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{{also|Appendix:Variations of "ee"}}
==English==

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|en|enm|-ee}}, {{m|enm|-e|-ē}}, from {{der|en|xno|-}} and {{der|en|fro|-ee}}, {{der|en|fr|-é}}, {{m|fr|-ée}}, endings forming past participle of verbs ending in {{m|fr|-er}}. {{doublet|en|-ate}}. More distantly related to inherited {{cognate|en|-ed}}.

====Suffix====
{{en-suffix}}

# {{non-gloss|Added to transitive verbs to form words meaning a person or thing that is the [[object]] of that [[verb]] (i.e., to whom or to which an action is done).}}
#: {{synonyms|en|-ed}}
#: {{antonyms|en|-er}}
#: {{suffixusex|en|examine|examinee}}
#: {{suffixusex|en|interview|interviewee}}
#: {{suffixusex|en|train|trainee}}
#: {{suffixusex|en|employ|employee}}
# {{non-gloss|Less commonly added to intransitive verbs to form words meaning a person or thing that is the [[subject]] of that [[verb]] (that is, who or that does an action).}}
#: {{suffixusex|en|absent|absentee}}
#: {{suffixusex|en|respond|respondee}}
#: {{suffixusex|en|stand|standee}}
#: {{suffixusex|en|post|postee}}
# {{lb|en|law}} {{non-gloss|Used to form words meaning a person who is the other party to a [[contract#Noun|contract]] or other [[transaction]] involving a person described by the corresponding word ending in {{m|en|-or}}.}}
#: {{antonyms|en|-or}}
#: {{suffixusex|en|assign|assignee}}
#: {{suffixusex|en|legate|legatee}}
#: {{suffixusex|en|mortgage|mortgagee}}
# {{lb|en|medicine}} {{non-gloss|Used to form words meaning a person who has [[undergo]]ne a particular [[medical]] [[procedure]].}}
#: {{suffixusex|en|laryngectomy|laryngectomee}}
# {{non-gloss|Irregularly added to nouns to mean a person somehow associated with the object denoted by the noun.}}
#: {{suffixusex|en|barge|bargee}}
#: {{suffixusex|en|tender|tenderee}}
#: {{suffixusex|en|venereal|venerealee}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{suffixsee|en}}

=====Translations=====
''The translation tables below are a guide only. See individual words formed using this suffix for more precise translations.''
{{trans-top|forming words meaning a person to whom or a thing to which an action is done}}
* Albanian: {{t|sq|-të}}, {{t|sq|-atë}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|-ato}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|-tu}}
* French: {{t+|fr|-é|m}}, {{t+|fr|-ée|f}}
* German: {{t+|de|ge-}} {{qualifier|prefix}} + {{t+|de|-er|m}}, {{t+|de|-e|f}}, {{t+|de|-es|n}}, {{t+|de|-en|p}} {{qualifier|strong}}, {{t+|de|-e}} {{qualifier|weak}}
* Ido: {{t|io|-ato}}, {{t|io|-ario}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|-ato|m}}, {{t|it|-ata|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|被|tr=hi-}} {{qualifier|prefix}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|-ado|m}}, {{t+|es|-ada|f}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|-ai}}
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{{trans-top|forming words meaning a person who or a thing that does an action, especially where a passive sense of the verb is implied}}
* French: {{t+|fr|-eur|m}}, {{t+|fr|-euse|f}}
* Italian: {{t|it|-tore|m}}, {{t|it|-trice|f}}
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{{trans-top|law: forming words meaning a person who is the other party to a contract}}
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{{trans-top|medicine: forming words meaning a person who has undergone a particular medical procedure}}
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{{trans-top|irregularly added to nouns to mean a person somehow associated with the object denoted by the noun}}
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* Slovak: {{t-check|sk|-ec}}
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===Etymology 2===
Perhaps a variation on {{m|en|-ie}} and {{m|en|-y}}<ref>T.F. Hoad, ''Concise Dictionary of English Etymology'', {{ISBN|978-0-19-283098-2}}; headword ''-ee''</ref>

====Suffix====
{{en-suffix}}

# {{ng|Used to form diminutives.}}
#: {{suffixusex|en|boot|bootee}}
#: {{suffixusex|en|goat|goatee}}
#: {{suffixusex|en|settle|settee}}

