Si

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Translingual

Symbol

Si

  1. (chemistry) silicon.

English

Etymology 1

From clipping of various words beginning with the syllable /saɪ/.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Si

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Simon.
  2. A diminutive of the male given name Silas.
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

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From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 泗 (Sì) and Mandarin 肆 (Sì).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Si

  1. A river in Shandong, China.
  2. A county of Suzhou, Anhui, China.
    • , →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 October 2024, China/People & Culture:
      Dong Xuefeng, head of the Huangwei Township Central School in Sixian County, Anhui province, told a school gathering on Monday that Christmas was a disgrace to the Chinese people because of past humiliations inflicted on the nation by mostly Christian invaders.]
    • 2022 July 4, Sophie Yu, Stella Qiu, Ryan Woo, “Eastern China cities tighten COVID curbs as new clusters emerge”, in William Mallard, editor, Reuters‎, archived from the original on 05 July 2022, Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals‎:
      Si county in Anhui province locked down its 760,000 residents and suspended public traffic as it reported 288 cases on Saturday.
    • 2022 July 5, Zixu Wang, “Covid Outbreak Emerges in China’s Anhui Province”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-07-05, The Coronavirus Pandemic‎:
      Most of Anhui’s cases were identified in Suzhou’s Si County, where on Wednesday the authorities ordered its 760,000 residents to refrain from going out unless it was necessary.
  3. (historical) Various prefectures of imperial China.
Alternative forms
Synonyms

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Si

  1. Alternative form of Xi

Further reading

  • “Si”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

Alemannic German

Etymology

See si (“they”). Cognate with German Sie.

Pronoun

Si

  1. (polite) you (singular and plural)

Declension

Alemannic German personal pronouns
nominative accusative dative possessive m
1st person singular ich, i mich, mi mir, mier, mer min, miin
2nd person singular familiar du dich, di dir, dier, der din, diin
polite Si Ine, Ene, -ne Ire
3rd person singular m er in, en im sin, siin
f si ire
n es, 's, -s im sin, siin
1st person plural mir, mer üs, öis, ois, eus üse, öise, oise, euse
2nd person plural ir, ier öi, eu öie, eure
3rd person plural si ine, ene, -ne ire

East Central German

Etymology

Compare East Franconian Si, German Sinn.

Noun

Si m

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) sense
  2. (Erzgebirgisch) meaning, sense
  3. (Erzgebirgisch) point, idea, tenor
  4. (Erzgebirgisch) mind, consciousness
  5. (Erzgebirgisch) feeling

Further reading

Limburgish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *sīdā, from Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ.

Noun

Si f (plural Sijje) (Eupen)

  1. (geometry, and in general) side (a bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape)
    Synonym: Kaïnt
  2. (geometry) face, side, surface of any three-dimensional object
  3. page (single leaf of any manuscript or book)
  4. side (one of the two surfaces of a sheet of paper)
  5. one side or half of something or someone
  6. (figuratively) a certain aspect of a concept
  7. (figuratively) side, faction or group of competitors in a war, game, conflict or any other competitive situation in opposite to their opponents
  8. face of a coin or dice

Etymology 2

From Old Limburgish sīda, from Medieval Latin sīda, sēta, from Latin saeta (“horsehair; bristle; silk”).

Noun

Si f (plural Sijje) (Eupen)

  1. silk
  2. Any of several parasitic vines, of the genus Cuscuta, having small white flowers but no leaves.
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