st person ceeni ceemme
2nd person ceesi ceenne
3rd person ceensä

Synonyms


Friulian

Etymology

From Latin cilia, from cilium.

Noun

cee f (plural ceis)

  1. eyelash
  2. eyebrow

Kabiyé

Adverb

cee

  1. tomorrow
    Antonym: ɖeɖe

References

  • Bassarɩ Ɛbɩa, Lexique français - kabɩyɛ - eʋe, Première édition, [polycopie, 130 pages], 1974.

Koyraboro Senni

Pronunciation

  • /tʃe:/

Noun

cee

  1. (anatomy) foot, leg

References

  • Y.M. Haidera, Y.B. Maïga, & M.B. Maïga, Dictionnaire soŋay-français / Kaliima citaabu soŋay-annasaara senni, EDIS, Bamako, 2010.

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French sei.

Noun

cee

  1. Alternative form of see (see)

Alternative forms

Noun

cee (plural cees)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter C.
    • 1445 January 20, “Petition to the king for the redress of certain frauds committed at Calais”, in Joseph Stevenson, editor, Letters and Papers Illustrative of the Wars of the English in France During the Reign of Henry the Sixth, King of England (Rerum Britannicarum Medii Ævi Scriptores, or Chronicles and Memorials of Great Britain and Ireland During the Middle Ages), volume I, London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, published 1861, page 467:
      And whan the seide merchauntz Holanders that went to Caleys hadde bought there grete substance of wolle and wollefelle, and that thei shulde make the rekenyng thereof, and bringe payement unto the Staple, according to thordenaunce of the place, thei put forthe the seide letters and billes for paiement, which lettres were there refused for unsufficience, and the billes of the mynte, for thei were falsede with Cees set above, that of iij. łi. was made iij. c. łi. and of ij. łi. was made ij. c. łi.
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Descendants
  • English: cee
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Venetian

Adjective

cee f

  1. feminine plural of ceo
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