Zed (Noun)
Meaning
The 26th letter of the Roman alphabet; "the British call Z zed and the Scots call it ezed but Americans call it zee"; "he doesn't know A from izzard".
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The British pronunciation of the letter Z is "zed", which is different from the American pronunciation "zee".
- In the UK, children learn the alphabet with the letter Z pronounced as "zed", not "zee".
- The teacher corrected the student, saying "it's pronounced 'zed', not 'zee'".
- The difference in pronunciation between "zed" and "zee" often leads to confusion between British and American English speakers.
- In phonetics, the International Phonetic Alphabet uses "zed" as the standard pronunciation for the letter Z.