gis
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From the military term GIS, "general impression and shape".
Noun edit
gis (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 edit
Contraction edit
gis
- Alternative form of gi's.
Anagrams edit
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
gis
- inflection of gissen:
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From German Gis (German key notation).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gis
Usage notes edit
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 edit
Inflection 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. |
French edit
Verb edit
gis
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Verb edit
gis
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic جِبْس (jibs, “gypsum”), from Latin gypsum (“plaster”), from Ancient Greek γύψος (gúpsos). Doublet of yeso, which was inherited.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gis m (plural gises)
Further reading edit
- “gis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- gis on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
Wolof edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Verb edit
gis
- to see
References edit
Omar Ka (2018) Nanu Dégg Wolof, National African Language Resource Center, →ISBN, page 100