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class="Latn headword" lang="en">ees</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#rare" title="Appendix:Glossary">rare</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#plural_number" title="Appendix:Glossary">plural</a> of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/e#English" title="e">e</a></i></span></span>, the name of the letter E. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1856</b></span>, Goold Brown, <cite>The First Lines of English Grammar</cite>, page <span class="None" lang="und">10</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">These names <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> may form regular plurals; thus, <i>Aes</i>, <i>Bees</i>, <i>Cees</i>, <i>Dees</i>, <i><b>Ees</b></i>, <i>Effs</i>, <i>Gees</i>, <i>Aitches</i>, <i>Ies</i>, <i>Jays</i>, <i>Kays</i>, <i>Ells</i>, <i>Ems</i>, <i>Ens</i>, <i>Oes</i>, <i>Pees</i>, <i>Kues</i>, <i>Ars</i>, <i>Esses</i>, <i>Tees</i>, <i>Ues</i>, <i>Vees</i>, <i>Double-ues</i>, <i>Exes</i>, <i>Wies</i>, <i>Zees</i>.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><b>1998</b>, Ricardo Corona, "These Esses" ("Esses esses"), in <i>Other Shores</i> (<i>Outras Praias</i>), translated by Ricardo Corona & Charles Perrone <dl><dd>to say (full of <b>ees</b>, ies, ues) that plurals are always two or more</dd></dl></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2005</b></span>, David Riede, <cite>Allegories of One's Own Mind: Melancholy in Victorian Poetry</cite>, page <span class="None" lang="und">51</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">The verse is further slowed by the heavy punctuation of the refrain and by the long vowel sounds—not only the "hollow oes and aes" but especially the interminable "<b>ees</b>" of "dreary . . . aweary, aweary."</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2">Etymology 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ees&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Etymology 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention"><a href="/wiki/pronunciation_spelling" title="pronunciation spelling">Pronunciation spelling</a> of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/is#English" title="is">is</a></i></span></span>, representing Latino- or French-accented English. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Verb">Verb</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ees&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Verb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">ees</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#nonstandard" title="Appendix:Glossary">nonstandard</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Alternative spelling of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/is#English" title="is">is</a></i></span></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_3">Etymology 3</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ees&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Etymology 3"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun_2">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ees&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">ees</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#plural_number" title="Appendix:Glossary">plural</a> of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/ee#English" title="ee">ee</a></i></span></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Anagrams">Anagrams</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ees&action=edit&section=9" 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Cognates include <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_language" class="extiw" title="w:Finnish language">Finnish</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/esi-#Finnish" title="esi-">esi-</a></i> and <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_language" class="extiw" title="w:Hungarian language">Hungarian</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/el%C5%91tt#Hungarian" title="előtt">előtt</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Postposition">Postposition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ees&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Postposition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="et">ees</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/before" title="before">before</a>, in front of</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ees&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="et"><a href="/wiki/ees-#Estonian" title="ees-">ees-</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="et"><a href="/wiki/ette#Estonian" title="ette">ette</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="et"><a href="/wiki/eest#Estonian" title="eest">eest</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Finnish">Finnish</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ees&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Finnish"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_2">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ees&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Finnish_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Finnish pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈeːs/</span>, <span class="IPA">[ˈe̞ːs̠]</span></li> <li>Rhymes: <a href="/wiki/Rhymes:Finnish/e%CB%90s" title="Rhymes:Finnish/eːs"><span class="IPA">-eːs</span></a></li> <li>Hyphenation<sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Finnish_hyphenation" title="Appendix:Finnish hyphenation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="Latn" lang="fi">ees</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adverb">Adverb</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_1_2">Etymology 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ees&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Etymology 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="float:right;margin-left:10px;"> <caption>Spatial inflection of <i>ees</i> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>→○ </th> <th>illative </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="izh"><a href="/wiki/ettee#Ingrian" title="ettee">ettee</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th>○ </th> <th>inessive </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="izh"><strong class="selflink">ees</strong></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th>○→ </th> <th>elative </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="izh"><a href="/wiki/eest#Ingrian" title="eest">eest</a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>See the etymology of the corresponding <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#lemma" title="Appendix:Glossary">lemma</a> form. