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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]]
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*Spanish: [[peque&ntilde;ño]]
{{trans-bottom}}

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

===Etymology 2===
Unknown
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