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liss

/lˈɪs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.39 in modern English

Syllables
liss
IPA
/lˈɪs/
4
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village and civil parish in East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7727).

name

A surname from German.

noun

Relief; ease; abatement; cessation; release.

Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

Comfort; happiness.

Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

A respite from pain.

British usage; Obsolete; Uncountable

verb

To ease; lighten; relieve; abate.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

verb

To cease; stop.

British usage; Obsolete

noun

Initialism of low-intensity steady state: a form of exercise that uses prolonged periods of effort at a steady pace, such as jogging.

Uncountable

Etymology

A Germanized or Americanized form of Lis, from Polish lis (“fox”), Ukrainian лис (lys, “fox”), and related languages.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

lisses (present, singular) lissing (participle, present) lissed (participle, past) lissed (past)

Synonyms

relief solace alleviation comfort consolation ease liss release respite cheeriness contentment blitheness

Homonyms

lis

Antonyms

HIIT HIT

Rhymes With

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

Questions

How do you pronounce liss?
The recorded pronunciation is /lˈɪs/.
What does liss mean?
A village and civil parish in East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7727).
Where does liss come from?
It is traced to Polish.

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