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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian гэ ().

Noun

ge (plural ges)

  1. The name of the Cyrillic script letter Г / г.

Anagrams

Basque

Pronunciation

Noun

ge inan

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter G/g.

Declension

See also

Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

ge f (plural ges)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter G/g.

Cebuano

Interjection

ge

  1. (informal) Short for sige.

Dutch

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣə/
  • Audio:(file)

Pronoun

ge

  1. (dialectal, colloquial) unstressed form of gij: you
    Da ge bedankt zeet da witte!
    You know I'm thankful!

Usage notes

See usage notes at gij

Declension

Anagrams

East Central German

Etymology

Old High German io.

Adverb

ge

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) ever
    von ge har
    ever since
  2. (Erzgebirgisch) per
  3. (Erzgebirgisch) the

Further reading

  • Alte und neue Gedichte und Geschichten in erzgebirgischer Mundart, 12. Heft., P. 39

Emilian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡe/
  • Hyphenation: ge

Alternative forms

  • Becomes g’ before a vowel (proclitic).
A g’andám edmān.We go there tomorrow.
La g’à parlê.She talked to them.
  • Becomes -eg when acting as an enclitic (after a consonant).
J-eg vān edmān.They go there tomorrow. (imperative, singular)
J-eg dān da fêr.They give her trouble.
  • Becomes -g when acting as an enclitic (after a vowel).
A-g vag edmān.I’m going there tomorrow. (imperative, plural)
A-g pôrt di munjêgi.I bring him some apricots.

Etymology 1

From Latin illī (nominative plural and dative singular of ille). Cognate with Catalan li and Italian gli.

Pronoun

ge (personal, dative case)

  1. him, to him
    Al ge xîva njînta.
    He wasn’t saying anything to him.
  2. her, to her
  3. them, to them

Etymology 2

From Latin hīc (here). Cognate with Catalan hi, French y, Italian ci.

Pronoun

ge (adverbial, locative case)

  1. here, in here
  2. there, in there
    Al ge màt dèinter dl’akwa.
    He puts water in there.

Faroese

Pronunciation

Noun

ge n (genitive singular ges, plural ge)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter G/g.

Declension

n4 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ge geið ge geini
accusative ge geið ge geini
dative ge, gei genum geum geunum
genitive ges gesins gea geanna

See also

Ido

Etymology

From g +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

Noun

ge (plural ge-i)

  1. The name of the Latin script letter G/g.

See also

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch gee.

Pronunciation

Noun

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter G/g.

Synonyms

  • ji (Standard Malay)

See also

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

ge

  1. The hiragana syllable (ge) or the katakana syllable (ge) in Hepburn romanization.

Lashi

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Adjective

ge

  1. good

References

  • Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid, Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

 f (indeclinable)

  1. The name of the letter G.

Coordinate terms

References

  • ge”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
  • ge”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), part III: “Summary of the Ancient Evidence”, page 32: "Clearly there is no question or doubt about the names of the vowels A, E, I, O, U. They are simply long A, long E, etc. (ā, ē, ī, ō, ū). Nor is there any uncertainty with respect to the six mutes B, C, D, G, P, T. Their names are bē, cē, dē, gē, pē, tē (each with a long E). Or about H, K, and Q: they are hā, kā, kū—each, again, with a long vowel sound."

Mandarin

Romanization

ge (ge5 / ge0, Zhuyin ˙ㄍㄜ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of  /

Romanization

ge

  1. Nonstandard spelling of .
  2. Nonstandard spelling of .
  3. Nonstandard spelling of .
  4. Nonstandard spelling of .
  5. Nonstandard spelling of gê̄.

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Mapudungun

A human eye

Noun

ge (Raguileo spelling)

  1. (anatomy) eye
  2. sight, the ability to see.

References

  • Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Middle English

Etymology 1

Pronoun

ge

  1. Alternative form of ye (you)

Etymology 2

Pronoun

ge

  1. Alternative form of heo (she)

Nupe

Pronunciation

Verb

ge

  1. to be good
    U ge àIt's not good

Derived terms

  • gige (goodness; being good)
  • ège (goodness)

Occitan

Noun

ge f (plural ges)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter G/g.

