gis

See also: Gis, GIs, GIS, gís, ĝis, giş, and Giś

English

Etymology 1

From the military term GIS, "general impression and shape"

Noun

gis (uncountable)

1. (ornithology, slang) Alternative spelling of jizz
   • 1988, April 8, “Jerry Sullivan”, in Field & Street‎^[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

Contraction

gis

1. Alternative form of gi's.

Anagrams

• GSI, IGS, IGs, Igs, SIG, Sig, igs, sig

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪs

Verb

gis

1. first-person singular present indicative of gissen
2. imperative of gissen

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Finnish

Etymology

From German Gis (German key notation).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡis/, [ˈɡis̠]
• Rhymes: -is
• Syllabification: gis

Noun

gis

1. (music) G-sharp

Usage notes

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

Inflection of gis (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
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
instructive		—	gisein
abessive		gisittä	giseittä
comitative		—	giseineen

Possessive forms of gis (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	gisini	gisimme
2nd person	gisisi	gisinne
3rd person	gisinsä

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French

Verb

gis

1. first/second-person singular present indicative of gésir

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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

gis

1. passive form of gi

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin gypsum (“plaster”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxis/, [ˈxis]

Noun

gis m (plural gises)

1. (education) piece of chalk

   Synonyms: tiza, clarión

Further reading

• “gis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• gis on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

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Wolof

Verb

gis

1. to see

References

Omar Ka (2018) Nanu Dégg Wolof, National African Language Resource Center, →ISBN, page 100