The name of the Latin-script letter Z .
"When teaching his toddler how to spell, the teacher emphasized that the last letter is called zee in American English butzed in British English."
To sleep or nap. (Compare zzz, catch some z's.)
"I need to head home early so I can get a few zees before my big presentation tomorrow."
Pronunciation spelling of the, representing primarily French-accented English.
"The teacher corrected his pronunciation by explaining that he should say "thee" instead of "zee."
A surname.
"The famous physicist Zee gave a lecture at our university last week."