ee

«ee» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: eee; the sound "ee" as in "see" — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

kind

archaic word

modern equivalent

eee; the sound "ee" as in "see"

part of speech

interjection

meaning for a pupil

A squeal or cry, or the vowel sound "ee" in a pronunciation guide. tree →

how it differs from today

Today "ee" is a Northern English cry of surprise. In these sentences it is a squeal from an animal or a sound written to show pronunciation.

examples

• But he wants my bacon! gree-ee-ee!" (The Aesop for Children / With pictures by Milo Winter) tree →
• AEgisthus (ee-jiss'-thus, th as in both), 305. (Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome) tree →
• Thus AEneas may be pronounced A-na'-ahss; Aides ah-ee'-daze. (Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome) tree →

primary record

ee

tests

rate: word (≥3 uses, never in EWT or ≥10× EWT, Wiktionary: first sense archaic); corpora 45 (Torah 0, tales 45, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 5.1 (Torah alone 0.0); Wiktionary archaic (first sense)

In the corpora

• děng yíxià («DUNG ee-SHYAH») means wait a moment.
• yìbǎi fēn («ee-BYE FUN») means a hundred marks, full marks; fēn also means minute and penny.
• «ea» has two common sounds: /ee/ in «eat» and /e/ in «head».
• «i before e except after c» works mainly for the /ee/ sound: believe, field, receive, ceiling.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «ee» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.