Ojibwe

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adverb

ge

  1. as for
  2. also, too, and

See also

References

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *jiʀ, from *jīz, an early variation of Proto-Germanic *jūz, representing Proto-Indo-European *yūs.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ġē (West Saxon, Anglian)

  1. you (plural): nominative plural of þū
Declension
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *jahw, from *ja + *-hw.

Pronunciation

Conjunction

ġe

  1. and; often doubled as ġe... ġe... ("both... and...")
    • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
      Gyf þonne ǣfre gebyreð þæt þū þē ful hālne and ful trumne ongytst, and hæafst æalle þīne frēond myd þē, ǣġðer ge on mōde ge on līchaman, and on ðām ilcan worce and on ðām ylcan willum ðe ðē best lyst dōn, hweðer þū ðonne wille bēon āwiht blīðe?
      If then it ever happen that thou shalt find thyself full whole and full strong, and hast all thy friends with thee, both in mind and in body, and in that same work and in that same will which pleaseth thee best to do, wilt thou then be happy at all?
Descendants

Old French

Pronoun

ge

  1. Alternative form of je

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin illī.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ge

  1. to her, to it, or to him

Descendants

  • Spanish: se

Rawa

Pronoun

ge

  1. you

References

Romagnol

Noun

ge m or f (invariable)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter G/g.

See also

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cía (although). Cognate with Irish .

Conjunction

ge

  1. (dated) although

Synonyms

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxe/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -e
  • Syllabification: ge

Etymology 1

Noun

ge f (plural ges)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter G/g.

Etymology 2

Latin illī; akin to Portuguese lhe, Italian gli.

Pronoun

ge

  1. Obsolete form of se (as a dative pronoun)

Further reading

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Probably from Ewe (belch).[1]

Verb

ge

  1. to belch, to burp

References

  1. ^ Norval Smith (2009) “A preliminary list of probable Gbe lexical items in the Surinam Creoles”, in P. Muysken, N. Smith, editors, Surviving the Middle Passage: The West Africa-Surinam Sprachbund, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, page 467.

Sumerian

Romanization

ge

  1. Romanization of 𒄀 (ge)

Swedish

Etymology

Apocopic form of giva, with umlaut, from Old Swedish giva, gæva, from Old Norse gefa, from Proto-Germanic *gebaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰab(ʰ)-. Compare Old English giefan (whence English give).

Pronunciation

Verb

ge (present ger, preterite gav, supine gett, imperative ge)

  1. to give
    Synonym: giva (dated)
    • 1541, Gustav Vasa Bible, Book of Matthew, 25:42
      Ty iagh war hungrogh / och j gåffuen migh icke äta. Jagh war torstigh / och j gåffuen migh icke dricka.
      (pre-1906 spelling) Ty jag var hungrig, och I gåfven mig icke äta; jag var törstig, och I gåfven mig icke dricka.
      For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink.
  2. (reflexive) to give up, to surrender, to quit
  3. to give (to exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to yield)

Usage notes

  • The older full conjugation (giva, giver) is complete with present and past participles. The short conjugation (ge, ger) does not provide acceptable forms for participles (*geende, *gedd), but is now the preferred and dominating choice for other cases (ge, ger, gett).

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

Anagrams

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Interjection

ge (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒ)

  1. Clipping of sige.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish ge, the Spanish name of the letter G/g.

Pronunciation

Noun

ge (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒ)

  1. (historical) the name of the Latin-script letter G/g, in the Abecedario
    Synonyms: (in the Filipino alphabet) dyi, (in the Abakada alphabet) ga
Alternative forms

Ternate

Pronunciation

Determiner

ge

  1. (distal) that, those
    namo gethat chicken

Pronoun

ge

  1. (demonstrative) this
    ngori tomau geI want that
    ge fokethat is a cockroach

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Turkish

Pronunciation

Noun

ge (definite accusative geyi, plural geler)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter G/g.

See also

Turkmen

Noun

ge (definite accusative geni, plural geler)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter G/g.

See also

Yoruba

Pronunciation

Verb

  1. (transitive) to cut something; especially using a tool
    Synonym:
  2. to segment into parts
    mo gé e wẹ́lẹ́-wẹ́lẹ́I segmented it into small pieces
  3. (stative, intransitive) to become cut, snapped, or broken
    Synonym:

Derived terms

  • ègé (piece, segment, cutting)
  • ìgé (the act of slicing)

Zaghawa

Pronunciation

Verb

ge

  1. sleep

References