"si" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /siː/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-si.wav [US] Forms: sis [plural]
Rhymes: -iː Etymology: Acronym of Latin Sancte Ioannes, the phrase ending the hymn Ut queant laxis from earlier words of which the other notes of solfège were derived. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|sanctus|Sancte}} Latin Sancte, {{m|la|Ioannes}} Ioannes Head templates: {{en-noun}} si (plural sis)
  1. (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the seventh note of a major scale. Categories (topical): Music Synonyms: ti Translations (seventh note of a major scale): سِي (sī) [masculine] (Arabic), si (Basque), si [masculine] (Catalan), ti (Finnish), si (Finnish), si [masculine] (French), ti (Hungarian), si [masculine] (Italian), (shi) (Japanese), (si) (Korean), си (si) (Macedonian), si (Polish), si [masculine] (Portuguese), си (si) [neuter] (Russian), si (Spanish)

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      "sense": "seventh note of a major scale",
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      "sense": "seventh note of a major scale",
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      "sense": "seventh note of a major scale",
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