zed

¹

[ zed ]

noun

, Chiefly British.

1. the letter Z or z.
2. a Z-bar.

Zed

²

[ zed ]

noun

1. a male given name, form of Zedekiah.

zed

/ zɛd /

noun

1. the British spoken form of the letter z US wordzee

Word History and Origins

Origin of zed¹

1400–50; late Middle English < Middle French zede < Latin zēta < Greek zêta zeta

Word History and Origins

Origin of zed¹

C15: from Old French zede, via Late Latin from Greek zēta

Example Sentences

While zed in the Russian Cyrillic alphabet is written differently - and looks like a 3 - most Russians recognise Latin letters.

From BBC

Her work may not have entailed much glamour, or glamor, as she slogged her way from “eh to zed,” as a reporter for the Globe and Mail once joked.

From Washington Post

It’s a testament to the screenwriters that between them they have made this friendship into a three-dimensional, A to zed story.

From Washington Times

At a conference in downtown Manhattan, I met the founder of the famous though usually pointless series of talks—it rhymes with “zed”—and we had a great discussion.

From Wall Street Journal

He tilted it in the failing light, admiring the zed- like g, the curly b, and the curved t, like the blade of a plough.

From Literature