adj · intj · name · noun · pron · verb · 14 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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wē
/wiː/
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Synonyms: make, urinate, piddle, puddle, micturate, piss, pee, pee-pee, make water, relieve oneself, take a leak, spend a penny, wee-wee, pass water
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: excrete, egest, eliminate, pass
Narrower terms: wet, stale
History
Etymology
From Middle English wey, weygh, wegh, weȝe, wæȝe (“little bit”), from Old English wǣġ, wǣġe (“weight”), from Proto-West Germanic *wāgu, from Proto-Germanic *wēgō (“scales, weight”) and *wēgǭ (“weight”), related to Middle English weġan (“to move, weigh”) (15c).
Borrowed from Hokkien 黃/黄 (Ûin), etc.
Onomatopoeic for the sound of urination. The noun derives from the verb.
See we.
Across languages
Translations
115 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bashkir:
бәләкәй
(bələkəy)
— small, little
Bashkir:
бәләкәс
(bələkəs)
— small, little
Bashkir:
кесе
(kese)
— small, little
Bashkir:
кескәй
(keskəy)
— small, little
Chinese Mandarin:
細小 /细小
(xìxiǎo)
— small, little
Chinese Mandarin:
微小
(wēixiǎo)
— small, little
Czech:
malý
— small, little
Danish:
lille
— small, little
Dutch:
klein
— small, little
Dutch:
petieterig
— small, little
Dutch:
pietepeuterig
— small, little
Finnish:
pikkuruinen
— small, little
French:
petit
— small, little
Georgian:
პაწაწა
(ṗac̣ac̣a)
— small, little
Georgian:
პაწაწინა
(ṗac̣ac̣ina)
— small, little
Georgian:
პაწაწკინტელა
(ṗac̣ac̣ḳinṭela)
— small, little
Georgian:
ციცქნა
(cickna)
— small, little
Georgian:
პატარა
(ṗaṭara)
— small, little
Georgian:
მცირე
(mcire)
— small, little
German:
winzig
— small, little
German:
klein
— small, little
Greek:
μικρούτσικος
(mikroútsikos)
— small, little
Greek:
τοσοσδά
(tososdá)
— small, little
Hebrew:
קטן
(katán)
— small, little
Hungarian:
apró
— small, little
Hungarian:
csöpp
— small, little
Hungarian:
hangyányi
— small, little
Irish:
beag
— small, little
Irish:
mion
— small, little
Italian:
piccolo
— small, little
Japanese:
小っちゃい
(chitchai)
— small, little
Persian:
کوچولو
(kučulu)
— small, little
Polish:
drobny
— small, little
Polish:
mały
— small, little
Portuguese:
pequeno
— small, little
Portuguese:
miúdo
— small, little
Russian:
кро́шечный
(króšečnyj)
— small, little
Russian:
кро́хотный
(króxotnyj)
— small, little
Russian:
малю́сенький
(maljúsenʹkij)
— small, little
Russian:
ма́ленький
(málenʹkij)
— small, little
Russian:
ничто́жный
(ničtóžnyj)
— small, little
Scottish Gaelic:
beag
— small, little
Scottish Gaelic:
meanbh
— small, little
Scottish Gaelic:
mean
— small, little
Scottish Gaelic:
mion
— small, little
Scottish Gaelic:
frith
— small, little
Serbo-Croatian:
mali
— small, little
Serbo-Croatian:
sićušan
— small, little
Spanish:
pequeño
— small, little
Swedish:
liten
— small, little
Turkish:
küçük
— small, little
Urdu:
چھوٹی
(čhōṭī)
— small, little
Czech:
moč
— urine
Czech:
čuránky
— urine
Czech:
chcanky
— urine
Dutch:
pis
— urine
Dutch:
urine
— urine
Finnish:
pissa
— urine
French:
pipi
— urine
German:
Pipi
— urine
Greek:
τσίσα
(tsísa)
— urine
Greek:
πιπί
(pipí)
— urine
Hungarian:
pisi
— urine
Italian:
pipì
— urine
Japanese:
おしっこ
(oshikko)
— urine
Central Kurdish:
میز
(mîz)
— urine
Norwegian:
tiss
— urine
Portuguese:
chichi
— urine
Portuguese:
xixi
— urine
Spanish:
orina
— urine
Spanish:
pis
— urine
Spanish:
pipí
— urine
Swedish:
kiss
— urine
Swedish:
pink
— urine
Swedish:
piss
— urine
Swedish:
urin
— urine
Turkish:
çiş
— urine
Turkish:
sidik
— urine
Ottoman Turkish:
سیدك
(sidik)
— urine
Czech:
čůrání
— act of urination
Dutch:
plas
— act of urination
Finnish:
pissaaminen
— act of urination
Greek:
τσίσα
(tsísa)
— act of urination
Greek:
πιπί
(pipí)
— act of urination
Hungarian:
pisilés
— act of urination
Central Kurdish:
میز کردن
(mîz kirdin)
— act of urination
Norwegian:
tisse
— act of urination
Czech:
čůrat
— to urinate
Czech:
chcát
— to urinate
Dutch:
plassen
— to urinate
Dutch:
pipi doen
— to urinate
Dutch:
wateren
— to urinate
Dutch:
pissen
— to urinate
Dutch:
urineren
— to urinate
Finnish:
pissata
— to urinate
Finnish:
pissiä
— to urinate
French:
faire pipi
— to urinate
German:
pinkeln
— to urinate
German:
pissen
— to urinate
German:
Pipi machen
— to urinate
Greek:
κάνω τσίσα
(káno tsísa)
— to urinate
Greek:
κατουράω
(katouráo)
— to urinate
Italian:
fare la pipì
— to urinate
Central Kurdish:
میز کردن
(mîz kirdin)
— to urinate