"sis" meaning in English

See sis in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /sɪs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sis.wav Forms: sises [plural], sisses [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪs Head templates: {{en-noun|+|sisses}} sis (plural sises or sisses)
  1. (informal) Clipping of sister. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal Alternative form of: sister Categories (topical): Female family members Synonyms (sister): sissy Translations (sister): أخت [feminine] (Arabic), أخوات [feminine, plural] (Arabic), 姐妹 (jiěmèi) (Chinese Mandarin), franjo (Esperanto), systeri (Finnish), frangine [feminine] (French), sœurette [feminine] (French), irmá [feminine] (Galician), Schwesterchen [neuter] (German), 姉ちゃん (nēchan) (alt: ねえちゃん) (Japanese), () (english: elder) (alt: ねえ) (Japanese), kak (Malay), irmãzinha [feminine] (Portuguese), maninha [feminine, informal] (Portuguese), сестрёнка (sestrjónka) [feminine] (Russian), сестри́ца (sestríca) [feminine] (Russian), сестри́чка (sestríčka) [feminine] (Russian), сека [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), seka [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), syrra [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-sis-en-noun-gRxDF5nP Disambiguation of Female family members: 46 54

Pronoun

IPA: /sɪs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sis.wav
Rhymes: -ɪs Head templates: {{head|en|pronoun|third-person singular, feminine, nominative case||||||||||||||||||head=}} sis (third-person singular, feminine, nominative case), {{en-pron|desc=third-person singular, feminine, nominative case}} sis (third-person singular, feminine, nominative case)
  1. (chiefly African-American Vernacular, slang) she Tags: feminine, nominative, singular, slang, third-person Categories (topical): Female family members, Siblings Related terms: sis boom bah (english: etymologically unrelated)
    Sense id: en-sis-en-pron-LNqF5QTh Disambiguation of Female family members: 46 54 Disambiguation of Siblings: 34 66 Categories (other): African-American Vernacular English, English entries with incorrect language header, English pronouns, English terms of address, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 23 entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of English pronouns: 21 79 Disambiguation of English terms of address: 19 81 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with 23 entries: 1 0 0 23 23 2 3 11 13 0 17 3 0 2 2 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 39 61 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 39 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 35 65

Inflected forms

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            "neuter"
          ],
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          "alt": "ねえちゃん",
          "code": "ja",
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          "sense": "sister",
          "word": "姉ちゃん"
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          "alt": "ねえ",
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          "english": "elder",
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          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
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        },
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "sister",
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "sister",
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            "informal"
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          "word": "maninha"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sestrjónka",
          "sense": "sister",
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          "ref": "2023 February 2, ㅊ (@jaja_girly), Twitter:",
          "text": "sis is living my delusions, happy for her",
          "type": "quote"
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        {
          "ref": "2023 February 1, KB (@MzKRB), Twitter:",
          "text": "The internalized colorism that has inflicted Will is just… Referring to gorgeous Veronica as “Black bald dark-skin woman.” How she didn’t snatch him from his Mama’s highchair I do not know.. Sis dodged all the bullets.. #loveisblindbrazil",
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          "ref": "2022 September 29, Kahlen Barry (@KahlenBarry), Twitter:",
          "text": "“Sue Me” sis snapped",
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          "ref": "2023 January 3, sésé/gee☆♱ (@d0llydeathw1sh), Twitter:",
          "text": "sis really said fuck the police go off",
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        {
          "ref": "2023 January 3, amanda 🍒(@ amc0124), Twitter:",
          "text": "Call me when ur 3 year old daughter knows SZA lyrics, girl said “you still playin the pick me, I’m still playin the victim” we don’t care if it’s backwards sis learned that all on her own 🥹",
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sestrjónka",
      "sense": "sister",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "сестрёнка"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "sister",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "сека"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "sister",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
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      "word": "seka"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sister",
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    "Terms with French translations",
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    "Terms with Malay translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
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      "word": "sis boom bah"
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          "ref": "2023 February 2, ㅊ (@jaja_girly), Twitter:",
          "text": "sis is living my delusions, happy for her",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 February 1, KB (@MzKRB), Twitter:",
          "text": "The internalized colorism that has inflicted Will is just… Referring to gorgeous Veronica as “Black bald dark-skin woman.” How she didn’t snatch him from his Mama’s highchair I do not know.. Sis dodged all the bullets.. #loveisblindbrazil",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 September 29, Kahlen Barry (@KahlenBarry), Twitter:",
          "text": "“Sue Me” sis snapped",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 January 3, sésé/gee☆♱ (@d0llydeathw1sh), Twitter:",
          "text": "sis really said fuck the police go off",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 January 3, amanda 🍒(@ amc0124), Twitter:",
          "text": "Call me when ur 3 year old daughter knows SZA lyrics, girl said “you still playin the pick me, I’m still playin the victim” we don’t care if it’s backwards sis learned that all on her own 🥹",
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