pee

See also: Pee, PEE, peé, peẽ, pêe, p'ee, and pêê

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiː/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -iː
• Homophones: P, p, pea

Etymology 1

The initial letter of piss. Compare eff.

Noun

pee (countable and uncountable, plural pees)

1. (chiefly Canada, US, Australia) Urine.
   • 2024 February 17 (last accessed), Jenny Morber, “Scientists turn pee into power in Uganda”, in Upworthy Science‎^[1]:

     With conventional fuel cells as their model, researchers learned to use similar chemical reactions to make a fuel from microbes in pee. […] They got to use new, clean toilets lit by the power of their own pee. […] Microorganisms that feed on nutrients in urine can be used in a microbial fuel cell that generates electricity – or "pee power," as the Sesame girls called it.

2. (chiefly Canada, US, Australia) An act of urination.

   He was dying for a pee.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:urine

Coordinate terms

• poo

Derived terms

• gnat's pee
• pee bottle
• pee-on
• pee-pee
• pee play
• pee pot
• pee shivers
• pee shy
• take the pee
• white pee

 

Translations

urine — see also urine

• Albanian: shurrë (sq) f
• Arabic: بَوْل m (bawl)

  Hijazi Arabic: شُخَّان m (šuḵḵān), بول m (bōl) (formal)

• Armenian: մեզ (hy) (mez)
• Bashkir: һейҙек (heyźek)
• Bulgarian: пикня f (piknja), урина f (urina)
• Burmese: သေး (my) (se:)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 小便 (siu² bin⁶), 殊殊 (syu⁴ syu^4-2) (childish)

  Mandarin: 小便 (zh) (xiǎobiàn), 尿泡 (zh) (niàopāo)

• Danish: pis (da), tis (da)
• Dutch: plas (nl)
• Estonian: piss (et)
• Finnish: pissa (fi), pisu (fi), pissi (fi)
• French: pipi (fr) m
• Georgian: შარდი (ka) (šardi), ფსელი (pseli), ფისი (pisi) (baby language)
• German: Pipi (de) n
• Greek: κατουρλιό (el) n (katourlió), κάτουρο (el) n (kátouro), τσίσα (el) n pl (tsísa)
• Hebrew: שתן (he) (sheten)
• Hungarian: pisi (hu)
• Icelandic: piss n
• Inari Sami: cissâ
• Irish: mún m
• Japanese: おしっこ (ja) (o-shikko), しーしー (shīshī), ちっち (chitchi)
• Khmer: នោម (km) (noom)
• Latgalian: slapīņs m
• Latvian: mīzali pl
• Macedonian: мочка f (močka)
• Malay: kencing (ms)
• Marathi: सुसु (susu), सू f (sū)
• Northern Sami: cisˈsa
• Norwegian: tiss (no) n
• Old English: miċġa m, miċġe f, migoþa m, hland (ang) n
• Persian: جیش (fa) (jiš)
• Polish: siusiu (pl), siki (pl) pl
• Portuguese: chichi (pt) (Portugal), xixi (pt) (Brazil), pipi (pt)
• Romanian: pipi (ro) n
• Russian: моча́ (ru) f (močá), пипи́ n (pipí)
• Spanish: pis (es), pipí (es) m, (Chile) pichí (es) m, chis (es)
• Swedish: kiss (sv) n
• Turkish: çiş (tr)
• Urdu: شُوشُو (śūśū), سُوسُو (sūsū)
• Vietnamese: nước đái (vi), nước tiểu (vi)
• Welsh: pisiad

Verb

pee (third-person singular simple present pees, present participle peeing, simple past and past participle peed)

1. (intransitive, colloquial) To urinate.

   The schoolboy called out to his friend while he was peeing in the urinal.

   The delivery driver took a minute to pee in the woods between houses.

