Zee (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 teacher wrote the letter zee on the blackboard to help her students remember the correct pronunciation.
- In the United States, the 26th letter of the alphabet is commonly referred to as zee.
- The British and American pronunciation of the letter zee is often a source of confusion for language learners.
- The child struggled to distinguish between the letters zee and ess in her alphabet book.
- The linguist explained that the difference in pronunciation of the letter zee between British and American English is a historical anomaly.