sis

See also SIS, sís, şiş, and -sis

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪs

Noun

sis (plural sises)

1. (informal) Shortened form of sister.

Anagrams

• ISS
• SSI

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsis/, X-SAMPA: /"sis/
• Rhymes: -is

Etymology 1

From Latin sex (“six”).

Numeral

Catalan cardinal numbers

<  5	6	7  >
Cardinal : sis     Ordinal : sisè     Multiplier : sèxtuple
Catalan Wikipedia article on sis

sis m, f

1. (cardinal) six

Noun

sis m (plural sisos)

1. six

Etymology 2

Noun

sis

1. Plural form of si

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA: /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

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: /si/

Verb

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

1. Past participle of seoir

Adjective

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

1. (law, literary) located

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Gothic

Romanization

sis

1. See 𐍃𐌹𐍃

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Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French six.

Numeral

sis

1. (cardinal) six

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Ido

Cardinal numeral

sis

1. six (6)

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Latin

Etymology 1

A contraction of si vis, from si (“if”) + vis (“you want”), the second person of velle (“to want”). Literally meaning "if you want".

Adverb

sīs

1. if you want, if you wish, if you're willing, if you prefer

Etymology 2

Inflected form of sum (“I am”).

Verb

sīs

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of sum
   1. "may you be"
   2. "may you exist"

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Lojban

Rafsi

sis

1. rafsi of sisku.

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Louisiana Creole French

Etymology

From French six.

Numeral

sis

1. (cardinal) six

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Mauritian Creole

Mauritian Creole cardinal numbers

<  5	6	7  >
Cardinal : sis     Ordinal : siziem

Etymology

From French six.

Numeral

sis

1. (cardinal) six

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Navajo

Pronunciation

• IPA: [sɪ̀s]

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *səx.

Cognates: Western Apache sis, Chiricahua sis, Jicarilla sis, Plains Apache sis.

Noun

sis (possessed form -ziiz)

1. belt, sash, girdle

Derived terms

• shiziiz (my belt)
• biziiz (her/his/their belt)

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Old French

Numeral

sis

1. six

Descendants

• French: six

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Romansch

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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

Cardinal numeral

sis

1. (cardinal, 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

Derived terms

• sisli

Declension

declension of sis

	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	sis	sisler
definite accusative (belirtme)	sisi	sisleri
dative (yönelme)	sise	sislere
locative (bulunma)	siste	sislerde
ablative (çıkma)	sisten	sislerden
genitive (tamlayan)	sisin	sislerin

possessive forms of sis

nominative	singular	plural
benim (my)	sisim	sislerim
senin (your)	sisin	sislerin
onun (his/her/its)	sisi	sisleri
bizim (our)	sisimiz	sislerimiz
sizin (your)	sisiniz	sisleriniz
onların (their)	sisleri	sisleri
accusative	singular	plural
benim (my)	sisimi	sislerimi
senin (your)	sisini	sislerini
onun (his/her/its)	sisini	sislerini
bizim (our)	sisimizi	sislerimizi
sizin (your)	sisinizi	sislerinizi
onların (their)	sislerini	sislerini
dative	singular	plural
benim (my)	sisime	sislerime
senin (your)	sisine	sislerine
onun (his/her/its)	sisine	sislerine
bizim (our)	sisimize	sislerimize
sizin (your)	sisinize	sislerinize
onların (their)	sislerine	sislerine
locative	singular	plural
benim (my)	sisimde	sislerimde
senin (your)	sisinde	sislerinde
onun (his/her/its)	sisinde	sislerinde
bizim (our)	sisimizde	sislerimizde
sizin (your)	sisinizde	sislerinizde
onların (their)	sislerinde	sislerinde
ablative	singular	plural
benim (my)	sisimden	sislerimden
senin (your)	sisinden	sislerinden
onun (his/her/its)	sisinden	sislerinden
bizim (our)	sisimizden	sislerimizden
sizin (your)	sisinizden	sislerinizden
onların (their)	sislerinden	sislerinden
genitive	singular	plural
benim (my)	sisimin	sislerimin
senin (your)	sisinin	sislerinin
onun (his/her/its)	sisinin	sislerinin
bizim (our)	sisimizin	sislerimizin
sizin (your)	sisinizin	sislerinizin
onların (their)	sislerinin	sislerinin

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Western Apache

Pronunciation

• IPA: [sɪ̀s]

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *səx.

Cognates: Navajo sis, Chiricahua sis, Jicarilla sis, Plains Apache sis.

Noun

sis (possessed form -ziz)

1. belt

Derived terms

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