zee

Final letter, American-style

Zee is the American English name for the letter Z, the twenty-sixth and final letter of the alphabet.

British English uses zed instead.

The phrase from A to Z (or from A to zee) means completely or comprehensively: She knows the business from A to Z.

letter

Z

Alphabet's closing character

ABCs · character · glyph · uppercase · lowercase · capital · typeface · font · script · handwriting

finality

end

Final portion or cessation

conclusion · A-to-Z · complete · finish · omega · endmost · terminus · closing · culmination

pronunciation

zed

British name, final letter

consonant · articulation · American · British · accent · enunciation · diction · phonetics · sibilant · buzzing

sleep

zzz

Onomatopoeia for sleeping

  • snoringNoisy breathing while asleep
  • napBrief daytime rest
  • dozingLightly, briefly unconscious

slumber · snooze · drowsy · asleep · napping · shuteye · siesta · catnap · dreamland

Categories
Opposites
alphabetic position

zeeA

Highest academic mark

alpha · first letter

regional pronunciation variant

zeezed

British name, final letter

British English · zeta

alphabetical position

zeeay

Archaic affirmative exclamation

a · alpha · bee

Family

zees

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G