Define:Wee
English eedit
Pronunciation eedit
- enPR: wē, /wiː/,
- REDIRECTTemplate:Wt/sco/X-SAMPA
- Audio (US) (help·info)
- Rhymes: -iː
- REDIRECT Template:Wt/sco/homophones (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
Etymology 1 eedit
From Middle Inglis
, related to Old English
(15c).
Adjective eedit
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Translations eedit
small, little
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References eedit
- Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary: Tenth Edition (1997)
Etymology 2 eedit
Unknown
Noun eedit
- (colloquial, Template:Context 2) urine
- Template:Colloquial An act of urination.
- to have a wee
Synonyms eedit
- wee wee
- See also Wikisaurus:urine
- See also Wikisaurus:urination
Translations eedit
urine
act of urination
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Verb eedit
Wee (third-person singular simple present wees, present participle weeing, simple past an past participle weed)
Synonyms eedit
- See also Wikisaurus:urinate
Translations eedit
to urinate
Anagrams eedit
Dutch eedit
Etymology eedit
From Template:Proto. Compare Old English wā (English woe), Old High German wē (German weh), Old Norse vei.
Pronunciation eedit
- (Netherlands) [ʋeː]
- (Belgium) [weː]
Adjective eedit
Wee (not comparable)
Declension eedit
Noun eedit
- Contraction during labour or childbirth.
- De weeën beginnen!
- The baby’s coming!
- De weeën beginnen!
- Sorrow, sadness, pain, woe; archaic unless used as an interjection of despair or annoyance.
- O wee, wat zal er van ons worden.
- Oh my, what’s going to happen with us.
- O wee, wat zal er van ons worden.
Derived terms eedit
- (sorrow): o wee, ach en wee, heimwee
Anagrams eedit
Scots eedit
Pronunciation eedit
- enPR: wē, /wiː/,
- REDIRECTTemplate:Wt/sco/X-SAMPA
Adjective eedit
Wee (comparative mair Wee, superlative maist Wee)
Usage notes eedit
Used in both the standard Scots and Ulster Scots dialect.