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Pronunciation_3">Pronunciation</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ees&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingrian_phonology#Ala-Laukaa_dialect" class="extiw" title="w:Ingrian phonology">Ala-Laukaa</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingrian_phonology" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Ingrian phonology">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈe.esːæ/</span>, <span class="IPA">[ˈe̞.e̞s̠ː]</span></li> <li><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingrian_phonology#Soikkola_dialect" class="extiw" title="w:Ingrian phonology">Soikkola</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingrian_phonology" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Ingrian phonology">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈe.es/</span>, <span class="IPA">[ˈe̞.e̞ʒ̥]</span></li> <li><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingrian_language#Dialects" class="extiw" title="w:Ingrian language">Hevaha</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingrian_phonology" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Ingrian phonology">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈe.es/</span>, <span class="IPA">[ˈe̞.e̞ʒ̥]</span></li> <li>Rhymes: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Rhymes:Ingrian/e.es%CB%90&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rhymes:Ingrian/e.esː (page does not exist)"><span class="IPA">-e.esː</span></a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Rhymes:Ingrian/e.es&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rhymes:Ingrian/e.es (page does not exist)"><span class="IPA">-e.es</span></a></li> <li>Hyphenation: <span class="Latn" lang="izh">ees</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Adverb_2">Adverb</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ees&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Adverb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="izh">ees</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content">of location</span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/in_front" title="in front">in front</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Postposition_2">Postposition</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ees&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Postposition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="izh">ees</strong> (<i>+ genitive</i>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content">of location</span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/in_front_of" title="in front of">in front of</a> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1936</b></span>, V. I. Junus, <cite>Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka</cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://fennougrica.kansalliskirjasto.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/61204/bx000010800.pdf?sequence=4&isAllowed=y">[1]</a></sup>, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page <span class="None" lang="und">45</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="izh">Monikoos, möö näimmä, painutossihan lopun <b>ees</b> ono monikon tuntomerkki, kummaal sanas ono oma merkitös.</span><dl><dd><span class="e-translation">In the plural, we saw, <b>in front of</b> the case ending is the marker of the plural, with which there is its own marking in the word.</span></dd></dl></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Preposition">Preposition</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ees&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Preposition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="izh">ees</strong> (<i>+ partitive</i>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content">of location</span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/in_front_of" title="in front of">in front of</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun_3">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ees&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="izh">ees</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/inessive_case" class="extiw" title="w:inessive case">inessive</a> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#singular_number" title="Appendix:Glossary">singular</a> of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="izh"><a href="/wiki/esi#Ingrian" title="esi">esi</a></i></span></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2_2">Etymology 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ees&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Etymology 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lative singular of <i class="Latn mention" lang="izh"><a href="/wiki/esi#Ingrian" title="esi">esi</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">front</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. Akin to <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_language" class="extiw" title="w:Finnish language">Finnish</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/edes#Finnish" title="edes">edes</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Pronunciation_4">Pronunciation</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ees&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingrian_phonology#Ala-Laukaa_dialect" class="extiw" title="w:Ingrian phonology">Ala-Laukaa</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingrian_phonology" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Ingrian phonology">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈeːs/</span>, <span class="IPA">[ˈeːz̠]</span></li> <li><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingrian_phonology#Soikkola_dialect" class="extiw" title="w:Ingrian phonology">Soikkola</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingrian_phonology" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Ingrian phonology">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈeːs/</span>, <span class="IPA">[ˈe̝ːʒ̥]</span></li> <li>Rhymes: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Rhymes:Ingrian/e%CB%90s&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rhymes:Ingrian/eːs (page does not exist)"><span class="IPA">-eːs</span></a></li> <li>Hyphenation: <span class="Latn" lang="izh">ees</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Adverb_3">Adverb</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ees&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Adverb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="izh">ees</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/even" title="even">even</a> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1936</b></span>, D. I. Efimov, <cite>Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa)</cite>, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="izh">Kaik väki jo on töös.<br />Lapsiil omat hoolet on <b>ees</b>.</span><dl><dd><span class="e-translation">All the people are already working.<br /><b>Even</b> children have their own concerns.</span></dd></dl></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Synonyms">Synonyms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ees&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Synonyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="izh"><a href="/wiki/daa%C5%BEe#Ingrian" title="daaže">daaže</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References">References</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ees&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">Ruben E. 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