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- [zee or, esp. British, zed; Archaic iz-erd]
- /zi or, esp. British, zɛd; Archaic ˈɪz ərd/
- /zed/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [zee or, esp. British, zed; Archaic iz-erd]
- /zi or, esp. British, zɛd; Archaic ˈɪz ərd/
Definitions of z word
- noun plural z the 26th letter of the English alphabet, a consonant. 1
- noun plural z any spoken sound represented by the letter Z or z, as in zero, zigzag, or buzzer. 1
- noun plural z something having the shape of a Z . 1
- noun plural z a written or printed representation of the letter Z or z. 1
- noun plural z a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter Z or z. 1
- noun z the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet (Z, ζ). 1
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Origin of z
First appearance:
before 1960 One of the 3% newest English words
First recorded in 1960-65; from the conventional use of a series of z's to represent snoring
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Z
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
z popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
Antonyms for z
noun z
- miz — (slang) miserable.
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