sis

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English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɪs/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Rhymes: -ɪs
Homophone: cis

Noun

sis (plural sises or sisses)

(informal) Clipping of sister.
big sis
- 1980, Stephen King, The Wedding Gig:
  My sis is tying the knot. I want you to play for the reception.

Synonyms

(sister): sissy

Translations

sister

Arabic: أخت (ar) f, أخوات f pl
Chinese:
Mandarin: 姐妹 (zh) (jiěmèi)
Esperanto: franjo (eo)
Finnish: systeri (fi)
French: frangine (fr) f, sœurette (fr) f
Galician: irmá (gl) f
German: Schwesterchen (de) n
Japanese: 姉ちゃん (ねえちゃん, nēchan), 姉 (ja) (ねえ, nē) (elder)
Malay: kak (ms)
Portuguese: irmãzinha f, maninha (pt) f (informal)
Russian: сестрёнка (ru) f (sestrjónka), сестри́ца (ru) f (sestríca), сестри́чка (ru) f (sestríčka)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: сека

Roman: seka (sh)
Swedish: syrra (sv) c

Pronoun

sis (third-person singular, feminine, nominative case)

(chiefly African-American Vernacular, slang) she
- 2023 February 2, ㅊ (@jaja_girly), Twitter‎^[1]:
  sis is living my delusions, happy for her
- 2023 February 1, KB (@MzKRB), Twitter‎^[2]:
  The internalized colorism that has inflicted Will is just… Referring to gorgeous Veronica as “Black bald dark-skin woman.” How she didn’t snatch him from his Mama’s highchair I do not know.. Sis dodged all the bullets.. #loveisblindbrazil
- 2022 September 29, Kahlen Barry (@KahlenBarry), Twitter‎^[3]:
  “Sue Me” sis snapped
- 2023 January 3, sésé/gee☆♱ (@d0llydeathw1sh), Twitter‎^[4]:
  sis really said fuck the police go off
- 2023 January 3, amanda 🍒(@ amc0124), Twitter‎^[5]:
  Call me when ur 3 year old daughter knows SZA lyrics, girl said “you still playin the pick me, I’m still playin the victim” we don’t care if it’s backwards sis learned that all on her own 🥹

Anagrams

ISS, SSI

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Unknown. Cognate with Turkish sis.

Noun

sis (definite accusative sisi, plural sislər)

fog
Synonyms: duman, çən

Declension

Declension of sis
	singular	plural
nominative	sis	sislər
definite accusative	sisi	sisləri
dative	sisə	sislərə
locative	sisdə	sislərdə
ablative	sisdən	sislərdən
definite genitive	sisin	sislərin

Possessive forms of sis
	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	sisim	sislərim
sənin (“your”)	sisin	sislərin
onun (“his/her/its”)	sisi	sisləri
bizim (“our”)	sisimiz	sislərimiz
sizin (“your”)	sisiniz	sisləriniz
onların (“their”)	sisi or sisləri	sisləri
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	sisimi	sislərimi
sənin (“your”)	sisini	sislərini
onun (“his/her/its”)	sisini	sislərini
bizim (“our”)	sisimizi	sislərimizi
sizin (“your”)	sisinizi	sislərinizi
onların (“their”)	sisini or sislərini	sislərini
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	sisimə	sislərimə
sənin (“your”)	sisinə	sislərinə
onun (“his/her/its”)	sisinə	sislərinə
bizim (“our”)	sisimizə	sislərimizə
sizin (“your”)	sisinizə	sislərinizə
onların (“their”)	sisinə or sislərinə	sislərinə
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	sisimdə	sislərimdə
sənin (“your”)	sisində	sislərində
onun (“his/her/its”)	sisində	sislərində
bizim (“our”)	sisimizdə	sislərimizdə
sizin (“your”)	sisinizdə	sislərinizdə
onların (“their”)	sisində or sislərində	sislərində
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	sisimdən	sislərimdən
sənin (“your”)	sisindən	sislərindən
onun (“his/her/its”)	sisindən	sislərindən
bizim (“our”)	sisimizdən	sislərimizdən
sizin (“your”)	sisinizdən	sislərinizdən
onların (“their”)	sisindən or sislərindən	sislərindən
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	sisimin	sislərimin
sənin (“your”)	sisinin	sislərinin
onun (“his/her/its”)	sisinin	sislərinin
bizim (“our”)	sisimizin	sislərimizin
sizin (“your”)	sisinizin	sislərinizin
onların (“their”)	sisinin or sislərinin	sislərinin

Bouyei

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *siːᴮ (“four”), from Middle Chinese 四 (MC sijH, “four”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-ləj (“four”). Cognate with Thai สี่ (sìi), Northern Thai ᩈᩦ᩵, Lao ສີ່ (sī), Lü ᦉᦲᧈ (ṡii¹), Tai Dam ꪎꪲ꪿, Shan သီႇ (sìi), Tai Nüa ᥔᥤᥱ (sǐ), Ahom 𑜏𑜣 (sī), Zhuang seiq.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /si˧˥/