=====Synonyms=====
* {{sense|diminutive affix}} {{l|en|mini-}}, {{l|en|micro-}}, {{l|en|nano-}}, {{l|en|-ette}}, {{l|en|-y}}, {{l|en|-icle}}/{{l|en|-cule}}/{{l|en|-ule}}/{{l|en|-ole}}

=====Antonyms=====
* {{antsense|diminutive affix}} {{l|en|super-}}, {{l|en|supra-}}, {{l|en|hyper-}}, {{l|en|ultra-}}, {{l|en|uber-}}, {{l|en|macro-}}, {{l|en|arch-}}, {{l|en|over-}}, {{l|en|mega-}}, {{l|en|giga-}}, {{l|en|-zilla}}, {{l|en|grand}}, {{l|en|great}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|en|bootee}}
* {{l|en|goatee}}
* {{l|en|settee}}

=====Translations=====
''The translation table below is a guide only. See individual words formed using this prefix for more precise translations.''
{{trans-top|used to form diminutives}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|-cska}}/{{t+|hu|-cske}}
* Italian: {{t|it|-etto}}, {{t+|it|-ino}}
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===Etymology 3===

====Suffix====
{{en-suffix}}

# {{lb|en|offensive|derogatory}} {{n-g|Used in mimicking English as stereotypically spoken by the Chinese.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1897|title=The Outlook|volume=56|page=1044
|passage="No '''stealee'''. You no '''thinkee'''? Chinaman no '''thinkee stealee'''!" he said, earnestly.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1938|title=Minnesota Journal of Education|volume=19|page=52
|passage=A Chinaman had a toothache, and phoned a dentist for an appointment. Doctor: "Two-thirty all right?" Chinaman: "Yes, tooth '''hurtee''', all light. What time I come?"}}

=====Related terms=====
* {{l|en|no tickee, no washee}}

===References===
<references/>

==Finnish==

===Etymology===
See {{m|fi|-ea}}. With vowel assimilation.

===Suffix===
{{fi-suffix|adjective}} {{tlb|fi|colloquial|or|dialectal}}

# {{alternative form of|fi|-ea}}

====Usage notes====
* Predominant type in the Tavastian and Savonian dialects. Well preserved even in urban speech. 
* Used in the same way as the standard {{m|fi||-ea}}: e.g. {{m|fi||korkee}} "high", standard {{m|fi|korkea}}.
* Especially in the Savonian dialects, shorter words with the suffix are subject to consonant gemination: {{m|fi||pimeä}} > {{m|fi||pimmee}}.

==Latin==

===Pronunciation===
*{{la-IPA|}}

===Suffix===
{{head|la|suffix form}}

# {{inflection of|la|-eus||voc|m|s}}

==Manx==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|gv|sga|-igidir}} (whence also {{cog|ga|-igh}} and {{cog|gd|-ich}}), originally a [[denominative]] verb formative, from {{inh|gv|cel-pro|*-sagyetor}}; compare {{cog|cy|-hau}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|gv|/i/}}

===Suffix===
{{gv-suffix|v}}

# {{n-g|Suffix used to form verbs from nouns.}}

====Usage notes====
* Affixed verbs ending in ''-ee'' form a sizeable number of verbs. Some monosyllabic verbs in Manx (which historically are '''not''' from affixes), however, are ''not'' a result of affixation, such as [[niee]] "to wash".

====Derived terms====
{{suffixsee|gv}}

====See also====
* {{l|gv|-al}}

==Navajo==

===Suffix===
{{head|nv|suffix}}

# ''[[adverb]]ializing enclitic''
#: {{uxi|nv|[[hashkéhee]]|in a mean or angry way}}
#: {{uxi|nv|[[tąądee]]|slowly, leisurely, gradually, little by little}}
#: {{uxi|nv|[[tʼáá ádíláahee]]|in an annoying manner}}
#: {{uxi|nv|[[tʼáá łaʼ bizhiʼee]]|united, all standing together}}
#: {{uxi|nv|[[tʼáá naʼńleʼee]]|sloppily, carelessly, roughly}}
#: {{uxi|nv|[[tʼáadoo yistiʼee]]|freely, boldly, without hesitation}}
#: {{uxi|nv|[[tʼáá nanitʼinee]]|secretly, covertly}}
#: {{uxi|nv|[[tsʼísee kehgo]]|physically, carnally}}

==Spanish==

===Suffix===
{{head|es|suffix form}}

# {{es-verb form of|-ear}}