-ee

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See also: ee, EE, .ee, её, -ée, and өө

English

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman and Old French -ee, French -é, -ée, endings forming past participle of verbs ending in -er. Doublet of -ate.

Suffix

-ee

  1. Added to transitive verbs to form words meaning a person or thing that is the object of that verb (ie, to whom or to which an action is done).
    Synonym: -ed
    Antonym: -er
    ‎examine + ‎-ee → ‎examinee
    ‎interview + ‎-ee → ‎interviewee
    ‎train + ‎-ee → ‎trainee
    ‎employ + ‎-ee → ‎employee
  2. Less commonly added to intransitive verbs to form words meaning a person or thing that is the subject of that verb (that is, who or that does an action), especially where a passive sense of the verb is implied.
    ‎absent + ‎-ee → ‎absentee
    ‎respond + ‎-ee → ‎respondee
    ‎stand + ‎-ee → ‎standee
  3. (law) Used to form words meaning a person who is the other party to a contract or other transaction involving a person described by the corresponding word ending in -or.
    Antonym: -or
    ‎assign + ‎-ee → ‎assignee
    ‎legate + ‎-ee → ‎legatee
    ‎mortgage + ‎-ee → ‎mortgagee
  4. (medicine) Used to form words meaning a person who has undergone a particular medical procedure.
    ‎laryngectomy + ‎-ee → ‎laryngectomee
  5. Irregularly added to nouns to mean a person somehow associated with the object denoted by the noun.
    ‎barge + ‎-ee → ‎bargee
    ‎tender + ‎-ee → ‎tenderee
    ‎venereal + ‎-ee → ‎venerealee
Derived terms
English terms suffixed with -ee
Translations

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Etymology 2

Perhaps a variation on -ie and -y[1]

Suffix

-ee

  1. Used to form diminutives.
    ‎boot + ‎-ee → ‎bootee
    ‎goat + ‎-ee → ‎goatee
    ‎settle + ‎-ee → ‎settee
Derived terms
Translations

The translation table below is a guide only. See individual words formed using this prefix for more precise translations.

Etymology 3

Suffix

-ee

  1. (offensive, derogatory) Used in mimicking English as stereotypically spoken by the Chinese.
    • 1897, The Outlook, volume 56, page 1044:
      "No stealee. You no thinkee? Chinaman no thinkee stealee!" he said, earnestly.
    • 1938, Minnesota Journal of Education, volume 19, page 52:
      A Chinaman had a toothache, and phoned a dentist for an appointment. Doctor: "Two-thirty all right?" Chinaman: "Yes, tooth hurtee, all light. What time I come?"

References

  1. ^ T.F. Hoad, Concise Dictionary of English Etymology, →ISBN; headword -ee

Latin

Pronunciation

Suffix

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  1. vocative masculine singular of -eus

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish -igidir (whence also Irish -igh and Scottish Gaelic -ich), originally a denominative verb formative, from Proto-Celtic *-sagyetor; compare Welsh -hau.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-ee

  1. Suffix used to form verbs from nouns.

Usage notes

  • Affixed verbs ending in -ee form a sizeable number of verbs. Some monosyllabic verbs in Manx (which historically are not from affixes), however, are not a result of affixation, such as niee "to wash".

Derived terms

Manx terms suffixed with -ee

See also

Suffix

-ee

  1. adverbializing enclitic
    hashkéhee ― in a mean or angry way
    tąądee ― slowly, leisurely, gradually, little by little
    tʼáá ádíláahee ― in an annoying manner
    tʼáá łaʼ bizhiʼee ― united, all standing together
    tʼáá naʼńleʼee ― sloppily, carelessly, roughly
    tʼáadoo yistiʼee ― freely, boldly, without hesitation
    tʼáá nanitʼinee ― secretly, covertly
    tsʼísee kehgo ― physically, carnally
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