See ciss on Wiktionary
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"roman": "svoráčivatʹsja",
"sense": "to retract from a uniform film, to clump",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "свора́чиваться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "svernútʹsja",
"sense": "to retract from a uniform film, to clump",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "сверну́ться"
}
],
"word": "ciss"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"english": "C-sharp major",
"translation": "C-sharp major",
"word": "Ciss-dur"
},
{
"english": "C-sharp major chord",
"translation": "C-sharp major chord",
"word": "Ciss-durakkord"
},
{
"english": "C-sharp minor",
"translation": "C-sharp minor",
"word": "ciss-moll"
},
{
"english": "C-sharp minor chord",
"translation": "C-sharp minor chord",
"word": "ciss-mollakkord"
},
{
"english": "C double sharp",
"translation": "C double sharp",
"word": "cississ"
}
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"c",
"c#Norwegian_Bokmål"
],
[
"-iss",
"-iss#Norwegian_Bokmål"
],
[
"-iss",
"-iss#Norwegian_Bokmål"
],
[
"-is",
"-is#German"
],
[
"ciss",
"ciss#Norwegian_Nynorsk"
],
[
"cis",
"cis#Danish"
],
[
"ciss",
"ciss#Swedish"
],
[
"Cis",
"Cis#German"
],
[
"cis",
"cis#Finnish"
],
[
"cís",
"cís#Icelandic"
]
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nb",
"2": "c",
"3": "iss",
"t1": "the note C",
"t2": "semitone-raising suffix"
},
"expansion": "c (“the note C”) + -iss (“semitone-raising suffix”)",
"name": "suffix"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nb",
"2": "de",
"3": "-is",
"t": "semitone-raising suffix; sharp"
},
"expansion": "German -is (“semitone-raising suffix; sharp”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "ciss"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk ciss",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "cis"
},
"expansion": "Danish cis",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "ciss"
},
"expansion": "Swedish ciss",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Cis"
},
"expansion": "German Cis",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fi",
"2": "cis"
},
"expansion": "Finnish cis",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "cís",
"t": "C-sharp"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic cís (“C-sharp”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From c (“the note C”) + -iss (“semitone-raising suffix”), literally “C-sharp”. The suffix -iss (“semitone-raising suffix; sharp”) is from German -is (“semitone-raising suffix; sharp”); the deeper origin of the German suffix is uncertain.\nCompare the parallel formations Norwegian Nynorsk ciss, Danish cis, Swedish ciss, German Cis, Finnish cis and Icelandic cís (“C-sharp”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "cissen",
"tags": [
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "cisser",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "cissene",
"tags": [
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Ciss",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "m",
"2": "cissen",
"3": "cisser",
"4": "cissene"
},
"expansion": "ciss m (definite singular cissen, indefinite plural cisser, definite plural cissene)",
"name": "nb-noun"
}
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"ciss"
]
}
],
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header",
"Norwegian Bokmål lemmas",
"Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns",
"Norwegian Bokmål nouns",
"Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from German",
"Norwegian Bokmål terms spelled with C",
"Norwegian Bokmål terms suffixed with -iss",
"Norwegian Bokmål terms with homophones",
"Norwegian Bokmål terms with quotations",
"Norwegian Bokmål terms with usage examples",
"Pages with 4 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Norwegian Bokmål/ɪsː",
"Rhymes:Norwegian Bokmål/ɪsː/1 syllable",
"nb:Music"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "The melody moves from C to C-sharp.",
"text": "Melodien går fra c til ciss.",
"translation": "The melody moves from C to C-sharp.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
0,
4
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
0,
7
]
],
"english": "C-sharp is used as the tonic, and from it a natural-tone scale is constructed.",
"ref": "2025, Rebecka Sofia Ahvenniemi, “Kompositoriske strategier i lys av en imaginær opera”, in Når musikken tek form: Om skapande praksisar i musikk, Fagbokforlaget, page 151:",
"text": "Ciss benyttes som grunntone, og herfra er det konstruert en naturtoneskala.",
"translation": "C-sharp is used as the tonic, and from it a natural-tone scale is constructed.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"C-sharp; the note C raised by one semitone, notated C♯, and the written notation for this pitch"
],
"links": [
[
"music",
"music"
],
[
"C-sharp",
"C-sharp"
],
[
"semitone",
"semitone"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(music) C-sharp; the note C raised by one semitone, notated C♯, and the written notation for this pitch"
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"topics": [
"entertainment",
"lifestyle",
"music"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/sɪsː/"
},
{
"ipa": "[sɪsː]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪsː"
},
{
"homophone": "cis"
},
{
"homophone": "cis-"
}
],
"word": "ciss"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ciss-moll"
}
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "cissen",
"tags": [
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "cissar",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "cissane",
"tags": [
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Ciss",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "ciss m (definite singular cissen, indefinite plural cissar, definite plural cissane)",
"name": "nn-noun-m1"
}
],
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"lang_code": "nn",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header",
"Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas",
"Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns",
"Norwegian Nynorsk nouns",
"Norwegian Nynorsk terms spelled with C",
"Pages with 4 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"nn:Music"
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"glosses": [
"C-sharp"
],
"links": [
[
"music",
"music"
],
[
"C-sharp",
"C-sharp"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(music) C-sharp"
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"topics": [
"entertainment",
"lifestyle",
"music"
]
}
],
"word": "ciss"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sv-infl-noun-n-zero",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "ciss",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ciss",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "cisset",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "cissets",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ciss",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ciss",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "cissen",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "cissens",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "nouns",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"g": "n",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"g4": "",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "ciss n",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "n"
},
"expansion": "ciss n",
"name": "sv-noun"
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"name": "sv-infl-noun-n-zero"
}
],
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "cess"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 4 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Swedish/ɪsː",
"Rhymes:Swedish/ɪsː/1 syllable",
"Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
"Swedish lemmas",
"Swedish neuter nouns",
"Swedish nouns",
"Swedish terms with homophones",
"sv:Music"
],
"glosses": [
"C-sharp; the note C♯"
],
"links": [
[
"music",
"music"
],
[
"C-sharp",
"C-sharp"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(music) C-sharp; the note C♯"
],
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"topics": [
"entertainment",
"lifestyle",
"music"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/sɪsː/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪsː"
},
{
"homophone": "cis"
}
],
"word": "ciss"
}
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