-eeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

接尾辞

-ee (noun-forming suffix, plural -ees)

1. Added to transitive verbs to form words meaning a person or thing that is the object of that verb (i.e., to whom or to which an action is done).

   Synonym: -ed

   Antonym: -er

   ‎examine + ‎-ee → ‎examinee

   ‎interview + ‎-ee → ‎interviewee

   ‎train + ‎-ee → ‎trainee

   ‎employ + ‎-ee → ‎employee

2. (less common) Added to intransitive verbs to form words meaning a person or thing that is the subject of that verb (that is, who or that does an action).

   ‎absent + ‎-ee → ‎absentee

   ‎respond + ‎-ee → ‎respondee

   ‎stand + ‎-ee → ‎standee

   ‎post + ‎-ee → ‎postee

3. (law) Used to form words meaning a person who is the other party to a contract or other transaction involving a person described by the corresponding word ending in -or.

   Antonym: -or

   ‎assign + ‎-ee → ‎assignee

   ‎legate + ‎-ee → ‎legatee

   ‎mortgage + ‎-ee → ‎mortgagee

4. (medicine) Used to form words meaning a person who has undergone a particular medical procedure.

   ‎laryngectomy + ‎-ee → ‎laryngectomee

5. Irregularly added to nouns to mean a person somehow associated with the object denoted by the noun.

   ‎barge + ‎-ee → ‎bargee

   ‎tender + ‎-ee → ‎tenderee

   ‎venereal + ‎-ee → ‎venerealee

派生語

語源 2

Perhaps a variation on -ie and -y

接尾辞

-ee

1. Used to form diminutives.

   Synonyms: (suffixes) -cule, -el, -et, -ette, -icle, -ie, -kin, -le, -let, -ling, -ole, -ule, -y, (prefixes) mini-, micro-, nano-

   ‎boot + ‎-ee → ‎bootee

   ‎goat + ‎-ee → ‎goatee

   ‎settle + ‎-ee → ‎settee

同意語

• (diminutive affix): mini-, micro-, nano-, -ette, -y, -icle/-cule/-ule/-ole

反意語

• (antonym(s) of “diminutive affix”): super-, supra-, hyper-, ultra-, uber-, macro-, arch-, over-, mega-, giga-, -zilla, grand, great

派生語

語源 3

Most likely derived from broken English used by Chinese immigrants to America during the 17th to 19th centuries. The -ee was added by those speakers for final consonants in English words that do not exist in Cantonese phonology.

接尾辞

-ee

1. (offensive, derogatory) Used in mimicking English as stereotypically spoken by the Chinese.
   • 1897, The Outlook, volume 56, page 1044:

     "No stealee. You no thinkee? Chinaman no thinkee stealee!" he said, earnestly.

   • 1938, Minnesota Journal of Education, volume 19, page 52:

     A Chinaman had a toothache, and phoned a dentist for an appointment. Doctor: "Two-thirty all right?" Chinaman: "Yes, tooth hurtee, all light. What time I come?"

関連する語

• no tickee, no washee

語源 4

接尾辞

-ee

1. Alternative form of -y (infinitive suffix).

参照

接尾辞

-ee

1. vocative masculine singular of -eus

固有名詞

Ee (countable and uncountable, plural Ees)

1. A surname.

統計情報

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ee is the 95,955 most common surname in the United States, belonging to 190 individuals. Ee is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (67.37%) individuals.

Further reading

• Early English on Wikipedia.Wikipedia