ze
The name of the Cyrillic script letter З / з.
Article
- Nonstandard spelling of the, usually signifying a foreign accent, often French or German.
- Then one French-American sous-chef, still in his white kitchen gear, climbed down from the cockpit, where he had been inspecting the cabin, peering inside, murmuring, "wonderfool–wonderfool, ze workmansheep!" - 1992,...
- At ze Palace of Beauxbatons, we ’ave ice sculptures all around ze Dining Chamber at Chreetsmas. Zey do not melt, of course … zey are like ’uge statues of diamond, glittering around ze place. - 2000 July 8, J. K. Rowling...
Synonyms: za
Noun
- The name of the Cyrillic script letter З / з.
Forms
Pronoun
- a gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, equivalent to singular they, and coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.
- But I do know what sex ze is. It used to influence me. But now I talk to hir like a normal person. I mean, without thinking about what ze is. - 1996 June, Caitlin Sullivan with Bornstein, Kate, Nearly Roadkill: an...
- A case in point is Tula, a transgendered woman who for years lived well as a model and actress until ze was outed in both national and international media. - 1997 December 18, Kate Bornstein, My Gender Workbook: How to...
- Ze takes my right hand in hirs and folds it into a fist. - 2006 March 22, Leslie Feinberg, Drag King Dreams, New York: Carroll & Graf, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OL, LCC PS3556.E427 D73 2006, page 205:
Origin
Possibly from Dutch zij.