zed

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK) The name of the Latin-script letter Z/z.
2. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, in-compounds) Something Z-shaped.
3. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial, plural-normally) Sleep.
4. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang) A zombie.

Verb

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

Sinonieme

zee

z

izzard

Z

ezed

zee

Vertalings

zeta

zeta

zet

zède

zê

z

Z

الزد

Z harfi

zeta

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/zɛd/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: zed

Verwante met Spaans: zeta

Verwante met Duits: Zett

Verwante met Frans: zède

Verwante met Italiaans: zeta

Verwante met Portugees: zê

In summary

From Middle English zed, zedde, zede, from Old French zede, from Late Latin zeta, from Ancient Greek ζῆτα (zêta), from Hebrew ז (zayin) with influence from beta, eta and theta. Letter had rare nonstandard usage in Old English, such as in bezt, where it represented "ts" (compare the German, Italian, and Finnish pronunciation of Z). For the sleep sense, see zzz. The zombie sense comes from the initial letter. Doublet of zeta. Cognate to Spanish zeta, German Zett, French zède, Italian zeta, and perhaps Portuguese zê.