zed

Noun

WORDNET DICTIONARY

zed(n = noun.communication) ezed, izzard, z, zee - the 26th letter of the Roman alphabet; "the British call Z zed and the Scots call it ezed but Americans call it zee"; "he doesn't know A from izzard"

is a member of latin alphabet, roman alphabet

is a kind of alphabetic character, letter, letter of the alphabet

zed, n. [F., probably through It. zeta, fr. L. zeta. See Zeta.].

The letter Z; -- called also zee, and formerly izzard. Shak. [1913 Webster]

zed, n. Brit. the letter Z.

Etymology

F z{egrave}de f. LL zeta f. Gk ZETA

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