sir

See also: SIR, Sir, sır, sír, sîr, șir, and şîr

Contents

EnglishEdit

Wikipedia

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English sir, a borrowing from Old French sire ‎(“master, sir, lord”), from Latin senior ‎(“older, elder”), from senex ‎(“old”). Compare sire, signor, seignior, señor.

PronunciationEdit

• (UK) IPA^(key): /sɜː(ɹ)/
• (US) enPR: sûr, IPA^(key): /sɝ/, [sɚ]
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /sɪr/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)

NounEdit

Wikipedia

sir ‎(plural sirs)

1. A man of a higher rank or position.
2. An address to a male military officer superior.

   Yes sir.

3. An address to a male teacher.
4. An address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown.

   Excuse me, sir, could you tell me where the nearest bookstore is?

5. (colloquial) Used as an intensifier after yes or no.

Coordinate termsEdit

• (address for a military superior officer): ma'am
• (address for a teacher): miss
• (address for stranger): madam, ma'am, miss

Derived termsEdit

Derived terms

nossuh siree sirrah

sirree yessuh

Related termsEdit

Related terms

senate senex

senior sire

TranslationsEdit

man of a higher rank or position

• Bulgarian: господи́н (bg) m ‎(gospodín)
• Dutch: heer (nl) m, meneer (nl) m
• Finnish: herra (fi)
• Greek: Σέρ m ‎(Sér)
• Hungarian: úr (hu)
• Latvian: sers m

• Portuguese: senhor (pt) m
• Russian: господи́н (ru) m ‎(gospodín)
• Turkish: efendim (tr)
• Ukrainian: пан m ‎(pan)

address to a military superior

• Dutch: meneer (nl) m
• Finnish: herra (fi) (followed by the name of the rank)
• Hebrew: המפקד m ‎(hamfakéd)

• Portuguese: senhor (pt) m
• Romanian: să trăiți (lit. "may you live")
• Russian: (comrade) това́рищ (ru) m ‎(továrišč) (+ military rank) (in the Soviet/Russian army), сэр (ru) m ‎(sɛr) (in translations from English), господи́н (ru) m ‎(gospodín) (+ military rank) (in the Russian army before 1917)
• Turkish: komutanım

address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown

• Albanian: zotëri (sq) m
• Arabic: أُسْتَاذ (ar) m ‎(ʾustāḏ), سَيِّد m ‎(sayyid), سَيِّدِي m ‎(sayyidī), حَضْرَتَك m ‎(ḥaḍratak), أَفَنْدِي m ‎(ʾafandī), بَاشَا m ‎(bāšā)
• Armenian: պարոն (hy) ‎(paron)
• Azeri: cənab (az)
• Baluchi: واجہ ‎(wája)
• Belarusian: спада́р m ‎(spadár), пан m ‎(pan)
• Bengali: জনাব ‎(jônab)
• Bulgarian: господи́н (bg) m ‎(gospodín)
• Burmese: ဦး (my) ‎(u:)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 先生 (zh) ‎(xiānsheng)

  Min Nan: 先生 (zh-min-nan) ‎(sian-siⁿ, sin-seⁿ, sian-seⁿ)

• Czech: pan (cs) m, pán (cs) m
• Danish: herre (da) c
• Dutch: meneer (nl) m, mijnheer (nl) m
• Estonian: härra
• Finnish: herra (fi)
• French: monsieur (fr) m
• Friulian: siôr m, signôr m, missâr m
• Georgian: ბატონო ‎(baṭono)
• German: Herr (de) m, mein Herr m (my lord)
• Greek: κύριος (el) m ‎(kýrios), κύριε m (vocative case)
• Hebrew: אֲדוֹנִי ‎(adoní)
• Hindi: श्रीमान (hi) m ‎(śrīmān), श्री (hi) ‎(śrī), सर (hi) m ‎(sar), साहिब (hi) m ‎(sāhib), महोदय (hi) m ‎(mahoday), जनाब (hi) m ‎(janāb)
• Hungarian: uram (hu)
• Icelandic: herra (is) m
• Indonesian: tuan (id)
• Italian: signore (it) m
• Japanese: だんな ‎(danna), サー ‎(sā) (in translations from English), だんな様 ‎(danna-sama)
• Kazakh: мырза (kk) ‎(mırza)
• Khmer: ភោ ‎(pʰou)
• Korean: 선생님 (ko) ‎(seonsaengnim), -씨 (ko) ‎(-ssi)