   1. (reflexive) To urinate on oneself.
      • 1972, “Thick As A Brick”, Ian Anderson (lyrics), performed by Jethro Tull:

        See there! A son is born
        And we pronounce him fit to fight
        There are blackheads on his shoulders
        And he pees himself in the night.

   2. (transitive) To urinate in or on something, particularly clothing.

      I was so excited, I peed the bed!

2. (mildly vulgar, intransitive, colloquial) To drizzle.

   It's peeing with rain.

Synonyms

• wee (UK)
• urinate
• See Thesaurus:urinate

Coordinate terms

• poo

Derived terms

• pee-er
• pee in one's pants
• pee in someone's cornflakes
• pee like a racehorse
• pee off
• pee oneself
• pee one's pants
• pee on someone's cornflakes
• stand-to-pee

 

Translations

urinate — see also urinate

• Arabic: بَوَّلَ (bawwala)

  Hijazi Arabic: شَخّ (šaḵḵ)

• Armenian: միզել (hy) (mizel), (childish) չիշիկ անել (čʻišik anel)
• Bashkir: һейеү (heyew)
• Bulgarian: пикая (bg) (pikaja), уринирам (bg) (uriniram)
• Burmese: သေးပေါက် (my) (se:pauk)
• Catalan: pixar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 小便 (siu² bin⁶), 屙尿 (yue) (o¹ niu⁶), 屙殊殊 (o¹ syu⁴ syu²) (childish), 殊殊 (syu⁴ syu²) (childish)

  Mandarin: 撒尿 (zh) (sāniào), 尿泡 (zh) (niàopāo), 小便 (zh) (xiǎobiàn)

• Czech: čůrat (cs) impf
• Danish: tisse (da), pisse
• Dutch: plassen (nl)
• Faroese: pissa
• Finnish: pissata (fi), pisauttaa
• French: faire pipi (fr), uriner (fr)
• Georgian: შარდვა (šardva), ფსმა (psma)
• German: pinkeln (de), Pipi machen, pullern (de)
• Greek: κατουρώ (el) (katouró)
• Hebrew: השתין (he) (hishtín)
• Hungarian: pisil (hu)
• Icelandic: pissa
• Indonesian: kencing (id)
• Irish: déan mún
• Japanese: おしっこをする (o-shikko o suru), 小便をする (shōben o suru)
• Kazakh: сию (siü)
• Latgalian: meizt, slapynuotīs, atvari pl
• Latin: meiō, mingō
• Latvian: mīzt, čurāt
• Macedonian: моча (moča), мочка (močka) (of children)
• Maori: mimi
• Marathi: सू करणे (sū karṇe), सुसु करणे (susu karṇe)
• Norwegian: tisse (no), pisse, urinere, late vannet
• Occitan: pissar (oc)
• Old English: mīgan
• Polish: sikać (pl), siusiać (pl) impf
• Portuguese: fazer chichi (Portugal), fazer xixi (Brazil)
• Romanian: pișa (ro), face pipi, urina (ro)
• Russian: пи́сать (ru) (písatʹ), мочи́ться (ru) (močítʹsja), си́кать (ru) (síkatʹ)
• Slovene: lulati (sl) impf
• Spanish: hacer pis, mear (es), hacer chichí, hacer pipí (es), hacer chis
• Swahili: gura (sw)
• Swedish: kissa (sv), pissa (sv), pinka (sv)
• Tagalog: pag-ihi
• Tatar: сию (siyu)
• Turkish: çiş yapmak (tr), işemek (tr)
• Vietnamese: đái (vi), tiểu (vi)
• Walloon: fé pipisse (wa)

Etymology 2

Noun

pee (plural pees)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter P/p.
   • 1985, Stephen King, Paranoid: A Chant:

     They have writing samples and examine the back loops of pees and the crosses of tees.

