cis-

See also: cis, Cis, CIS, cís, cìs, -cis, and çiş

English

Etymology

From the Latin preposition cis (“on this side of”). The earliest known gender-related use of the prefix in any language was in a 1914 German-language book on sexology. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the earliest use of the prefix in the context of gender in English dates from 1994.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪs/
• Rhymes: -ɪs
• Homophones: cis, sis

Prefix

cis-

1. (geography) On this side of.

   Antonym: trans-

   ‎cis- + ‎alpine → ‎cisalpine (“on this [the Roman] side of the Alps”)

   ‎cis- + ‎Rhenane → ‎cisrhenane (“on this [the speaker's] side of Rhine”)

   ‎cis- + ‎Caucasia → ‎Ciscaucasia

   ‎cis- + ‎Jordan → ‎Cisjordan

   ‎cis- + ‎Neptunian → ‎cis-Neptunian

2. (chemistry) Forming names of chemical compounds in which two atoms or groups are situated on the same side of some plane of symmetry passing through the compound.

   ‎cis- + ‎diazene → ‎cis-diazene

3. (gender) Cis; cisgender or cissexual.

   ‎cis- + ‎man → ‎cisman

   ‎cis- + ‎woman → ‎ciswoman

   ‎cis- + ‎male → ‎cismale

   ‎cis- + ‎female → ‎cisfemale

4. (gender) Of, related to, or specific to cis persons.

   ‎cis- + ‎gender → ‎cisgender

   ‎cis- + ‎sexism → ‎cissexism

   ‎cis- + ‎normativity → ‎cisnormativity

Usage notes

• In the first sense, “on this side of”, this prefix is usually attached directly to the word it modifies, or sometimes separated from it by a hyphen: cisrhenane, cis-Neptunian.
• In the gender-related senses, this prefix is attached directly to certain words, most notably cisgender and cissexual (which are almost always spelled thus, not as e.g. *cis sexual). In other cases, the related standalone adjective cis is used: hence one speaks of a cis perspective (not *cisperspective), etc. Compare trans- and trans.

Antonyms

• trans-
• ultra-

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with cis-

• (cisgender, cissexual): cisman, ciswoman, cismale, cisfemale

Translations

on this side of

• German: zis- (de), cis- (de)
• Ido: cis-
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: цис- (cis-)
• Swedish: cis- (sv)

See also

• cis

Further reading

• cis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• -ics, CSI, ICS, ICs, I²Cs, SCI, SIC, Sci., sci, sci., sic

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Italian

Prefix

cis-

1. cis- (all senses)

Derived terms

Italian terms prefixed with cis-