Definitions for SISsɪs

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sissɪs(n.)

  1. sister.

    Category: Informal

Origin of sis:

1825–35, Amer.; shortened form

-sis

  1. a suffix appearing in loanwords from Greek, where it was used to form from verbs abstract nouns of action, process, state, condition, etc.:

    aphesis; thesis.

    Category: Affix

Origin of -sis:

< Gk

Princeton's WordNet

  1. sister, sis(noun)

    a female person who has the same parents as another person

    "my sister married a musician"

Wiktionary

  1. sis(Noun)

    Shortened form of sister.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Sis(noun)

    a colloquial abbreviation of Sister

  2. Sis(noun)

    six. See Sise


Translations for SIS

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

this(adjective)

used to indicate a person, thing etc nearby or close in time

This book is better than that (one); I prefer these trousers.

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