English Dictionary

-ee

接尾辞

形態素

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).

日本語の意味

（動詞の目的語を表すための接尾辞）動作が及ぶ対象、つまり、その動作を受ける人や物を指す。

Linguists often explain that the suffix -ee denotes a person or thing that is the object of a transitive verb, as when someone is employed or when someone is nominated.

言語学者はしばしば、「他動詞の対象となる人や物」を意味する接尾辞が行為を受ける者を示すと説明し、たとえば雇用される人や指名される人のような例を挙げます。

意味（1）

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).

examine + -ee → examinee

意味（2）

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).

absent + -ee → absentee

意味（3）

(law) Used to form words meaning a person who is the other party to a contract or other transaction involving a person described by the corresponding word ending in -or.

assign + -ee → assignee

意味（4）

(medicine) Used to form words meaning a person who has undergone a particular medical procedure.

laryngectomy + -ee → laryngectomee

意味（5）

Irregularly added to nouns to mean a person somehow associated with the object denoted by the noun.

barge + -ee → bargee