-ee
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.
Suffix
-ee
- 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).
- examinee
- interviewee
- trainee
- employee
- Less commonly added to intransitive verbs to form words meaning a person or thing that is the subject of that verb (ie, who or that does an action), especially where a passive sense of the verb is implied.
- absentee
- standee
- respondee
- (law) Used to form words meaning a person who is the other party to a contract involving a person described by the corresponding word ending in -or
- legatee
- (medicine) Used to form words meaning a person who has undergone a particular medical procedure
- laryngectomee
- Irregularly added to nouns to mean a person somehow associated with the object denoted by the noun.
- bargee
- tenderee
Synonyms
- (person or thing that is the object of a verb): -ed
Antonyms
- (person or thing that is the object of a verb): -er
- (legal sense): -or
Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:English_words_suffixed_with_-ee' title='Category:English words suffixed with -ee'>English words suffixed with -ee</a>
Derived terms
- abandonee
- abductee
- abortee
- absentee
- abusee
- acquiree
- addressee
- adoptee
- advertisee
- advisee
- affrontee (one who is affronted)
- alienee
- allottee
- amputee
- amusee
- appellee
- appointee
- appraisee
- arrestee
- assessee
- attendee
- awardee
- bailee
- banteree
- baptisee, baptizee
- bargainee
- bargee
- beatee
- billetee, billettee
- biographee
- boree (one who is bored)
- borrowee
- bribee
- callee
- catchee
- challengee
- chargee
- chasee
- cheatee
- cheekee
- citee
- civilisee, civilizee
- coachee
- co-assignee
- cognisee, cognizee
- cohabitee
- collatee
- commissionee
- co-mortgagee
- complainee
- complimentee
- conferee, conferree
- confessee
- confidee
- confirmee
- co-nominee
- consecratee
- consignee
- consultee
- contactee
- contestee
- contractee
- convenee
- co-patentee
- cottonee
- counselee, counsellee
- covenantee
- crammee
- cudgellee
- culgee
- custodee
- cuttee
- debuggee
- debtee
- dedicatee
- defendee
- delegatee
- deletee
- deliveree
- deportee
- depositee
- describee
- designee
- detainee
- devilee
- devisee
- devotee
- dilutee
- directee
- dischargee
- discontinuee
- dislocatee
- disponee
- disposee
- distrainee
- distributee
- divorcee
- donatee
- donee
- dowee
- draftee
- drawee
- drivee
- educatee
- electee
- employee
- endorsee, indorsee
- engagee
- enlistee
- enrollee (one pronunciation)
- escapee
- examinee
- expellee
- experimentee
- expiree
- exploitee
- feudee
- flingee
- flirtee
- floggee
- franchisee
- gaggee
- galee
- garnishee
- gazee
- gougee
- grantee
- guardee
- guidee
- hangee
- hiree
- hoaxee
- honoree
- imparsonee
- importee
- indemnitee
- indictee
- inductee
- infectee
- insuree
- interessee
- internee
- interrogatee
- interviewee
- introducee
- investee
- invitee
- jestee
- jokee
- kickee
- kissee
- laryngectomee
- laughee
- lecturee
- legatee
- lessee
- letteree
- libelee, libellee
- licensee
- loanee
- locatee
- lovee
- luggee
- managee
- mancipee
- mandatee
- mastectomee
- mentee
- mergee
- mesmeree
- mesmerisee, mesmerizee
- missionee
- mortgagee
- muggee
- murderee
- noddee
- nominee
- objectee
- obligee
- offeree
- operatee
- ordinee
- pardonee
- parolee
- patentee
- patronee
- pawnee
- payee
- permittee
- persecutee
- petitionee
- photographee
- pilotee
- plannee
- pledgee
- plottee
- pluckee
- pollee
- prayee
- preachee
- preceptee
- preferee
- presentee
- promisee, promissee
- promotee
- protectee
- provokee
- pumpee
- purgee
- questionee
- quizzee
- rasee, razee
- recognisee, recognizee
- recoveree
- redundantee
- referee
- registree
- rehabilitee
- rejectee
- releasee
- remittee
- representee
- rescuee
- reservee
- resignee
- restrictee
- retardee
- retiree
- retrainee
- returnee
- revisee
- rushee
- sayee
- secondee
- seducee
- selectee
- sendee
- shavee
- signalee, signallee
- signee
- snubbee
- socialisee, socializee
- solicitee
- standee
- staree
- sublicensee
- subornee
- supervisee
- surrenderee
- suspendee
- sweatee
- tenderee
- testee
- tipee, tippee
- toastee
- townee (one pronunciation)
- trainee
- transferee
- transplantee
- transportee
- treatee
- trottee
- trustee
- tutee
- unretiree
- usee
- vaccinee
- vendee
- vestee
- visitee
- vouchee
- wardee
- warrantee
- writee
Translations
The translation tables below are a guide only. See individual words formed using this suffix for more precise translations.
forming words meaning a person to whom or a thing to which an action is done
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forming words meaning a person who or a thing that does an action, especially where a passive sense of the verb is implied
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law: forming words meaning a person who is the other party to a contract
medicine: forming words meaning a person who has undergone a particular medical procedure
irregularly added to nouns to mean a person somehow associated with the object denoted by the noun
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.
Translations to be checked
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Etymology 2
Perhaps a variation on -ie and -y[1]
Suffix
-ee
- Used to form diminutives.
- bootee
Derived terms
- bootee
- goatee
- settee
Translations
The translation table below is a guide only. See individual words formed using this prefix for more precise translations.
used to form diminutives
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References
- T.F. Hoad, Concise Dictionary of English Etymology, →ISBN; headword -ee
Latin
Suffix
-ee
- vocative masculine singular of -eus
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish -igid (whence also Irish -igh and Scottish Gaelic -ich), originally a denominative verb formative, from Proto-Celtic *-sagyeti; compare Welsh -hau.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i/
Suffix
-ee
- 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
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Manx_words_suffixed_with_-ee' title='Category:Manx words suffixed with -ee'>Manx words suffixed with -ee</a>
See also
- -al
Navajo
Suffix
-ee
- 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, wihtout hesitation
- tʼáá nanitʼinee ― secretly, covertly
- tsʼísee kehgo ― physically, carnally