zea

See also: Zea and zèa

Translingual

Etymology

Possibly from English Zealand, a province of the Netherlands.

Symbol

zea

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

English

Noun

zea (plural zeas)

1. Any plant of the genus Zea.
   • 1948, Wilfred Edward Shewell-Cooper, Continuous Flower Growing, page 83:

     […] and here the types used are principally the dwarf ones; and those plants of a greater height with decorative foliage like the zeas or variegated maize, which are used to produce the effect of sub-tropical bedding.

Related terms

• zein

Anagrams

• EAZ

Basque

Noun

zea

1. absolutive singular of ze

Italian

Etymology

From translingual Zea, from Latin zēa (“spelt”), from Ancient Greek ζειά (zeiá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ^*/ˈd͡zɛ.a/
• Rhymes: -ɛa
• Hyphenation: zè‧a

Noun

zea f (plural zee)

1. a member of the Zea taxonomic genus

Derived terms

• tossizeismo

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ζειά (zeiá, “spelt”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈzeː.a/, [ˈd̪͡z̪eːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ze.a/, [ˈd̪͡z̪ɛːä]

Noun

zēa f (genitive zēae); first declension

1. A type of grain; spelt (Triticum spelta)
2. emmer wheat.
3. A type of rosemary.

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	zēa	zēae
genitive	zēae	zēārum
dative	zēae	zēīs
accusative	zēam	zēās
ablative	zēā	zēīs
vocative	zēa	zēae

Descendants

• → English: zea, ⇒ zein
• → Italian: zea
• → Translingual: Zea

References

• “zea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• zea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “zea”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

Romanian

Noun

zea f (plural zele)

1. Alternative form of za

Yola

Alternative forms

• zee

Etymology

From Middle English see, from Old English sǣ (“sea, lake”), from Proto-West Germanic *saiwi, probably from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂ey-wo- (“to be fierce, afflict”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ziː/
• Homophones: zee, zey

Noun

zea

1. sea
   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:

     Th' mucha zea sthroan; Zea greoun.

     The great sea-strand; Sea ground.

Derived terms

• zea greoun
• zea sthroan

References

• 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 80