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English
Etymology 1
A minced oath from the word Jesus.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Interjection
geez
- (euphemistic) An exclamation denoting surprise or frustration.
- Synonyms: sheesh; see also Thesaurus:wow
Geez, that was one hell of a week.
Derived terms
Translations
exclamation denoting surprise or frustration
- Bulgarian: Исусе (Isuse)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 天啊 (zh) (tiān a)
- Dutch: Jasses
- Estonian: Issand
- Finnish: jessus, jösses (fi), kiesus
- French: ciel (fr), mon Dieu (fr), Dieu (fr), Sainte Vierge (fr), bon sang (fr)
- German: jessas
- Hungarian: Jézus (hu), jesszus, jesszusom, atyaég
- Italian: accidenti (it), cribbio (it)
- Japanese: なんてこった (nantekotta), ああ (ja) (ā)
- Korean: 이런 (ko) (ireon)
- Latin: edepol
- Norwegian: i jesu navn
- Polish: Jezu (pl), jeju
- Portuguese: Jesus! (pt), Gzuis (slang)
- Romanian: Doamne
- Russian: бо́же (ru) (bóže), чёрт (ru) (čort), блин (ru) (blin)
- Spanish: ¡Jesús! (es)
- Swedish: jösses (sv), jisses (sv)
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exclamation of incredulity
Etymology 2
Abbreviation of geezer.
Pronunciation
Noun
geez
- (UK, Ireland, slang) Informal address to a male.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:friend
Hi geez, you alright?
Basque
Noun
geez
- instrumental plural of ge
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Noun
geez m (uncountable)
- Ge'ez (an extinct Semitic language of Ethiopia)
- Synonym: etiópico antigo