Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sis

/sɪs/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.63 in modern English

Syllables: sis
IPA: /sɪs/

3

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

2

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Initialism of Secret Intelligence Service.

British usage

name

Initialism of Schengen Information System.

noun

Initialism of second impact syndrome.

noun

Initialism of snow immersion suffocation.

noun

Initialism of student information system.

noun

Initialism of supervised injection site.

noun

Acronym of share-in-savings.

noun

Abbreviation of supplementary international search.

Example Sentences

"big sis"
"My sis is tying the knot. I want you to play for the reception."
"Call me when ur 3 year old daughter knows SZA lyrics, girl said “you still playin the pick me, I’m still playin the victim” we don’t care if it’s backwards sis learned that all on her own 🥹"

Usage

British usage
Informal

Inflected Forms

sises (plural) sisses (plural)

Derived Forms

sismance sismantic stepsis

Phrases

sis boom bah

Frequently Paired Words

GCHQ MI5 SAS SBS PCS CTE sis boom bah

Synonyms

MI6 Six 6 Secret Intelligence Service sissy sister

Homonyms

cis ciss

Rhymes With

this miss chris kiss swiss piss dismiss bliss dis kris mis vis

Questions

How do you pronounce sis?: The recorded pronunciation is /sɪs/.
What does sis mean?: Initialism of Secret Intelligence Service.

How to pronounce sis

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