'tis

See also tis, TIS, tiş, and tîş

English

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /tɪz/

Contraction

’tis

1. (literary or archaic, also occasionally colloquial) It is.

   ’Tis the season to be jolly. — Popular Christmas song.

   ’Tis good ta’ ’ave you back boy!

   • 1597, Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act 3, Scene 1:

     Mercutio [wounded]: "No, 'tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church-door; but 'tis enough,'twill serve: ask for me to-morrow, and you shall find me a grave man.

   • 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter X:

     “You get the Red Room, Kipper.” “Right-ho.” “I had it last year. ’Tis not as deep as a well nor as wide as a church door, but ’tis enough, ’twill serve,” I said, recalling a gag of Jeeves’s.

Synonyms

• (it is): it’s

See also

• it’s
• ’t
• ’twas
• ’twere

Anagrams

• IST
• its, it's
• sit
• STI