"si" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /siː/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-si.wav Forms: sis [plural], ti [alternative]
Rhymes: -iː Etymology: From Middle English si (“seventh degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian si in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the initials of Latin Sāncte Iohannēs (“Saint John (the Baptist)”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Paulus Deacon; thus, also an initialism of Sāncte Iohannēs. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|si||seventh degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales}} Middle English si (“seventh degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), {{der|en|it|si}} Italian si, {{der|en|la|Sāncte Iohannēs|t=Saint John (the Baptist)}} Latin Sāncte Iohannēs (“Saint John (the Baptist)”), {{init|en|Sāncte Iohannēs|nocap=1}} initialism of Sāncte Iohannēs Head templates: {{en-noun}} si (plural sis)
  1. (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the seventh note of a major scale. Wikipedia link: Ut queant laxis Categories (topical): Music Related terms: si liao 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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