si

• ti

Acronym of Latin Sancte Ioannes, the phrase ending the hymn Ut queant laxis from earlier words of which the other notes of solfège were derived.

• IPA^(key): /si/

si (plural sis)

1. (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the seventh note of a major scale.

• 'is, I's, IS, Is, i's, is, is-

From instrumental Proto-Indo-European *kwi-h₁. Compare Latin qui (“how, why”), Old English hwȳ, hwī (“why”), Avar čī (čī, “how”). An interrogative and relative pronoun, especially in connection with a preposition.

• IPA^(key): [si]

si

1. how; in what way; in what state

   Si janë shokët e tu? ― How are your friends?

2. like, as

   Si e dini, nuk kemi filluar ende.

   As you know, we've not yet begun.

• disi
• sido
• sidoqoftë

• qysh

From Old High German siu, from Proto-Germanic *sī. Cognate with German sie (“she; it”), Gothic 𐍃𐌹 (si), Old English sēo.

si f

1. she
2. it (for referents of the feminine grammatical gender)

From Old High German sie m pl, sio f pl, siu n pl. Cognate with German sie, Dutch zij.

si pl

1. they

From Middle High German sein, sīn, from Old High German sīn, from Proto-Germanic *sīnaz. Cognate with German sein, Dutch zijn, West Frisian syn, Icelandic sinn.

• siin

si

1. his

Inflected forms include:

From Middle High German sīn, from Old High German sīn. Cognate with German sein, Dutch zijn, Low German sien.

• sii, siin, sinh, ŝchi

si

1. (Gressoney) to be

• “si” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

From Latin si.

si

1. if

From Proto-Bahnaric *ciː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ciiʔ (“louse”); cognate with Vietnamese chí, chấy.

• IPA^(key): /siː/

si

1. louse

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈsi/
• Rhymes: -i

From Old Occitan, from Latin si (“if”).

si

1. if

• si bé
• si de cas
• si doncs no
• si més no
• si no
• si per cas

From Latin Sancte Iohannes (“Saint John”) in the hymn for St. John the Baptist.

si m (plural sis)

1. (music) si (seventh note of a diatonic scale)

From Old Occitan, from Latin sinus.

si m (plural sins)

1. cavity, depression
2. (anatomy) sinus
3. (figuratively) uterus
4. front portion of the breast
5. (figuratively) heart
6. estuary, bay

• si d'Abraham m

From Latin sĭbī.

si

1. himself, herself, itself
2. oneself
3. themselves
4. each other

• Si is the stressed (or "strong", or "tonic") form of the reflexive pronoun es. As such, it is used after prepositions.

• de si mateix
• en si
• entre si
• fora de si
• per a si
• per si mateix
• tornar en si

• sí

si

1. Subject marker for personal names.

From Spanish sí (“yes”).

si

1. yes

From Spanish si (“if”).

si

1. if

• IPA^(key): /sɪ/

• Audio

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si (reflexive pronoun)

1. (dative) to oneself (clitic form of reflexive pronoun sobě)

   myself

   yourself

   Posluž si. ― Serve yourself.

   himself

   herself

   itself

   ourselves

   yourselves

   themselves

• sobě

• se

From Latin sex.

si

1. six

• IPA^(key): /siː/, [siːˀ]
• Rhymes: -i
• Rhymes: -iː

si c (singular definite sien, plural indefinite sier)

1. sieve
2. strainer
3. colander

si (imperative si, infinitive at si, present tense sier, past tense siede, perfect tense har siet)

1. sieve
2. strain
3. sift

• Audio

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si m or f (plural si's, diminutive sietje n)

1. musical note; ti

• is

From Italian si, French soi, Spanish se, Latin se, plus the i of personal pronouns.

