gis

See also: Gis, GIs, GIS, gís, ĝis, giş, and Giś

English

Etymology 1

From the military term GIS, "general impression and shape".

Noun

gis (uncountable)

  1. (ornithology, slang) Alternative spelling of jizz
    • 1988, April 8, “Jerry Sullivan”, in Field & Street‎:
      Applied to birding, the gis approach involves a deemphasis of separate field marks in favor of the gestalt, the essence that tells us a dog is a dog […]

Contraction

gis

  1. Alternative form of gi's.

Anagrams

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪs

Verb

gis

  1. first-person singular present indicative of gissen
  2. imperative of gissen

Finnish

Etymology

From German Gis (German key notation).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡis/, [ˈɡis̠]
  • Rhymes: -is
  • Syllabification(key): gis

Noun

gis

  1. (music) G-sharp

Usage notes

Capitalized for the great octave or any octave below that, or in names of major keys; not capitalized for the small octave or any octave above that, or in names of minor keys.

Declension
Inflection of gis (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative gis gisit
genitive gisin gisien
partitive gisiä gisejä
illative gisiin giseihin
singular plural
nominative gis gisit
accusative nom. gis gisit
gen. gisin
genitive gisin gisien
partitive gisiä gisejä
inessive gisissä giseissä
elative gisistä giseistä
illative gisiin giseihin
adessive gisillä giseillä
ablative gisiltä giseiltä
allative gisille giseille
essive gisinä giseinä
translative gisiksi giseiksi
instructive — gisein
abessive gisittä giseittä
comitative — giseineen
Possessive forms of gis (type risti)
possessor singular plural
1st person gisini gisimme
2nd person gisisi gisinne
3rd person gisinsä

French

Verb

gis

  1. first/second-person singular present indicative of gésir

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

gis

  1. passive form of gi

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin gypsum (“plaster”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈxis/ [ˈxis]
  • Rhymes: -is
  • Syllabification: gis

Noun

gis m (plural gises)

  1. (education) piece of chalk
    Synonyms: tiza, clarión

Further reading

Wolof

Verb

gis

  1. to see

References

Omar Ka (2018) Nanu Dégg Wolof, National African Language Resource Center, →ISBN, page 100

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