English
editPronunciation
edit- enPR: wē, IPA(No language code specified.): /wiː/, X-SAMPA: /wi:/
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- Homophones: we, whee (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
Etymology 1
editFrom Middle Inglis Script error: The function "template_l_term" does not exist. < Old English Script error: The function "template_l_term" does not exist., related to Old English Script error: The function "template_l_term" does not exist. (15c).
Adjective
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Translations
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References
edit- Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary: Tenth Edition (1997)
Etymology 2
editUnknown
Noun
edit- (Template:Context 1) urine
- Template:Wt/sco/Colloquial An act of urination.
- to have a wee
Synonyms
edit- wee wee
- See also Wikisaurus:urine
- See also Wikisaurus:urination
Translations
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Verb
editwee (third-person singular semple praisent wees, praisent pairteeciple weeing, simple past and past participle weed)
Synonyms
edit- See also Wikisaurus:urinate
Translations
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editDutch
editEtymology
editFrom Template:Wt/sco/Proto. Compare Old English wā (English woe), Old High German wē (German weh), Old Norse vei.
Pronunciation
edit- Template:Wt/sco/A IPA(key): [ʋeː], [βeː]
- Template:Wt/sco/A IPA(key): [weː]
Adjective
editwee (not comparable)
Declension
editTemplate:Wt/sco/Nl-decl-adj-nc
Noun
edit- Contraction during labour or childbirth.
- De weeën beginnen!
- The baby’s coming!
- De weeën beginnen!
- Sorrow, sadness, pain, woe; archaic unless used as an interjection of despair or annoyance.
- O wee, wat zal er van ons worden.
- Oh my, what’s going to happen with us.
- O wee, wat zal er van ons worden.
Derived terms
edit- (sorrow): o wee, ach en wee, heimwee
Anagrams
editScots
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editWt/sco/wee (comparative {{{1}}}, superlative {{{2}}})
Usage notes
editUsed in both the standard Scots and Ulster Scots dialect.
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