   • 2004, Will Rogers, The Stonking Steps, page 170:

     It said, in a whispering, buzzing voice, "Gee-you-ess-ess-ay-dash-em-ee-ar-ar-wye-dash-em-eye-en-gee-oh-dash-pee-eye-pee-dash-pee-ee-ar-ar-wye-dash-pee-eye-en-gee-oh."

Derived terms

• elpee
• mind one's pees and cues
• pee bee and jay
• PeeCee
• peejays
• teepee
• veepee

 

Translations

name of the letter P, p

• Afrikaans: pee
• Arabic: بِيه m (bīh), پِي m (pī) (rare, using a Persian letter), بِي m (bī) (same as bee)
• Bengali: পি (pi)
• Burmese: ပီ (my) (pi)
• Catalan: pe (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (English letter names are called as in English, no other standard Mandarin name exists)

• Czech: pé (cs)
• Esperanto: po (eo)
• Faroese: pe n
• Finnish: pee (fi)
• French: pé (fr) m
• Galician: pe (gl) m
• Greek: πι (el) (pi)
• Hawaiian: pī
• Hindi: पी (hi) (pī)
• Hungarian: pé (hu)
• Icelandic: pé
• Ido: pe (io)
• Irish: pé, peith
• Japanese: ピー (ja) (pī)
• Korean: 피 (ko) (pi)
• Latin: pē (la)
• Macedonian: пе n (pe)
• Malay: pi (ms)
• Marathi: पी (pī)
• Occitan: pe (oc) f
• Polish: pe (pl) n
• Portuguese: pê (pt) m
• Russian: пи (ru) n (pi) (English), пэ (ru) n (pɛ)
• Spanish: pe (es) f
• Thai: พี (th) (pii)
• Turkish: pe (tr)
• Vietnamese: pê (vi), pờ (vi)
• Welsh: pi (cy) f

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee / zed

Etymology 3

Spelling of the abbreviation p of pence.

Noun

pee (plural pee)

1. (British, Ireland, colloquial) Pence; penny (a quantity of money)

   I bought these carrots for fifty pee.

   I can't afford that — I'm one pee short.

Usage notes

• Only used to refer to decimal pence (the symbol for the old penny having been abbreviated d).

Synonyms

• (plural): p, pence
• (singular): p, penny

Etymology 4

See peak.

Noun

pee (plural pees)

1. (nautical) The bill of an anchor.

Etymology 5

Alternative forms

• pea

Noun

pee (plural pees)

1. The sliding weight on a steelyard.

Anagrams

• Epe, eep

Estonian

Noun

pee (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. The name of the Latin-script letter P/p.

Noun

pee (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. euphemism: arse, bum

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeː/, [ˈpe̞ː]
• Rhymes: -eː
• Syllabification^(key): pee

Etymology 1

Probably from the Swedish letter name, itself ultimately from Latin pē.

Noun

pee

1. pee (The name of the Latin-script letter P/p.)

