different between xis vs sis

English

Noun

xis

1. plural of xi

Anagrams

• ISX, Six, six

French

Noun

xis m pl

1. plural of xi

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /??is/ IPA^(key): /??i?/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /??i?/
• Rhymes: -is

Etymology 1

Noun

xis m (plural xis)

1. ex (name of the Latin letter X, x)

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of English cheese

Interjection

xis

1. (photography) cheese (said while being photographed)

Etymology 3

Short for xisbúrguer (borrowed from English cheeseburger) and derived terms.

Noun

xis m (plural xis)

1. (informal) burger (large sandwich with a patty)

Etymology 4

Noun

xis m (plural xis)

1. (figuratively) main (the main part of something)

Derived terms

• o xis da questão

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?s/
• Rhymes: -?s
• Homophone: cis

Noun

sis (plural sises or sisses)

1. (informal) Clipping of sister.
   • 1980, Stephen King, The Wedding Gig

     My sis is tying the knot. I want you to play for the reception.

Synonyms

• (sister): sissy

Translations

Anagrams

• ISS, SSI

Bouyei

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *si?? (“four”), from Middle Chinese ? (MC si?^H, “four”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-l?j (“four”). Cognate with Thai ??? (sìi), Northern Thai ???, Lao ??? (s?), Lü ??? (?ii¹), Tai Dam ???, Shan ??? (sìi), Tai Nüa ??? (s?), Ahom ???????? (sii), Zhuang seiq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si??/

Numeral

sis

1. four

Synonyms

• siq (in loanwords from Chinese)

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?sis/
• Rhymes: -is

Etymology 1

From Old Occitan seis, from Latin sex, from Proto-Indo-European *swé?s.

Numeral

sis m or f

1. six

Noun

sis m (plural sisos)

1. six

Etymology 2

Noun

sis

1. plural of si

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?s/
• Rhymes: -?s

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?s

Verb

sis

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

French

Etymology

From Latin sessus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si/

Verb

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

1. past participle of seoir

Adjective

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

1. (law, literary) located

Further reading

• “sis” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Etymology

Noun

sis m pl

1. plural of si

Gothic

Romanization

sis

1. Romanization of ????????????

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French six.

Numeral

sis

1. six

Ido

Etymology

From English six, French six, German sechs, Spanish seis, Italian sei, Russian ????? (šest?), all ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swé?s.

Numeral

sis

1. six (6)

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /si?s/, [s?i?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sis/, [sis]

Etymology 1

A contraction of s? v?s, from s? (“if”) + v?s (“you want”), the second person of vol? (“to want”). Literally meaning "if you want".

Adverb

s?s (not comparable)

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

   Synonym: s?d?s

Etymology 2

Inflected form of sum (“I am”).

Verb

s?s

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

Louisiana Creole French

Etymology

From French six (“six”).

Numeral

sis

1. six

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French six.

Numeral

sis

1. six

Navajo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??s/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Athabaskan *s?x. Cognate with Western Apache sis, Chiricahua sis, Jicarilla sis, Plains Apache sis.

Noun

sis (possessed form -ziiz)

1. belt, sash, girdle

Inflection

Etymology 2

Cognate with Sarcee sis, Beaver shís, hís, Sekani hís, Chipewyan she?, Carrier shu?.

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”)

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

Pronoun

sis

1. locative of sii

Old French

Etymology

From Latin sex, from Proto-Indo-European *swé?s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sis/

Numeral

sis

1. six

Descendants

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

Romansch

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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

Numeral

sis

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) six

Tok Pisin

Etymology

English cheese.

Noun

sis

1. cheese

Turkish

Etymology

Unknown.

Noun

sis (definite accusative sisi, plural sisler)

1. (meteorology) fog

Declension

Derived terms

• sisli

Western Apache

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *s?x. Cognate with Navajo sis, Chiricahua sis, Jicarilla sis, Plains Apache sis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [s??s]

Noun

sis (possessed form -ziz)

1. belt

Derived terms

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

Zazaki

Noun

sis

1. knitting needle