Lee
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /liː/
- Rhymes: -iː
Etymology 1
From Middle English [Term?]
Proper noun
Lee
- An English topographic surname for someone who lived near a meadow (the Anglo-Saxon for meadow being ley or leag).
- A male given name derived from the surname
- A female given name popular in conjoined names such as Lee Ann or Mary Lee.
- 2016, Ruth Ware, In a Dark, Dark Wood, Simon and Schuster (→ISBN), page 21:
- “Nora?” She frowned, puzzled.
- “My name's Leonora,” I said. “At school I was Lee, but now I prefer Nora. I did mention it in the e-mail.”
- I'd always hated being Lee. It was a boy's name, a name that lent itself to teasing and rhyme.
- 2016, Ruth Ware, In a Dark, Dark Wood, Simon and Schuster (→ISBN), page 21:
- A placename
- Any of various place names
- a river in England
- a suburb of London, in the Borough of Lewisham
- a river in Co. Cork, Ireland
- an unincorporated community in Monon Township, White County, Indiana, USA
Derived terms
- Lee County
- Robert Lee (Texas)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from East Asia
Proper noun
Lee
Etymology 3
A diminutive
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Lee is the 21st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 702,625 individuals. Lee is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (42.4%), White (36.0%) and Black/African American (16.3%) individuals.
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /leː/
Audio (file)
Noun
Lee f (genitive Lee, no plural)
Antonyms
Related terms
- leewärts
- Leeseite
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈliː]
- Hyphenation: Lee
Declension
Inflection of Lee | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Lee | Leek |
accusative | Leet | Leeket |
dative | Leenek | Leeknek |
instrumental | Leevel | Leekkel |
causal-final | Leeért | Leekért |
translative | Leevé | Leekké |
terminative | Leeig | Leekig |
essive-formal | Leeként | Leekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Leeben | Leekben |
superessive | Leen | Leeken |
adessive | Leenél | Leeknél |
illative | Leebe | Leekbe |
sublative | Leere | Leekre |
allative | Leehez | Leekhez |
elative | Leeből | Leekből |
delative | Leeről | Leekről |
ablative | Leetől | Leektől |
Possessive forms of Lee | ||
---|---|---|
possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | Leem | Leeim |
2nd person sing. | Leed | Leeid |
3rd person sing. | Leeje | Leei |
1st person plural | Leenk | Leeink |
2nd person plural | Leetek | Leeitek |
3rd person plural | Leejük | Leeik |
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