wee

wee  (w)

adj. we·er, we·est

1. Very small; tiny. See Synonyms at small.

2. Very early: the wee hours of the morning.

n. Scots

A short time; a little bit.

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[Middle English wei, we, a small amount, small, from Old English wge, wg, weight; see wegh- in Indo-European roots.]

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wee ¹

Adjective

Brit, Austral & NZ small or short [Old English wǣg weight]

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wee ² Informal

Noun

an instance of urinating

Verb

[weeing, weed]

to urinate Also: (wee-wee) [origin unknown]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	wee - a short time; "bide a wee"           Scotland - one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts time - an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities); "he waited a long time"; "the time of year for planting"; "he was a great actor in his time"
Verb	1.	wee - eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug" make water, micturate, pass water, pee, pee-pee, relieve oneself, spend a penny, take a leak, piss, wee-wee, urinate, piddle, puddle, make urinate - pass after the manner of urine; "The sick men urinated blood" wet - make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating; "This eight year old boy still wets his bed" stale - urinate, of cattle and horses egest, excrete, eliminate, pass - eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone" ca-ca, crap, defecate, take a crap, take a shit, shit, stool, make - have a bowel movement; "The dog had made in the flower beds"
Adj.	1.	wee - (used informally) very small; "a wee tot" bittie, bitty, itsy-bitsy, itty-bitty, teensy, teensy-weensy, teentsy, teeny, teeny-weeny, weensy, weeny colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech little, small - limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group"
	2.	wee - very early; "the wee hours of the morning" early - at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time; "early morning"; "an early warning"; "early diagnosis"; "an early death"; "took early retirement"; "an early spring"; "early varieties of peas and tomatoes mature before most standard varieties"

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wee

adjective little, small, minute, tiny, miniature, insignificant, negligible, microscopic, diminutive, minuscule, teeny, itsy-bitsy (informal) teeny-weeny, titchy Brit. (informal) teensy-weensy, pygmy or pigmy

Translations

wee [wiː] adj (Scottish) → pequeñito

wee [wiː] adj (Scottish) → petit(e); tout(e) petit(e)

wee [wiː] (Scot) adj → klein

wee [wiː] adj (Scottish) → piccolo/a