gis
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From the military term GIS, "general impression and shape".
Noun[edit]
gis (uncountable)
- (ornithology, slang) Alternative spelling of jizz
- 1988 April 8, Jerry Sullivan, “Field & Street”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
- Applied to birding, the gis approach involves a deemphasis of separate field marks in favor of the gestalt, the essence that tells us a dog is a dog […]
Etymology 2[edit]
Contraction[edit]
gis
- Alternative form of gi's.
Anagrams[edit]
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
gis
- inflection of gissen:
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From German Gis (German key notation).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gis
Usage notes[edit]
Capitalized for the great octave or any octave below that, or in names of major keys; not capitalized for the small octave or any octave above that, or in names of minor keys.
Declension[edit]
Inflection of gis (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | gis | gisit | ||
genitive | gisin | gisien | ||
partitive | gisiä | gisejä | ||
illative | gisiin | giseihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | gis | gisit | ||
accusative | nom. | gis | gisit | |
gen. | gisin | |||
genitive | gisin | gisien | ||
partitive | gisiä | gisejä | ||
inessive | gisissä | giseissä | ||
elative | gisistä | giseistä | ||
illative | gisiin | giseihin | ||
adessive | gisillä | giseillä | ||
ablative | gisiltä | giseiltä | ||
allative | gisille | giseille | ||
essive | gisinä | giseinä | ||
translative | gisiksi | giseiksi | ||
abessive | gisittä | giseittä | ||
instructive | — | gisein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
French[edit]
Verb[edit]
gis
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Verb[edit]
gis
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Arabic جِبْس (jibs, “gypsum”), from Latin gypsum (“plaster”), from Ancient Greek γύψος (gúpsos). Doublet of yeso, which was inherited.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gis m (plural gises)
Further reading[edit]
- “gis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
gis on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
Wolof[edit]
Verb[edit]
gis
- to see
References[edit]
Omar Ka (2018) Nanu Dégg Wolof, National African Language Resource Center, →ISBN, page 100
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