• IPA^(key): /si/
• Hyphenation: si
• Audio:

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si (reflexive, accusative sin, possessive sia)

1. himself, herself, itself, themselves, oneself

The reflexive pronoun si is only used to refer to the third person (In English: he/she/it/they) not the first or second person (In English: I/you).

si

1. to escape

From Old Portuguese se, from Latin sī (“if”).

si

1. if (used to introduce a condition or choice)
   • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme I, Chapter 1: Lengua Española:

     I si “a patria do homi é sua lengua”, cumu idía Albert Camus, o que está claru é que a lengua está mui por encima de fronteiras, serras, rius i maris, de situaciós pulíticas i sociu-económicas, de lazus religiosus e inclusu familiaris.

     And if “a man’s homeland is his language”, as Albert Camus said, what is clear is that language is above borders, mountain ranges, rivers and seas, above political and socio-economic situations, of religious and even family ties.

si

1. Alternative form of se
   • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme I, Chapter 2: Númerus?:

     As lenguas, idiomas, dialectus o falas tenin un-as funciós mui claras desde o principiu dos siglu i si hai contabilizaus en o mundu un-as 8.000 lenguas, ca un-a con sua importancia numérica relativa, a nossa fala é un tesoiru mais entre elas.

     The tongues, languages or regional variants have some very clear functions since the beginning of the centuries and some 8,000 languages have been accounted for in the world, each with its relative numerical importance, Fala is yet another treasure among them.

• IPA^(key): /si/

• audio

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• Homophones: ci, scie, scies

From Old French se, from Latin si (“if”).

si

1. if

   Je me demande si elle sera seule.

   I wonder if she'll be alone.

   Je veux savoir si tu viendras ou non.

   I want to know if you're coming or not.

   Si j'avais ses pouvoirs, je créerais un monde où le mal n'existe pas.

   If I had his power, I'd create a world where evil didn't exist.

   Si tu n'avais pas appelé, je serais morte.

   If you hadn't called, I'd be dead.

2. even if

• si seulement
• sinon

From Old French si, from Latin sic (“so, thus”).

si

1. yes (used to contradict a negative statement) (often followed by I do, he is, etc. in English to indicate contradiction rather than affirmation).

   Tu ne m’aimes pas, n’est-ce pas ? — Si !

   You don’t like me, do you? — Yes, I do!

   Moi, je n'ai rien fait ! — Si !

   I didn't do anything! — Yes, you did!

   Synonym: si fait (archaic)

si

1. so, such (intensifier)

   J’étais si fatigué ces jours-ci que je n’avais pas le courage de vous écrire.

   I was so tired those days that I didn't have the energy to write to you.

   Cela n'aurait pas été une si bonne idée.

   That wouldn't have been such a good idea.

   Si bavard qu'il soit, il ne dit rien de stupide.

   However talkative he may be, he doesn't say anything stupid.

The positive particle usage is uncommon in Québec (the adverb is used in Québec as it is everywhere else).

si m (plural si)

1. (music) si, the note 'B'.

• “si” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From Latin se.

si (third person)

1. (reflexive) himself, herself

• lui, jê

From Latin sīc.

si

1. yes

• (yes): non

From Latin sē, ablative and accusative pronoun form.

si (accusative se, dative se)

1. himself, herself, itself
2. themselves

The pronoun si is used exclusively as the object of a preposition; no nominative form exists.

si m (plural sis)

1. (music) si (musical note)
2. (music) B (the musical note or key)

• (musical notes) nota musical; dó, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si ^{(Category: gl:Music)}

si

1. Romanization of 𐍃𐌹

From Portuguese se and Spanish si. Cognates with Kabuverdianu si.

si

1. if

si

1. woman

Bill Palmer, The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area (→ISBN, 2017), page 531, table 95, Comparative basic vocabulary in Lakes Plain Languages

si

1. Definite grammatical article (diminutive). There is no exact equivalent of the Indonesian si in languages such as English, but it can be described as a personal definite article. In the American sitcom Happy Days, a character is called The Fonz by his friends; in Indonesian, this could be translated as Si Fonz. Thus it is used when talking about someone else if they are on close, intimate terms with that person. Apart from the more friendly connotation, it is also a diminutive and can stand in for the words "little", "old" and "poor" when talking about others in a cute, disparaging, disrespectful or casual manner. It is used when talking about someone, not to them. It should not be used to those who are of higher rank or deserving of respect (unless mocking them)

   Tidak ada yang memperhatikan si Tigor. ― No-one paid any attention to poor Tigor.

