zed

(zĕd)

n. Chiefly British

The letter z.

[Middle English, from Old French zede, from Late Latin zēta, zeta, from Greek; see zeta.]

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zed

(zɛd)

(Phonetics & Phonology) the British spoken form of the letter z. US word: zee

[C15: from Old French zede, via Late Latin from Greek zēta]

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zed

(zɛd)

n. Chiefly Brit.

the letter Z or z.

[1400–50; late Middle English < Middle French zede < Latin zēta < Greek zêta zeta]

zed

zee

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

zed - 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"

ezed, izzard, zee, z

Latin alphabet, Roman alphabet - the alphabet evolved by the ancient Romans which serves for writing most of the languages of western Europe

alphabetic character, letter of the alphabet, letter - the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; "his grandmother taught him his letters"

Translations

zed

[zed] zee [ziː] (US) N → zeta f

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zed

[zɛd] zee (Am) [ziː] n (letter name) → zeta m or f inv