Numeral

**Bouyei cardinal numbers**
< 3	4	5 >
Cardinal : sis

sis

four

Synonyms

siq (in loanwords from Chinese)

Catalan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈsis]
Rhymes: -is

Etymology 1

**Catalan numbers ^(edit)**
	60
← 5	6	7 →
Cardinal: sis Ordinal (Central): sisè Ordinal (Valencian): sisé Ordinal (Latinate): sext Ordinal abbreviation (Central): 6è Ordinal abbreviation (Valencian): 6é Ordinal abbreviation (Latinate): 6t Multiplier: sèxtuple
Catalan Wikipedia article on 6

Inherited from Latin sex, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

Numeral

sis m or f

(cardinal number) six

Noun

sis m (plural sisos)

six

Etymology 2

Noun

sis

plural of si

References

“sis” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈsɪs]
Rhymes: -ɪs

Contraction

sis

Contraction of jsi + si.

Usage notes

When using a reflexive verb in the second-person singular past form and in conditional, the auxiliary verb být (“to be”) is replaced with just -s appended to the reflexive pronoun se, si. The full form “jsi se”, “jsi si” is proscribed as hypercorrect.

Related terms

ses

Dutch

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ɪs

Verb

sis

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

French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sessus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /si/
Audio: (file)

Participle

sis (feminine sise, masculine plural sis, feminine plural sises)

past participle of seoir

Verb

sis

(rare) first/second-person singular past historic of seoir
- 1785, Charles Baudelaire, Annales poétique depuis l’origine de la poésie françoise, Tome 33‎^[6]:
  Au carabet, lorſque je ſis à table,
  Je ne bois qu’à ma ſoif, & que le cœur m’en dit:
  Mais quand Margot me tient au lit,
  Tout-ci, tout-ca,
  Par-ci, par-là !.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Adjective

sis (feminine sise, masculine plural sis, feminine plural sises)

(law or literary) located
- 2019, Alain Damasio, chapter 4, in Les furtifs [The Stealthies], La Volte, →ISBN:
  Par les larges hublots du lab, sis au sixième étage, la vue dominait une mer orangée de tuiles en terre cuite qui rappelaient que cette ville avait été, avant d’être « civinisée », une plutôt avenante cité provençale.
  The view from the lab's big windows, located on the sixth floor, overlooked a sea of orange terracotta tiles, which were a reminder that before it was "civinized", this had been a rather charming Provençal town.

Galician

Noun

sis m pl

plural of si

Gothic

Romanization

sis

Romanization of 𐍃𐌹𐍃

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French six.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sis/

Numeral

sis

six

Ido

**Ido numbers ^(edit)**
	60
← 5	6	7 →
Cardinal: sis Ordinal: sisesma Adverbial: sisfoye Multiplier: sisopla Fractional: sisima

Etymology

From English six, French six, German sechs, Spanish seis, Italian sei, Russian шесть (šestʹ), all ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

Numeral

sis

six (6)

Kankanaey

Etymology

From si +‎ -s.

Pronunciation

(Standard Kankanaey) IPA^(key): /ˈsis/ [ˈsi̞s]
- IPA^(key): (parts of Bauko, Sabangan, & Tadian) /ˈhih/ [ˈhi̞h]
Rhymes: -is, (parts of Bauko, Sabangan, & Tadian) -ih
Syllabification: sis

Article

sis

Alternative form of si

References

Janet L. Allen (2014) Kankanaey: A Role and Reference Grammar Analysis‎^[7] (overall work in English), →ISBN, page 128

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /siːs/, [s̠iːs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sis/, [sis]

Etymology 1

A contraction of sī vīs, from sī (“if”) + vīs (“you want”), the second person of volō (“to want”). Literally meaning "if you want".

Adverb

sīs (not comparable)

if you want, if you wish, if you're willing, if you prefer
Synonym: sōdēs

Etymology 2

Inflected form of sum (“I am”).

Verb

sīs

second-person singular present active subjunctive of sum

References

“sis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“sis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Félix Gaffiot (1934) “sis”, in Dictionnaire illustré latin-français [Illustrated Latin-French Dictionary] (in French), Hachette.

Louisiana Creole

**Louisiana Creole cardinal numbers**
< 5	6	7 >
Cardinal : sis

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sis/
Rhymes: -is

Etymology 1

Inherited from French six (“six”).

Numeral

sis

six

Usage notes

This word is used independently of nouns.
When preceding nouns, si is used for consonant-initial words, and siz is used for vowel-initial words. Compare French etymon six.

Etymology 2

Inherited from French sucer (“to suck”).