   Aku bilang sama si Yopi, jangan khawatir ― I said to old Yopi, don't worry.

   Katanya si Tuti sakit (talking about a small child) ― I hear little Tuti is ill.

   Namanya si Putih (talking about a pet cat) ― Its name is Whitey.

   Si Gendut ― Fatso

   Si Goblok ― Old Muttonhead

2. Definite grammatical article (title 1) Besides the more humorous uses, si can be a way of putting a name to someone when you do not know that person's name and want to refer to them in an informal, casual or personalised way. This is done by putting si in front of the group, occupation or category to which that person belongs.

   Si pemuda tersenyum lebar lalu pergi. ― The young man smiled broadly then left.

   Si penjual jamu itu cantik sekali. ― That jamu seller is very pretty.

   Dia ketawa sama si orang asing itu. ― She was laughing with the foreigner.

3. Definite grammatical article (title 2) Similar to the preceding use, si is used to refer to all the members of a certain group or category.

   Si pembeli harus dilayani dengan ramah. ― The customer must be attended to in a friendly way.

   Kalau si suami beragama Kristen sedangkan si isteri beragama Islam, wah bisa ramai rumah tangganya. ― If the husband is a Christian and the wife is a Muslim, phew, you can expect fireworks in the household.

   Si ayah harus belajar mengenal si anak. ― The father has to learn to know the child.

si

1. yes

• -si (enclitic)

From Latin se (“him-, her-, it-, themselves”, reflexive third-person pronoun). Cognate with Spanish se and Portuguese se and si.

• IPA^(key): /si/

• Audio

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si

1. (reflexive) oneself, himself, herself, itself, themselves

   Il tuo gatto si lava sul mio letto. ― Your cat cleans himself/itself on my bed.

   La tua gatta si lava sul mio letto. ― Your cat cleans herself on my bed.

   Marco si è rotto il braccio. ― Marco has broken his arm.

2. (reciprocal pronoun) each other, one another

   Carlo e Laura si amano. ― Carlo and Laura love each other.

3. (indefinite) one, you, we, they, people

   In Italia si pranza intorno all'una. ― In Italy they eat lunch around 13.

   In Italia si tende ad andare a letto tardi. ― In Italy, people tend to go to bed late.

   Si dice che Maria volesse uccidere Giovanni. ― It is said that Maria wanted to kill Giovanni.

   Da questa finestra si vede la banca. ― From this window, one can see the bank.

4. (si passivante) Used to form the passive voice of a verb; it

   Si vende latte. / Vendesi latte. ― Milk for sale.

   Non si accettano carte di credito. ― Credit cards are not accepted.

• When si is part of an infinitive, it can be placed before it as a separate word, but more often it is attached to the end. In this case, the final -e of the infinitive is dropped, or, in the case of infinitives ending in -rre, the final -re is dropped. Examples: amar(e) + si = amarsi; ridur(re) + si = ridursi.
• Often translated using the passive voice in English when used as indefinite personal pronoun:

  Si dice che […] ― It is said that […]

• Verb + si is often translated as become or get + [past participle] in English.
• In cases where si (indefinite pronoun) and si (reflexive pronoun) follow each other, the first si is replaced with ci:

  Ci si lava. ― One washes oneself.

  (instead of: *Si si lava.)

• Becomes se when followed by a third person direct object clitic (lo, la, li, le, or ne).

si

1. (music) B

• sì
• ci

Probably from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *səj.

si

1. die

• Guillaume Jacques, Argument Demotion in Japhug Rgyalrong (2012)

From Portuguese se and Spanish si

si

1. if

From Portuguese sim.

si

1. yes

si

1. water

• Roger Blench, Mark Post, (De)classifying Arunachal languages: Reconstructing the evidence (2011)

From Latin sē.

si

1. (possessive) his, her, hers, its, their

For Old Latin seī, apparently derived from the nominative stem of Proto-Indo-European *só (“this, that”); related to Old English sē (“he, that”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /siː/
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /si/

• Audio (Classical)

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sī

1. if, supposing that

   Sī versūs hōrum duōrum poetārum neglegētis, magnā parte litterārum carēbitis.

