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Define:Wee
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==English==

===Pronunciation===
*{{enPR|wē}}, {{IPA|/wiː/}}, {{SAMPA|/wi:/}}
*{{audio|en-us-wee.ogg|Audio (US)}}
*:{{rhymes|iː}}

====Homophones====
*[[we]]
*[[whee]] (''in accents with the [[wine-whine merger]]'')
*[[w:Wii|Wii]]

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

====Adjective====
{{en-adj|weer|weest}}

# {{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|-}}

# {{context|colloquial|uncountable}} [[urine]]
# {{colloquial}} An act of [[urination]].
#:''to have a '''wee'''''

=====Translations====⏎
{{rfc-level|Translations at L3+ (AutoFormat would have corrected level of Translations)}}=
{{trans-top|urine}}
*Dutch: [[pis]] {{m}}, [[urine]] {{f}}
*Finnish: [[pissa]]
*French: [[pipi]] {{m}}
*German: [[Pipi]] {{n}}
*Italian: [[pipì]] {{f}}
{{trans-mid}}
*Kurdish: {{KUchar|[[میز]]}}
*Norwegian: [[tiss]] {{n}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|act of urination}}
*Finnish: [[pissaaminen]]
{{trans-mid}}
*Kurdish: {{KUchar|[[میز کردن]]}}
*Norwegian: [[tisse]]
{{trans-bottom}}

====Verb====
{{en-verb|wees|weeing|weed|weed}}

# {{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|[[میز کردن]]}}
*Spanish: [[hacer]] [[pis]]
{{trans-bottom}}

===Anagrams===
*[[ewe]]

===See also===
*[[wee wee]]

[[Category:English homophones]]
[[Category:Unknown etymology]]

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==Dutch==

===Noun===
{{infl|nl|noun|g=f}}

# [[contraction|Contraction]] during [[labour]] or [[childbirth]].

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==Scots==

===Pronunciation===
*{{enPR|wē}}, {{IPA|/wiː/}}, {{SAMPA|/wi:/}}
*{{audio|en-us-wee.ogg|Audio (US)}}

===Adjective===
{{sco-adj}}

# [[small]], [[little]]

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

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