sis

See also: SIS, sís, -sis, šis, šīs, şiş, and шиш

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪs/
• Rhymes: -ɪs
• Homophone: cis

Noun

sis (plural sises or sisses)

1. (informal) Clipping of sister.

Synonyms

• (sister): sissy

Translations

sister

• Esperanto: franjo (eo)
• Finnish: systeri (fi)
• French: frangine (fr) f, sœurette (fr) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Schwesterchen n
• Russian: сестрёнка (ru) f (sestrjónka), сестри́ца (ru) f (sestríca), сестри́чка (ru) f (sestríčka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: сека

  Roman: seka (sh)

Anagrams

• ISS, SSI

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Bouyei

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *siːᴮ (“four”), from Middle Chinese 四 (MC sijH, “four”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-ləj (“four”). Cognate with Thai สี่ (sìi), Northern Thai ᩈᩦ᩵, Lao ສີ່ (sī), Lü ᦉᦲᧈ (ṡii¹), Tai Dam ꪎꪲ꪿, Shan သီႇ (sìi), Tai Nüa ᥔᥤᥱ (sǐ), Ahom 𑜏𑜣 (sī), Zhuang seiq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si˧˥/

Numeral

sis

1. four

Synonyms

• siq (in loanwords from Chinese)

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈsis]
• Rhymes: -is

Etymology 1

From , from Latin sex, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

Numeral

Catalan cardinal numbers

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

sis m or f

1. six

Noun

sis m (plural sisos)

1. six

Etymology 2

Noun

sis

1. plural of si

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɪs

Verb

sis

1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of sissen
2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of sissen

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French

Etymology

From Latin sessus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si/

Verb

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

1. past participle of seoir

Adjective

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

1. (law, literary) located

Further reading

• “sis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Galician

Noun

sis m pl

1. plural of si

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Gothic

Romanization

sis

1. Romanization of 𐍃𐌹𐍃

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Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French six.

Numeral

sis

1. six

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Ido

Ido cardinal numbers

<  5	6	7  >
Cardinal : sis     Ordinal : sisesma     Adverbial : sisfoye     Multiplier : sisopla     Fractional : sisima
Ido Wikipedia article on 6_(nombro)

Etymology

From English six, French six, German sechs, Spanish seis, Italian sei, Russian шесть (šestʹ), all ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

Numeral

sis

1. six (6)

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /siːs/, [s̠iːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sis/, [sis]

Etymology 1

A contraction of sī vīs, from sī (“if”) + vīs (“you want”), the second person of volō (“to want”). Literally meaning "if you want".

Adverb

sīs (not comparable)

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

   Synonym: sōdēs

Etymology 2

Inflected form of sum (“I am”).

Verb

(deprecated template usage) sīs

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of sum

References

• “sis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Louisiana Creole French

Etymology

From French six (“six”).

Numeral

sis

1. 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. six

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Navajo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪ̀s/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Athabaskan *səx. Cognate with Western Apache sis, Chiricahua sis, Jicarilla sis, Plains Apache sis.

Noun

sis (possessed form -ziiz)

1. belt, sash, girdle

   Shiziiz áshłééh.

   I am putting my belt on.

Inflection

possessives of sis

	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	shiziiz	nihiziiz	danihiziiz
2nd person	niziiz	nihiziiz	danihiziiz
3rd person	biziiz
4th person (3o)	yiziiz
4th person (3a)	haziiz
Indefinite (3i)	aziiz

Etymology 2

Cognate with Tsuut'ina sis, Beaver shís, hís, Sekani hís, Chipewyan sheθ, Carrier shuθ.

Noun

sis

1. (obsolete) hill, mountain

Alternative forms

• tsis

Derived terms

• Sis Naateel (“Wide Belt Mesa NM, Sisnathyel Mesa”)
• Sisnaajiní (“Blanca Peak”)
• Tsisnaajiní (“Blanca Peak”)

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Northern Sami

Pronoun

sis

1. locative of sii

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin sex, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sis/

Numeral

cardinal number

6	Previous:	cinc
	Next:	set

sis

1. six

Descendants

• Middle French: six
  • French: six
    • Haitian Creole: sis
    • Louisiana Creole: sis
    • Mauritian Creole: sis
  • Norman: six
• Walloon: shijh
• → Middle English: sice, sis
  • English: sice, sise, size
    • → Japanese: サイス (saisu)

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Romansch

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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

Numeral

sis

1. (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

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	sis
Definite accusative	sisi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sis	sisler
Definite accusative	sisi	sisleri
Dative	sise	sislere
Locative	siste	sislerde
Ablative	sisten	sislerden
Genitive	sisin	sislerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular sisim sislerim 2nd singular sisin sislerin 3rd singular sisi sisleri 1st plural sisimiz sislerimiz 2nd plural sisiniz sisleriniz 3rd plural sisleri sisleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular sisimi sislerimi 2nd singular sisini sislerini 3rd singular sisini sislerini 1st plural sisimizi sislerimizi 2nd plural sisinizi sislerinizi 3rd plural sislerini sislerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular sisime sislerime 2nd singular sisine sislerine 3rd singular sisine sislerine 1st plural sisimize sislerimize 2nd plural sisinize sislerinize 3rd plural sislerine sislerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular sisimde sislerimde 2nd singular sisinde sislerinde 3rd singular sisinde sislerinde 1st plural sisimizde sislerimizde 2nd plural sisinizde sislerinizde 3rd plural sislerinde sislerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular sisimden sislerimden 2nd singular sisinden sislerinden 3rd singular sisinden sislerinden 1st plural sisimizden sislerimizden 2nd plural sisinizden sislerinizden 3rd plural sislerinden sislerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular sisimin sislerimin 2nd singular sisinin sislerinin 3rd singular sisinin sislerinin 1st plural sisimizin sislerimizin 2nd plural sisinizin sislerinizin 3rd plural sislerinin sislerinin

Derived terms

• sisli

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Western Apache

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *səx. Cognate with Navajo sis, Chiricahua sis, Jicarilla sis, Plains Apache sis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɪ̀s]

Noun

sis (possessed form -ziz)

1. belt

Derived terms

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

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Zazaki

Noun

sis

1. knitting needle