-ee

Meaning

1. (morpheme) Added to transitive verbs to form words meaning a person or thing that is the object of that verb (i.e., to whom or to which an action is done).
2. (morpheme) Less commonly added to intransitive verbs to form words meaning a person or thing that is the subject of that verb (that is, who or that does an action).
3. (morpheme) Used to form words meaning a person who is the other party to a contract or other transaction involving a person described by the corresponding word ending in -or.
4. (morpheme) Used to form words meaning a person who has undergone a particular medical procedure.
5. (morpheme) Irregularly added to nouns to mean a person somehow associated with the object denoted by the noun.

Opposite of

-er, -or

Synonyms

ee

Translations

-euse

-ée

-eur

-é

-ata

-ato

-etto

-ino

-atore

-atrice

-ada

-ado

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: -ee

Cognate with English: -ed

In summary

From Middle English -ee, -ē, from Anglo-Norman and Old French -ee, French -é, -ée, endings forming past participle of verbs ending in -er. Doublet of -ate. More distantly related to inherited English -ed.