wee

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Pronunciation

• enPR: wē, IPA: /wiː/

Adjective

wee (comparative weer, superlative weest)

1. (Scotland, Ireland, North England, NZ) Small, little.
   • 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, p. 73:

     I had not seen a wee boy do it like that before. He was weer than me and his swimming was just like splashing about.

   You looked a little cold, so I lit a wee fire.

Translations

• French: petit
• German: winzig, klein
• Italian: piccolo
• Portuguese: pequeno, miúdo
• Russian: кро́шечный
• Spanish: pequeño

Noun

wee

1. A short time or short distance.

Noun

wee (uncountable)

1. (colloquial, uncountable) Urine.
2. (colloquial) An act of urination.

   I need to have a wee

Synonyms

• (all senses) wee-wee
• (urine) See Thesaurus:urine
• (urination) See Thesaurus:urination

Translations

• French: pipi
• German: Pipi
• Italian: pipì
• Portuguese: xixi
• Spanish: orina, pis, pipí

Verb

wee (wees, present participle weeing; past weed, past participle weed)

1. (colloquial) To urinate.

Synonyms

• wee-wee, see also Thesaurus:urinate

Translations

• French: pipi
• German: pinkeln, pissen, Pipi
• Italian: pipì
• Portuguese: fazer xixi
• Russian: пи́сать
• Spanish: pis, pis

Pronoun

1. obsolete emphatic of we
   • 1645 Marhc, John Milton, Tetrachordon.

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