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English

Pronunciation
enPR|w�, IPA|/wi�/, SAMPA|/wi:/
audio|en-us-wee.ogg|Audio (US)
:rhymes|i�

Homophones
we
whee (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
w:Wii|Wii

Etymology 1
From ME. term|we||little bit|langenm < OE. term|wæge|wæ:ge|weight|langang, related to Old English term|wegan||to move, weigh|lang=enm (15c).

Adjective
en-adj|weer|weest

1. Scottish small, little

Translations
trans-top|small, little
Dutch: klein
Finnish: pikkuruinen
French: petit
German: winzig, klein
Irish: beag
Italian: piccolo
trans-mid
Spanish: peque&ntilde;o
trans-bottom

References
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: Tenth Edition (1997)

Etymology 2
Unknown

Noun
en-noun|-

1. context|colloquial|uncountable urine
2. colloquial An act of urination.

#:to have a wee

Translations
trans-top|urine
Dutch: pis m, urine f
Finnish: pissa
French: pipi m
German: Pipi n
Italian: pipì f
trans-mid
Kurdish: KUchar|��ز
Norwegian: tiss n
trans-bottom

trans-top|act of urination
Finnish: pissaaminen
trans-mid
Kurdish: KUchar|��ز کرد�
Norwegian: tisse
trans-bottom

Verb
en-verb|wees|weeing|weed|weed

1. colloquial To urinate.

Translations
trans-top|to urinate
Dutch: plassen, pipi doen, wateren, pissen, urineren
Finnish: pissata, pissiä
French: faire pipi
German: pinkeln, pissen, Pipi machen
Italian: fare (la) pipì
trans-mid
Kurdish: KUchar|��ز کرد�
Spanish: hacer pis
trans-bottom

Anagrams
ewe

See also
wee wee

Category:English homophones
Category:Unknown etymology

Dutch

Noun
infl|nl|noun|g=f

1. contraction|Contraction during labour or childbirth.

Scots

Pronunciation
enPR|w�, IPA|/wi�/, SAMPA|/wi:/
audio|en-us-wee.ogg|Audio (US)

Adjective
sco-adj

1. small, little

Usage notes
Used in both the standard Scots and Ulster Scots dialect.

es:wee
fr:wee
io:wee
it:wee
nl:wee
pl:wee
ru:wee
sv:wee
te:wee
vi:wee
tr:wee
zh:wee

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