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Avikam
Noun
sì
- woman
References
- R. Blench, Ega data (mentions this form in notes)
Corsican
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsi/
- Hyphenation: sì
Etymology 1
From Latin sīc est (“so it is”). Cognates include Italian sì and Spanish sí.
Particle
sì
- yes (affirmative partice)
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
sì
- (Cismontane) second-person singular present indicative of esse
References
- “sì” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa
- “esse, essa” in Aiaccinu: Cunghjugatori corsu
Friulian
Etymology
From Latin sīc (est).
Adverb
sì
- yes
Antonyms
Hokkien
For pronunciation and definitions of sì – see 四 (“four”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 四). |
Italian
Etymology
From Latin sīc. In the “yes” sense, from sīc (est).
Pronunciation
Particle
sì
- yes
- Antonym: no
Usage notes
- Sì is always used to answer positively even when in English a repetition of the verb would be preferred.
Derived terms
Adverb
sì
- (literary, archaic) Alternative form of così
- so, thus, thuswise
- so much
- Synonyms: tanto, talmente
- (followed by che) in such a way
- Synonym: talmente
- (followed by come) as soon as
- Synonym: appena
Conjunction
sì ... sì ...
- (literary, archaic) both ... and ...
Noun
sì m (invariable)
- yes
- Antonym: no
Further reading
- sì in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Krobu
Noun
sì
- woman
References
- R. Blench, Ega data (mentions this form in notes)
Mandarin
Pronunciation
Romanization
sì (si4, Zhuyin ㄙˋ)
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 亖
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 伺
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 似
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 佀
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 佁
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 俟
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 儩 / 𰂭
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 兕
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嗣
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 四
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 姒
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 娰
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 孠
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 寺
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 巳
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 忹
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 杫
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 枫
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 柶
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 梨
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 汜
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 泗
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 泤
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 洍
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 涘
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瀃 / 𣽷
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 牭
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 祀
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 祟
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 禩
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 竢 / 俟
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 笥
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 耜
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 聾 / 聋
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 肂
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 肆
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 苠
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蕼
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 視 / 视
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 貄
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 賜 / 赐
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 赐
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 釲 / 𫟳
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鈻
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 集
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 飏
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 飤
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 飳
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 飼 / 饲
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 饯
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 饲
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 駟 / 驷
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 驷
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 㐌
Tarantino
Verb
sì
- second-person singular present indicative of essere
Venetan
Verb
sì
- second-person singular present indicative of èser
- second-person plural present indicative of èser
- second-person singular present subjunctive of èser
- second-person plural present subjunctive of èser
- second-person singular imperative of èser
- second-person plural imperative of èser
Vietnamese
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).
Pronunciation
Adverb
sì
- (only in compounds) very; extremely; excessively
See also