cis-

English

Etymology

From the Latin preposition cis (“on this side of”). The earliest known sexuality-related use of the prefix in any language was in a 1914 German-language book on sexology.^[1] According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the earliest use of the prefix in the context of gender in English dates from 1994.^[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɪs/
Rhymes: -ɪs
Homophones: cis, sis
Audio (Southern England): (file)

Prefix

cis-

(geography) On this side of.
Antonym: trans-

‎cis- + ‎alpine → ‎cisalpine (“on this [the Roman] side of the Alps”)

‎cis- + ‎Rhenane → ‎cisrhenane (“on this [the speaker's] side of Rhine”)

‎cis- + ‎Caucasia → ‎Ciscaucasia

‎cis- + ‎Jordan → ‎Cisjordan

‎cis- + ‎Neptunian → ‎cis-Neptunian
(physical chemistry) Forming names of chemical compounds in which two atoms or groups are situated on the same side of some plane of symmetry passing through the compound.
‎cis- + ‎diazene → ‎cis-diazene
(gender) Not trans.
‎cis- + ‎gender → ‎cisgender

‎cis- + ‎sexual → ‎cissexual
1. (by extension) Being, or pertaining to being, cis.
  ‎cis- + ‎sexism → ‎cissexism
  
  ‎cis- + ‎normativity → ‎cisnormativity

Usage notes

In the first sense, “on this side of”, this prefix is usually attached directly to the word it modifies, or sometimes separated from it by a hyphen: cisrhenane, cis-Neptunian.
In the gender-related sense, this prefix is attached directly to certain words, most notably cisgender and cissexual (which are almost always spelled thus, not as e.g. *cis sexual). In other cases, the related standalone adjective cis is used: hence one speaks of a cis perspective (not *cisperspective), etc. Compare trans- and trans.

Antonyms

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with cis-

cisheteronormative

cisheteropatriarchal

cisheteropatriarchy

cisheterosexual

(cisgender, cissexual): cisman, ciswoman, cismale, cisfemale (more commonly spaced as cis man, etc.)

Translations

on this side of

Armenian: այսր- (aysr-)
Georgian: ამიერ- (amier-), ცის- (cis-) (rare)
German: zis- (de), cis- (de)
Ido: cis-
Russian: цис- (cis-)
Spanish: cis- (es)
Swedish: cis- (sv)

See also

cis

References

^ Ernst Burchard (1914) Lexikon des gesamten Sexuallebens (in German)
1914, Ernst Burchard, Lexikon Des Gesamten Sexuallebens‎^[1], Berlin, BV047570799, page 32:
Cisvestitismus, die Neigung, die Kleidung einer anderen Altersstufe, Volks- oder Berufsklasse des gleichen Geschlechts zum Zwecke sexueller Entspannung anzulegen, dem Transvestitismus verwandt (s. Verkleidungstrieb).
Cisvestism, the tendency to don the clothes of a different age group, ethnic group, or profession of the same sex for the purpose of sexual relaxation, related to transvestism (see disguise instinct).
^ “New words notes December 2015 – Oxford English Dictionary”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[2], 2017 November 7 (last accessed), archived from the original on 29 November 2017

Further reading

cis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

-ics, CSI, ICS, ICs, I²Cs, SCI, SIC, Sci., sci, sci., sic

Italian

Prefix

cis-

cis- (all senses)

Derived terms

Italian terms prefixed with cis-

Anagrams

-isc-, ics, sci

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /θis/ [θis]
IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /sis/ [sis]
Syllabification: cis-

Prefix

cis-

cis- (all senses)

Antonyms

trans-

See also

cis

Further reading

“cis-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Anagrams

sic

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