ees

• IPA^(key): /ˈiːz/
• Rhymes: -iːz
• Homophone: ease

ees

1. (rare) plural of e, the name of the letter E.
   • 1856, Goold Brown, The First Lines of English Grammar, page 10:

     These names […] may form regular plurals; thus, Aes, Bees, Cees, Dees, Ees, Effs, Gees, Aitches, Ies, Jays, Kays, Ells, Ems, Ens, Oes, Pees, Kues, Ars, Esses, Tees, Ues, Vees, Double-ues, Exes, Wies, Zees.

   • 1998, Ricardo Corona, "These Esses" ("Esses esses"), in Other Shores (Outras Praias), translated by Ricardo Corona & Charles Perrone

     to say (full of ees, ies, ues) that plurals are always two or more

   • 2005, David Riede, Allegories of One's Own Mind: Melancholy in Victorian Poetry, page 51:

     The verse is further slowed by the heavy punctuation of the refrain and by the long vowel sounds—not only the "hollow oes and aes" but especially the interminable "ees" of "dreary . . . aweary, aweary."

Pronunciation spelling of is, representing Latino- or French-accented English.

ees

1. (nonstandard) Alternative spelling of is

ees

1. plural of ee

• -ese, ESE, Ese, SEE, See, ese, see

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *ede. Cognates include Finnish esi- and Hungarian előtt.

ees

1. before, in front of

• ees-
• ette
• eest

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːs/, [ˈe̞ːs̠]
• Rhymes: -eːs
• Syllabification^(key): ees

ees (dialectal)

1. Alternative form of edes.

• ees-
• taas

• see

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈeːsːæ/, [ˈeːs̠ː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈeːs/, [ˈe̝ːʒ̥]
• (Hevaha) IPA^(key): /ˈeːs/, [ˈe̝ːʒ̥]
• Rhymes: -eːsː, -eːs
• Hyphenation: ees

ees

1. (of location) in front

ees (+ genitive)

1. (of location) in front of
   • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 45:

     Monikoos, möö näimmä, painutossihan lopun ees ono monikon tuntomerkki, kummaal sanas ono oma merkitös.

     In the plural, we saw, in front of the case ending is the marker of the plural, with which there is its own marking in the word.

ees (+ partitive)

1. (of location) in front of

ees

1. inessive singular of esi

Lative singular of esi (“front”). Akin to Finnish edes.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈeːs/, [ˈeːz̠]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈeːs/, [ˈe̝ːʒ̥]
• Rhymes: -eːs
• Hyphenation: ees

ees

1. even
   • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:

     Kaik väki jo on töös.
     Lapsiil omat hoolet on ees.

     All the people are already working.
     Even children have their own concerns.

• daaže

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 38
• Arvo Laanest (1997) Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 24