slee

See also: Slee and sleë

English

Adjective

slee (comparative sleer, superlative sleest)

1. (dialectal, chiefly Northern England and Scotland) Alternative form of sly
   • 1958, T[erence] H[anbury] White, chapter VIII, in The Once and Future King, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, book I (The Sword in the Stone):

     The beast of foot sings Holdfast only,
     For flesh is bruckle and foot is slee.
     Strength to the strong and the lordly and lonely,
     Timor Mortis Exultat Me.

Anagrams

• sele, lese, lees, EELS, Lees, eels, ELEs, Else, seel, l'ees, else

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch slee.

Noun

slee (plural sleë)

1. sledge
2. sled, sleigh

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sleː/

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• Hyphenation: slee
• Rhymes: -eː

Etymology 1

From older slede, from Middle Dutch slēde, from Old Dutch *slido, from Proto-Germanic *slidô.

Noun

slee f (plural sleeën, diminutive sleetje n)

1. sled, sleigh, wheelless vehicle which glides on land or ice
2. (colloquial) a large/prestigious car

   Synonym: bolide

Alternative forms

• slede

Derived terms

• arrenslee
• bobslee
• hondenslee
• koetsslede
• paardenslee
• prikslee
• rendierslee
• rodelslee
• sledehond
• sleeën
• sleehak

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: slee
• → English: sleigh
• → Papiamentu: slede (dated, from slede)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *slaihǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₃y- (“bluish”); cognate to English sloe, and perhaps with Russian сли́ва (slíva, “plum”).

Noun

slee m (plural sleeën, diminutive sleetje n)

1. blackthorn (Prunus spinosa)

   Synonym: sleedoorn

2. sloe (fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa)

   Synonyms: sleedoorn, sleepruim

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch slêeu, from Proto-Germanic *slaiwaz. Cognate with obsolete German schleh, English slow, Swedish slö.

Adjective

slee (comparative sleeër, superlative sleest)

1. stiff, cramped
2. blunt
3. sour

Declension

Declension of slee
uninflected	slee
inflected	sleeë
comparative	sleeër
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		slee	sleeër	het sleest het sleeste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	sleeë	sleeëre	sleeste
	n. sing.	slee	sleeër	sleeste
	plural	sleeë	sleeëre	sleeste
definite		sleeë	sleeëre	sleeste
partitive		slees	sleeërs	—

Alternative forms

• sleeuw

Synonyms

• stroef
• bot, stomp
• wrang, zuur

Related terms

• sleeuwig
• sleeuwigheid

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

slee

1. inflection of sleeën:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Anagrams

• lees