   If you neglect the verses of these two poets, you will miss a great part of literature.

• si in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• si in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• si in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• si in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • if I live till then: si vita mihi suppeditat
    
  • if I live till then: si vita suppetit
    
  • if anything should happen to me; if I die: si quid (humanitus) mihi accidat or acciderit
    
  • literally: si verba spectas
    
  • Solon made it a capital offence to..: Solo capite sanxit, si quis... (Att. 10. 1)
    
  • to put it exactly: si quaeris, si verum quaerimus
    
• si in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976) The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

si m (invariable)

1. (music) si

• IPA^(key): /zi/

si

1. third-person feminine singular, nominative: she

   Si ass eng ganz schéi Fra. ― She is a very beautiful woman

2. third-person feminine singular, accusative: her

   Den Hond huet si gebass. ― The dog bit her

3. third-person plural, nominative: they

   Si si ganz schéi Fraen. ― They are very beautiful women.

4. third-person plural, accusative: them

   Den Hond huet si gebass. ― The dog bit them

• The feminine singular is used chiefly with feminine words for things. Female persons are predominantly treated as grammatically neuter, though the feminine is not impossible. See hatt for more.

si

1. the (primarily used with people, rarely necessary)

   Ke mana perginya si budak nakal yang aku jumpa di taman tadi?

   Where has the brat I just met in the park headed to?

2. definite people used with adjectives to describe people

   si mati

   the dead (person)

3. a definite article used in names or nicknames

   Si Polan

   John Doe

• sang

si (Zhuyin ˙ㄙ)

1. Pinyin transcription of 廁, 厕

si

1. Nonstandard spelling of sī.
2. Nonstandard spelling of sí.
3. Nonstandard spelling of sǐ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of sì.

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

• IPA^(key): /si/

From French si.

si

1. if

• sinon

si

1. yes (used to contradict a negative statement)

• IPA^(key): /ziː/

From Old Dutch sia.

si

1. she

• sie
• soe, so

• Dutch: zij
  • Afrikaans: sy
• Limburgish: zie

From Old Dutch sia.

si

1. they (all genders)
   • 1249, Schepenbrief van Bochoute, Velzeke, eastern Flanders:

     Si maken bekent die nu sien ende wesen selen

     They make known to those who are now and will be

• sie

• Dutch: zij
• Limburgish: zie

See the etymology of the main entry.

si

1. first-person and third-person singular present subjunctive of wēsen

• “si (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “si (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “si (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

From Old English sīe, singular subjunctive of wesan, from Proto-Germanic *sijǭ (first person), *sijēs (second person), and *sijē (third person), singular subjunctive forms of *wesaną.

si

1. (Early Middle English, rare) Singular present subjunctive form of been

• se

From Old French se.

si

1. if
2. then (afterwards; following)

• French: si

• Possibly: IPA^(key): /siː/
• Certainly: Stem vowel: ê⁴
  • IPA^(key): /siɛ/, /siə/

sî

1. Alternative form of sê

si

1. water

• Marvin Lionel Bender, Topics in Nilo-Saharan linguistics (1989)

si

1. tooth
2. name

From Old French si, from Latin si (“if”).

si

1. (Guernsey) if

From Old Norse segja, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-.

si (imperative si, present tense sier, passive sies, past tense sa, past participle sagt, present participle siende)

1. to say

si (uncountable)

1. (music) seventh note of a major scale

Synonymous with side (side)

si (uncountable)

1. side

This term is only used idiomatically in the phrase på si.

si

1. feminine singular of sin

• “si” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “si” in The Ordnett Dictionary

See the etymology of the main entry.

• IPA^(key): /siː/
• Homophone: sid

si

1. feminine singular of sin

si (uncountable)

1. (music) seventh note of a major scale

Synonymous with side (side)

si (uncountable)

1. side

This term is only used idiomatically in the phrase på si.

