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Z.

The twenty-sixth letter of the English alphabet, called zed or zee and written in the Latin script.

1 character1 syllables approx.English language

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character/zɛd/Australia, Canada, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK/zi/US/(i)ˈzeɖ/South-Asia/(j)iˈzɛd/Guangdong, Hong-Kong

  1. The twenty-sixth letter of the English alphabet, called zed or zee and written in the Latin script.

    letter · uppercase
noun/zɛd/Australia, Canada, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK/zi/US/(i)ˈzeɖ/South-Asia/(j)iˈzɛd/Guangdong, Hong-Kong

  1. A member of Generation Z.

  2. Z-drug.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.