"cis-" meaning in English

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Prefix

IPA: /sɪs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sis.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ɪs Etymology: From the Latin preposition cis (“on this side of”). The earliest known sexuality-related use of the prefix in any language was in a 1914 German-language book on sexology. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the earliest use of the prefix in the context of gender in English dates from 1994. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|-}} Latin, {{m|la|cis||on this side of}} cis (“on this side of”), {{quote-book|de|author=Ernst Burchard|id=BV047570799|location=Berlin|page=32|pageurl=https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:11-713847/fragment/page=36|passage=Cisvestitismus, die Neigung, die Kleidung einer anderen Altersstufe, Volks- oder Berufsklasse des gleichen Geschlechts zum Zwecke sexueller Ent­spannung anzulegen, dem Transvestitismus verwandt (s. Verkleidungstrieb).|title=Lexikon Des Gesamten Sexuallebens|translation=Cisvestism, the tendency to don the clothes of a different age group, ethnic group, or profession of the same sex for the purpose of sexual relaxation, related to transvestism (see disguise instinct).|url=https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:11-713847|year=1914}} 1914, Ernst Burchard, Lexikon Des Gesamten Sexuallebens, Berlin, BV047570799, page 32: Cisvestitismus, die Neigung, die Kleidung einer anderen Altersstufe, Volks- oder Berufsklasse des gleichen Geschlechts zum Zwecke sexueller Ent­spannung anzulegen, dem Transvestitismus verwandt (s. Verkleidungstrieb). Cisvestism, the tendency to don the clothes of a different age group, ethnic group, or profession of the same sex for the purpose of sexual relaxation, related to transvestism (see disguise instinct). Head templates: {{head|en|prefix|head=|sort=}} cis-, {{en-prefix}} cis-
  1. (geography) On this side of. Tags: morpheme Categories (topical): Geography Translations (on this side of): այսր- (aysr-) (Armenian), ამიერ- (amier-) (Georgian), ცის- (cis-) [rare] (Georgian), zis- (German), cis- (German), cis- (Ido), цис- (cis-) (Russian), cis- (Spanish), cis- (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-cis--en-prefix-AB~vCOW7 Topics: geography, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'on this side of': 95 5 0
  2. (chemistry) Forming names of chemical compounds in which two atoms or groups are situated on the same side of some plane of symmetry passing through the compound. Tags: morpheme Categories (topical): Chemistry
    Sense id: en-cis--en-prefix-BLTyH2Jp Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 16 51 32 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 47 37 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 19 52 29 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  3. (gender) Being, or pertaining to being, cis (cisgender or cissexual). Tags: morpheme Categories (topical): Gender, Transgender Derived forms: cisman, ciswoman, cismale, cisfemale (english: more commonly spaced as cis man) [usually] Related terms: cis
    Sense id: en-cis--en-prefix-I47SQ9CF Disambiguation of Gender: 5 28 67 Disambiguation of Transgender: 5 24 71

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    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "cis-",
      "sense": "on this side of",
      "word": "цис-"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "on this side of",
      "word": "cis-"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "on this side of",
      "word": "cis-"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cis-"
}

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