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

ees

1. (rare)plural ofe, the name of the letter E.
   • 1856, Goold Brown,The First Lines of English Grammar, page10:

     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"), inOther Shores (Outras Praias), translated by Ricardo Corona & Charles Perrone

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

   • 2005, David Riede,Allegories of One's Own Mind: Melancholy in Victorian Poetry, page51:

     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 ofis, representing Latino- or French-accented English.

ees

1. (nonstandard)Alternative spelling ofis

ees

1. plural ofee

• -ese,ESE,Ese,SEE,See,ese,see

FromProto-Finno-Ugric*ede. Cognates includeFinnishesi- andHungarianelőtt.

ees

1. before, in front of

• ees-
• ette
• eest

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

ees(colloquial ordialectal)

1. Alternative form ofedes.

• ees-
• taas

• see

See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

• (Ala-Laukaa)IPA^(key):/ˈe.esːæ/,[ˈe̞.e̞s̠ː]
• (Soikkola)IPA^(key):/ˈe.es/,[ˈe̞.e̞ʒ̥]
• (Hevaha)IPA^(key):/ˈe.es/,[ˈe̞.e̞ʒ̥]
• Rhymes:-e.esː,-e.es
• Hyphenation:ees

ees

1. (of location)in front

ees (+ genitive)

1. (of location)in front of
   • 1936, V. I. Junus,Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page45:

     Monikoos, möö näimmä, painutossihan lopunees 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. inessivesingular ofesi

Lative singular ofesi(“front”). Akin toFinnishedes.

• (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 onees.

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

• daaže

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971)Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page38
• Arvo Laanest (1997)Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page24