zee

Meanings

1. The name of the Latin script letter Z/z.
2. Something Z-shaped. Found in compounds.
3. Sleep.

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

1. Pronunciation spelling of the, representing primarily French or German accented English.

1. A surname.

1. Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

1. Alternative letter-case form of zee.

Etymology

Likely an alteration of zed (which see for more), by analogy with other letters such as bee, dee, tee and vee. Fell out of usage in England by the 17th century, and made standard in the U.S. in American Dictionary of English Language by Noah Webster in 1828, though usage varied for decades afterwards.