Sis in Scrabble Dictionary

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Definitions and meaning of sis

sis

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪs/
• Rhymes: -ɪs
• Homophone: cis

Noun

sis (plural sises or sisses)

1. (informal) Clipping of sister.

Synonyms

• (sister): sissy

Translations

Anagrams

• ISS, SSI

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Bouyei

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *siːᴮ (“four”), from Middle Chinese 四 (MC siɪ^H, “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 (sii), Zhuang seiq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si˧˥/

Numeral

sis

1. four

Synonyms

• siq (in loanwords from Chinese)

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈsis/
• Rhymes: -is

Etymology 1

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

Numeral

sis m or f

1. six

Noun

sis m (plural sisos)

1. six

Etymology 2

Noun

sis

1. plural of si

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪs/
• Rhymes: -ɪs

Contraction

sis

1. 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

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪs

Verb

sis

1. first-person singular present indicative of sissen
2. imperative of sissen

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French

Etymology

From Latin sessus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si/

Verb

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

1. past participle of seoir

Adjective

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

1. (law, literary) located

Further reading

• “sis” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Galician

Etymology

Noun

sis m pl

1. plural of si

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Gothic

Romanization

sis

1. Romanization of 𐍃𐌹𐍃

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Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French six.

Numeral

sis

1. six

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Ido

Etymology

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

Numeral

sis

1. six (6)

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /siːs/
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /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)

1. 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

1. 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
• sis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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Louisiana Creole French

Etymology

From French six (“six”).

Numeral

sis

1. six

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Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French six.

Numeral

sis

1. six

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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)

1. belt, sash, girdle

Inflection

Etymology 2

Cognate with Sarcee sis, Beaver shís, hís, Sekani hís, Chipewyan sheθ, Carrier shuθ.

Noun

sis

1. (obsolete) hill, mountain

Alternative forms

• tsis

Derived terms

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

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Northern Sami

Pronunciation

Pronoun

sis

1. locative of sii

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Old French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sis/

Numeral

sis

1. six

Descendants

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

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Surmiran) seis
• (Puter, Vallader) ses

Etymology

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

Numeral

sis

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) six

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

English cheese.

Noun

sis

1. cheese

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Turkish

Etymology

Unknown.

Noun

sis (definite accusative sisi, plural sisler)

1. (meteorology) fog

Declension

Derived terms

• sisli

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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)

1. belt

Derived terms

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

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Zazaki

Noun

sis

1. knitting needle

Source: wiktionary.org

• like sirup.
  (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)

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