gis
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom the military term GIS, "general impression and shape".
Noun
editgis (uncountable)
- (ornithology, slang) Alternative spelling of jizz
- 1988 April 8, Jerry Sullivan, “Field & Street”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
- 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 […]
Etymology 2
editContraction
editgis
- Alternative form of gi's.
Anagrams
editDutch
editPronunciation
editVerb
editgis
- inflection of gissen:
Finnish
editEtymology
editFrom German Gis (German key notation).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgis
Usage notes
editCapitalized 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
editInflection of gis (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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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 | |
abessive | gisittä | giseittä | |
instructive | — | gisein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
editcompounds
French
editVerb
editgis
Norwegian Bokmål
editVerb
editgis
Spanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Arabic جِبْس (jibs, “gypsum”), from Latin gypsum (“plaster”), from Ancient Greek γύψος (gúpsos). Doublet of yeso, which was inherited.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgis m (plural gises)
Further reading
edit- “gis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
- gis on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
Wolof
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Verb
editgis
- to see
References
editOmar Ka (2018) Nanu Dégg Wolof, National African Language Resource Center, →ISBN, page 100
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