sir

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.5 See also 1.6 External links 1.7 Anagrams 2 Serbo-Croatian 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Declension 2.2.2 Declension 3 Slovene 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Declension 4 Welsh 4.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

< Middle English sir < Old French sire (“‘master, sir, lord’”) < Latin senior (“‘older, elder’”) < senex (“‘old’”). Cf. sire, signor, seignior, señor.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /sɜː(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /s3:(r)/
• (US) enPR: sûr, IPA: /sɝ/, SAMPA: /s3`/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)

[edit] Noun

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sir or Sir (plural sirs)

1. A man of a higher rank or position.
2. An address to a military superior.

   Yes sir.

3. An address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown.

   Excuse me, sir, could you tell me where the nearest bookstore is?

[edit] Derived terms

• sirrah
• sirree
• siree

[edit] Related terms

• senior
• senex
• senate

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

to sir (third-person singular simple present sirs, present participle siring, simple past and past participle sired)

1. to address somebody using sir

   Please don't sir me!

[edit] See also

• dame
• lord
• madam, ma'am, mam
• mister

[edit] External links

• sir in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• sir in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: IRS
• ISR
• RSI

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[edit] Serbo-Croatian

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *syrъ.

[edit] Noun

sȉr m. (Cyrillic spelling си̏р)

1. cheese

[edit] Declension

[edit] Declension

• sȋrnī

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[edit] Slovene

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *syrъ.

[edit] Noun

sir m. (dual sira, plural siri)

1. cheese

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[edit] Welsh

[edit] Noun

sir f. (plural siroedd) 

1. county