See cis- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "zis-"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "on this side of",
"word": "cis-"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"lang_code": "io",
"sense": "on this side of",
"word": "cis-"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "on this side of",
"word": "cis-"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "on this side of",
"word": "cis-"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "cis-",
"sense": "on this side of",
"word": "цис-"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "on this side of",
"word": "cis-"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "on this side of",
"word": "cis-"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Oxford English Dictionary"
],
"word": "cis-"
}
Download raw JSONL data for cis- meaning in English (7.5kB)
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"called_from": "linkages/371",
"msg": "unrecognized linkage prefix: (cisgender, cissexual): cisman, ciswoman, cismale, cisfemale (more commonly spaced as cis man, etc.) desc=cisgender, cissexual rest=cisman, ciswoman, cismale, cisfemale (more commonly spaced as cis man, etc.) cls=romanization cls2=other e1=False e2=False",
"path": [
"cis-"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "prefix",
"title": "cis-",
"trace": ""
}
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