Declension

Inflection of pee (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
nominative		pee	peet
genitive		peen	peiden peitten
partitive		peetä	peitä
illative		peehen	peihin
		singular	plural
nominative		pee	peet
accusative	nom.	pee	peet
	gen.	peen
genitive		peen	peiden peitten
partitive		peetä	peitä
inessive		peessä	peissä
elative		peestä	peistä
illative		peehen	peihin
adessive		peellä	peillä
ablative		peeltä	peiltä
allative		peelle	peille
essive		peenä	peinä
translative		peeksi	peiksi
abessive		peettä	peittä
instructive		—	pein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of pee (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative peeni peeni accusative nom. peeni peeni gen. peeni genitive peeni peideni peitteni partitive peetäni peitäni inessive peessäni peissäni elative peestäni peistäni illative peeheni peihini adessive peelläni peilläni ablative peeltäni peiltäni allative peelleni peilleni essive peenäni peinäni translative peekseni peikseni abessive peettäni peittäni instructive — — comitative — peineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative peesi peesi accusative nom. peesi peesi gen. peesi genitive peesi peidesi peittesi partitive peetäsi peitäsi inessive peessäsi peissäsi elative peestäsi peistäsi illative peehesi peihisi adessive peelläsi peilläsi ablative peeltäsi peiltäsi allative peellesi peillesi essive peenäsi peinäsi translative peeksesi peiksesi abessive peettäsi peittäsi instructive — — comitative — peinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative peemme peemme accusative nom. peemme peemme gen. peemme genitive peemme peidemme peittemme partitive peetämme peitämme inessive peessämme peissämme elative peestämme peistämme illative peehemme peihimme adessive peellämme peillämme ablative peeltämme peiltämme allative peellemme peillemme essive peenämme peinämme translative peeksemme peiksemme abessive peettämme peittämme instructive — — comitative — peinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative peenne peenne accusative nom. peenne peenne gen. peenne genitive peenne peidenne peittenne partitive peetänne peitänne inessive peessänne peissänne elative peestänne peistänne illative peehenne peihinne adessive peellänne peillänne ablative peeltänne peiltänne allative peellenne peillenne essive peenänne peinänne translative peeksenne peiksenne abessive peettänne peittänne instructive — — comitative — peinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative peensä peensä accusative nom. peensä peensä gen. peensä genitive peensä peidensä peittensä partitive peetään peetänsä peitään peitänsä inessive peessään peessänsä peissään peissänsä elative peestään peestänsä peistään peistänsä illative peehensä peihinsä adessive peellään peellänsä peillään peillänsä ablative peeltään peeltänsä peiltään peiltänsä allative peelleen peellensä peilleen peillensä essive peenään peenänsä peinään peinänsä translative peekseen peeksensä peikseen peiksensä abessive peettään peettänsä peittään peittänsä instructive — — comitative — peineen peinensä

Derived terms

compounds

• peeärrä

 

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) kirjain; aa, bee, see, dee, ee, äf / äffä, gee, hoo, ii, jii, koo, äl / ällä, äm / ämmä, än / ännä, oo, pee, kuu, är / ärrä, äs / ässä, tee, uu, vee, kaksoisvee / tuplavee, äks / äksä, yy, tset / tseta, ruotsalainen oo, ää, öö

Etymology 2

From the first letter of paska (“shit”).

Noun

pee

1. (uncountable, euphemistic) shit.

Etymology 3

From the first letter of perse (“arse”).

Noun

pee

1. (uncountable, euphemistic) arse

   Kaikki on päin peetä.

   Everything is fucked up.

Further reading

• “pee”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2024-01-01

Old Galician-Portuguese

FWOTD – 19 July 2013

Alternative forms

• pé

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pedem, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds. Cognate with Old Spanish pie and Old French pié.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.e/

Noun

pee m (plural pees)

1. foot
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 127 (facsimile):

     Eſta e como ſanta maria nȯ q̇s q̇ entraſſe na ſa eigreia do poe un mancebo q̇ dera aſſa madre un couce ⁊ el pois uiu q̇ nȯ podia enẗr cortoo pee ⁊ de pois ſãou ſanta maria.

     This one is (about) how Holy Mary didn't want that a young man, who had kicked his mother, entered her church in Puy. And he, seeing that he couldn't enter, cut his foot and later Holy Mary healed it.

Descendants

• Galician: pé
• Portuguese: pé

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛˈɛ/

Pronoun

pee

1. you, ye (second person plural)

References

• http://tupi.fflch.usp.br/

Spanish

Verb

pee

1. inflection of peer:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Tobilung

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paʀih.

Noun

pee

1. stingray

Võro

Noun

pee (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. The name of the Latin-script letter P/p.

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Yola

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piː/

Etymology 1

From Middle English pye.

Noun

pee

1. pie (pastry food)

Etymology 2

From Middle English pye.

Noun

pee

1. pie (woodpecker)

Derived terms

• maggota-pee

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 61 & 55