Verb

sis

short form of sisé (“to suck”)

Mauritian Creole

**Mauritian Creole cardinal numbers**
< 5	6	7 >
Cardinal : sis Ordinal : siziem

Etymology

From French six.

Numeral

sis

six

Navajo

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɪ̀s/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Athabaskan *səx. Cognate with Western Apache sis, Chiricahua sis, Jicarilla sis, Plains Apache sis.

Noun

sis (possessed form -ziiz)

belt, sash, girdle
Shiziiz áshłééh.
I am putting my belt on.

Inflection

possessives of sis

	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	shiziiz	nihiziiz	danihiziiz
2nd person	niziiz	nihiziiz	danihiziiz
3rd person	biziiz
4th person (3o)	yiziiz
4th person (3a)	haziiz
Indefinite (3i)	aziiz

Etymology 2

Cognate with Tsuut'ina sis, Beaver shís, hís, Sekani hís, Chipewyan sheθ, Carrier shuθ.

Noun

sis

(obsolete) hill, mountain

Alternative forms

tsis

Derived terms

Sis Naateel (“Wide Belt Mesa NM, Sisnathyel Mesa”)
Sisnaajiní (“Blanca Peak”)
Tsisnaajiní (“Blanca Peak”)

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

sis

locative of sii

Old French

Etymology

From Latin sex, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sis/

Numeral

cardinal number
6	Previous:	cinc
6	Next:	set

sis

six

Descendants

Middle French: six
- French: six
  - Haitian Creole: sis
  - Louisiana Creole: sis
  - Mauritian Creole: sis
- Norman: six
Walloon: shijh
→ Middle English: sice, sis
- English: sice, sise, size
  - → Japanese: サイス (saisu)

Old High German

Verb

sīs

second-person singular present subjunctive of wesan

Romansch

Alternative forms

seis (Surmiran)
ses (Puter, Vallader)

Etymology

From Latin sex (compare Spanish seis), from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

Numeral

sis

(Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) six

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English cheese.

Noun

sis

cheese

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish سیس (sis, “freckle, spot; mist, fog”), origin unknown.

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Noun

sis (definite accusative sisi, plural sisler)

(meteorology) fog

Declension

Inflection

Nominative

sis

Definite accusative

sisi

Singular

Plural

Nominative

sis

Definite accusative

Dative

Locative

Ablative

Genitive

Possessive forms
Nominative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	sisim	sislerim
2nd singular	sisin	sislerin
3rd singular	sisi	sisleri
1st plural	sisimiz	sislerimiz
2nd plural	sisiniz	sisleriniz
3rd plural	sisleri	sisleri
Definite accusative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	sisimi	sislerimi
2nd singular	sisini	sislerini
3rd singular	sisini	sislerini
1st plural	sisimizi	sislerimizi
2nd plural	sisinizi	sislerinizi
3rd plural	sislerini	sislerini
Dative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	sisime	sislerime
2nd singular	sisine	sislerine
3rd singular	sisine	sislerine
1st plural	sisimize	sislerimize
2nd plural	sisinize	sislerinize
3rd plural	sislerine	sislerine
Locative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	sisimde	sislerimde
2nd singular	sisinde	sislerinde
3rd singular	sisinde	sislerinde
1st plural	sisimizde	sislerimizde
2nd plural	sisinizde	sislerinizde
3rd plural	sislerinde	sislerinde
Ablative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	sisimden	sislerimden
2nd singular	sisinden	sislerinden
3rd singular	sisinden	sislerinden
1st plural	sisimizden	sislerimizden
2nd plural	sisinizden	sislerinizden
3rd plural	sislerinden	sislerinden
Genitive
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	sisimin	sislerimin
2nd singular	sisinin	sislerinin
3rd singular	sisinin	sislerinin
1st plural	sisimizin	sislerimizin
2nd plural	sisinizin	sislerinizin
3rd plural	sislerinin	sislerinin

Derived terms

sisli

References

Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sis”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Western Apache

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *səx. Cognate with Navajo sis, Chiricahua sis, Jicarilla sis, Plains Apache sis.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [sɪ̀s]

Noun

sis (possessed form -ziz)

belt

Derived terms

shiziz = "my belt"
biziz = "her/his/their belt"

sis

English

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Anagrams

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Noun

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Further reading

Bouyei

Etymology

Pronunciation

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Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Numeral

Noun

Etymology 2

Noun

References

Czech

Pronunciation

Contraction

Usage notes

Related terms

Dutch

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French

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Galician

Noun

Gothic

Romanization

Haitian Creole

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Ido

Etymology

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Kankanaey

Etymology

Pronunciation

Article

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References

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Adverb

Etymology 2

Verb

References

Louisiana Creole

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Numeral

Usage notes

Etymology 2

Verb

Mauritian Creole

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Navajo

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun