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==Translingual==

===Symbol===
{{mul-symbol}}

# {{ISO 639|3|E language|E}}

===See also===
* {{langcat|eee}}

==English==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/iː/}}

===Interjection===
{{en-interjection}}

# {{n-g|An expression of [[happiness]] or [[excitement]]}}: [[yay]]!
#* {{quote-book|en|date=2013-11-01|author=John Godber|title=Godber Plays: 2: Teechers; Happy Jack; September in the Rain; Salt of the Earth|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=9781472536464|page=93
|text=''Liz''[:] '''Eee''', I love it, Jack.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|date=2020-01-15|author=Bethany Maines|title=An Unfamiliar Sea|publisher=Blue Zephyr Press
|text="'''Eee!''' How cute is this?” demanded Mimi, picking up the decorative basket containing the emergency kit of tampons, safety pins, bleach pen, clear nail polish, deodorant and band-aids.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|date=2022-05-22|author=G. S. Jennsen|title=Chaotica: Riven Worlds Book Five|publisher=Hypernova Publishing
|text="How amazing! Oh my god, I must hear all the salacious details."<br/>Caleb shook his head. "Later, if Valkyrie consents to share anything with you. Focus, please?"<br/>"Right, right, right. '''Eee''', I love it! {{...}}"}}

====Usage notes====
* Not to be confused with {{m|en|ee}}, an interjection of disgust in Singaporean English.

==Luganda==
==Luganda==


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{{head|lg|interjection}}
{{head|lg|interjection}}


# {{non-gloss definition|Used to signify that one is listening and understands}}
# {{non-gloss|Used to signify that one is listening and understands}}


====Synonyms====
====Synonyms====
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====References====
====References====
{{R:Chesswas 1967|152}}
{{R:Chesswas 1967|152}}
{{LDL|lg}}

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==Rapa Nui==
==Rapa Nui==
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===References===
===References===
* {{R:rap:Du Feu:1996|page=34}}
* {{R:rap:Du Feu:1996|page=34}}

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==Yola==
==Yola==
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====Preposition====
====Preposition====
{{head|yol|preposition}}
{{head|yol|preposition}}

# {{alt form|yol|i||in}}
# {{alt form|yol|ing||in}}


===Etymology 2===
===Etymology 2===
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====Article====
====Article====
{{head|yol|article}}
{{head|yol|article}}

# {{alt form|yol|a||the}}
# {{alt form|yol|a||the}}
#* {{quote-book|yol|year=1867|chapter=ABOUT AN OLD SOW GOING TO BE KILLED|number=3|page=106|title=SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY|passage='''Eee''' crappès o' a shearde ich had a cousaane.|translation=In '''the''' bushes of the gap I had a hole to go through.}}


===References===
===References===

Latest revision as of 19:35, 28 October 2024

See also: 'eee, and ééé

Translingual

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Symbol

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eee

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for E.

See also

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English

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Pronunciation

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Interjection

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eee

  1. An expression of happiness or excitement: yay!
    • 2013 November 1, John Godber, Godber Plays: 2: Teechers; Happy Jack; September in the Rain; Salt of the Earth, A&C Black, →ISBN, page 93:
      Liz[:] Eee, I love it, Jack.
    • 2020 January 15, Bethany Maines, An Unfamiliar Sea, Blue Zephyr Press:
      "Eee! How cute is this?” demanded Mimi, picking up the decorative basket containing the emergency kit of tampons, safety pins, bleach pen, clear nail polish, deodorant and band-aids.
    • 2022 May 22, G. S. Jennsen, Chaotica: Riven Worlds Book Five, Hypernova Publishing:
      "How amazing! Oh my god, I must hear all the salacious details."
      Caleb shook his head. "Later, if Valkyrie consents to share anything with you. Focus, please?"
      "Right, right, right. Eee, I love it! […] "

Usage notes

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  • Not to be confused with ee, an interjection of disgust in Singaporean English.

Luganda

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Interjection

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eee

  1. Used to signify that one is listening and understands

Synonyms

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References

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The Essentials of Luganda, J. D. Chesswas, 4th edition. Oxford University Press: Nairobi. 1967, p. 152.

Rapa Nui

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /e.ˈe.e/
  • Hyphenation: e‧e‧e

Particle

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eee

  1. Alternative form of 'ēē

References

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  • Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 34

Yola

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Etymology 1

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Preposition

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eee

  1. Alternative form of ing (“in”)

Etymology 2

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Article

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eee

  1. Alternative form of a (“the”)
    • 1867, “ABOUT AN OLD SOW GOING TO BE KILLED”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3, page 106:
      Eee crappès o' a shearde ich had a cousaane.
      In the bushes of the gap I had a hole to go through.

References

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 37
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