• “sin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “si” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• se
• s' (before a vowel)

From Latin sic.

si

1. so; thus; in such a way
   • circa 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, 'Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette':

     Si li a dit eneslepas

     So he said to him quickly

• French: si
• Norman: si

See se.

si

1. Alternative form of se (if)

From Latin sīc (“thus; so”), from Proto-Indo-European *so (“this, that”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsi/

si

1. yes, affirmatively
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 84 (facsimile):

     ſi ou non

     yes or no

• Fala: sí
• Galician: si
• Portuguese: sim

• IPA^(key): /si/

si

1. feminine nominative singular of sē

From Spanish si and Portuguese se and Kabuverdianu si.

si

1. if
2. when

From Spanish sí and Portuguese sim and Kabuverdianu si.

si

1. yes

• IPA^(key): /ˈsi/
• Hyphenation: si

From Old Portuguese si, from Latin sibi, from Proto-Indo-European *sébʰye, dative of *swé (“self”).

• sy (obsolete)

si (reflexive)

1. (following a preposition) oneself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, yourselves, themselves.

From Latin Sancte Iohannes (“Saint John”) in the hymn for St. John the Baptist.

si m (plural sis)

1. si (musical note)

• (C major scale) escala de dó maior; dó, ré, mi, fá, sol, lá, si

si

1. Eye dialect spelling of se, representing Brazilian Portuguese.

• (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) sen, se
• (Puter, Vallader) sü

From Vulgar Latin, Late Latin root sūsum, from Latin sūrsum.

si

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) up, upward, upwards

• IPA^(key): /si/

si (Cyrillic spelling си)

1. Replaces the dative of a personal pronoun when the subject is of the same person as the dative object; to oneself (clitic dative singular of sȅbe (“oneself”))
   1. to myself
   2. to yourself
   3. to himself
   4. to herself
   5. to itself
   6. to ourselves
   7. to yourselves
   8. to themselves

si (Cyrillic spelling си)

1. second-person singular present of bȉti

• IPA^(key): /ˈsi/

si (second-person singular of byť)

1. (you) are, (thou) art

si

1. Replaces the dative of a personal pronoun when the subject is of the same person as the dative object. Roughly comparable with to oneself or for oneself.

   Kupujem si topánky. ― I am buying myself shoes.

   Komu kupuješ topánky? Sebe. ― Whom are you buying the shoes for? Myself.

• sebe

• si in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

• IPA^(key): /si/

si

1. second-person singular present of biti

si

1. to oneself (dative singular of sebe (“oneself”))

   Pripravljam si večerjo. ― I am making myself dinner. ("I am preparing dinner for myself.")

• sebi

From Latin si (“if”).

• IPA^(key): /si/
• Homophone: sí
• Rhymes: -i

si

1. if

• si ... o
• sí

si

1. not

si

1. subject marker for personal names; similar in function to ang

From English sea.

si

1. sea
2. waves; breakers; swells

From Proto-Vietic *ɟ-riː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟriiʔ; cognate with Bahnar jri, Khmer ជ្រៃ (crɨy), Khasi jri, Old Mon jrey.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [si˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʂɪj˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʂɪj˧˧] ~ [sɪj˧˧]

(classifier cây) si

1. certain members of the Mallotus and Ficus genera

si

1. yes

From Old French, from Latin si (“if”).

si

1. if

• su

• IPA^(key): /siː/

si m (plural sïon)

1. murmur, hum

From Old Norse séa, from Proto-Germanic *sehwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to see, notice”). See also sjå.

• (Umeå) IPA^(key): /siː/
• (Skellefteå) IPA^(key): /seɪ̯ː/
• (Luleå) IPA^(key): /søʏ̯ː/
• (Kalix) IPA^(key): /sɛɪ̯ː/

  Rhymes: -íː

  (ð-dropping) Rhymes: -íː, -íːð

  (northern í-ý merger) Rhymes: -íː, -ýː

si (preterite så or såg, supine sedt or sitt)

1. To see.

• oförsiän
• siar
• sjå
• syn
• synt