'tis

See also: tis, TIS, tîş, -tis, and t'is

English

Alternative forms

tis

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /tɪz/
Rhymes: -ɪz

Contraction

'tis

(literary or archaic, also occasionally colloquial) it is.
’Tis the season to be jolly. — Popular Christmas song ("Deck the Halls").

’Tis good ta’ ’ave ya back boy! (to have you)

’Tis a shame!

’Tis but a scratch!
- 1597, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act 3, Scene 1:
  Mercutio [wounded]: "No, 'tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church-door; but 'tis enough, 'twill serve: ask for me to-morrow, and you shall find me a grave man."
- 1844, Charles Dickens, The Chimes, Chapter III:
  It looks well in a picter, I've heerd say; but there an't weather in picters, and maybe 'tis fitter for that, than for a place to live in.

Derived terms

'tisn't

See also

Anagrams

'its, -ist, IST, ITS, SIT, STI, Sit, is't, ist, it's, its, sit

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