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: کاک (ku)

• Kyrgyz: господин (ky) ‎(gospodin), мырза ‎(mırza)
• Lao: ທ່ານ ‎(thān), ທ່ານເອີຽ ‎(thān 'œ̄i)
• Latin: dominus (la) m, domine m (vocative case)
• Latvian: kungs m
• Lithuanian: ponas m
• Macedonian: го́сподин m ‎(góspodin), госпо́дине m ‎(gospódine) (vocative case)
• Malay: tuan
• Maori: tā
• Mongolian: ноён (mn) ‎(nojon)
• Mwali Comorian: bwana
• Ndzwani Comorian: mwenye
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: herre (no) m

• Persian: آقا (fa) ‎(âqâ)
• Polish: pan (pl) m, panie m (vocative case)
• Portuguese: senhor (pt) m
• Romanian: domn (ro) m, (domnule) (vocative)
• Russian: (obsolete) су́дарь (ru) m ‎(súdarʹ), господи́н (ru) m ‎(gospodín), сэр (ru) m ‎(sɛr) (in translations from English)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: господин m

  Roman: gospodin (sh) m

• Slovak: pán m
• Slovene: gospod (sl) m
• Spanish: señor (es) m
• Swedish: herr (sv) c, herre (sv) c
• Tajik: ҷаноб (tg) ‎(janob)
• Thai: ท่าน (th) ‎(tâan), เสอร์ ‎(sĕr)
• Turkish: beyefendi (tr), efendi (tr)
• Turkmen: jenap (tk)
• Ukrainian: пан m ‎(pan)
• Urdu: صاحب m ‎(sāhib)
• Uzbek: janob (uz)
• Vietnamese: ngài (vi)
• Yiddish: מײַן הער m ‎(mayn her)

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Translations to be checked

• Catalan: ^{(please verify)} senyor m
• French: seigneur (fr) m
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} signore m

• Slovak: pán m, pane m vocative
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} señor m

VerbEdit

sir ‎(third-person singular simple present sirs, present participle sirring, simple past and past participle sirred)

1. To address (someone) using "sir".

   "Right this way, sir." — "You don't have to sir me."

   He sirred me! Do I really look that masculine just because I'm wearing a tie?

Coordinate termsEdit

• ma'am, mam

See alsoEdit

• lord
• (titles) (of a man): Mr (Mister, mister), Sir (sir); (of a woman): Ms (Miz, mizz), Mrs (Mistress, mistress), Miss (miss), Dame (dame), (of a non-binary person): Mixter: Mx; (see also): Dr (Doctor, doctor), Madam (madam, ma'am) ^{(Category: en:Titles)}

External linksEdit

• sir in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• sir in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

AnagramsEdit

• IRS
• ISR
• RSI

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LojbanEdit

RafsiEdit

sir

1. rafsi of sirji.

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Scottish GaelicEdit

EtymologyEdit

VerbEdit

sir ‎(past shir, future siridh, verbal noun sireadh, past participle sirte)

1. seek, search, look for

SynonymsEdit

• lorg

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Serbo-CroatianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *syrъ, derived from "sour milk"

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /sîr/

NounEdit

sȉr m ‎(Cyrillic spelling си̏р)

1. cheese

DeclensionEdit

Declension of sir

	singular	plural
nominative	sȉr	sìrevi
genitive	sira	sireva
dative	siru	sirevima
accusative	sir	sireve
vocative	siru	sirevi
locative	siru	sirevima
instrumental	sirom	sirevima

Derived termsEdit

• sȋrnī

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SloveneEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *syrъ, derived from "sour milk"

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈsír/
• Tonal orthography: sȉr

NounEdit

sìr m inan ‎(genitive síra, nominative plural síri)

1. cheese

DeclensionEdit

Declension of sìr (masculine inan., hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	sìr	síra	síri
accusative	sìr	síra	síre
genitive	síra	sírov	sírov
dative	síru	síroma	sírom
locative	síru	sírih	sírih
instrumental	sírom	síroma	síri

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UzbekEdit

NounEdit

sir ‎(plural sirlar)

1. secret
2. cheese

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WelshEdit

NounEdit

sir f (plural siroedd)

1. county, shire

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ZayEdit

EtymologyEdit

Cognate to Silt'e [script needed] ‎(sa:r).

NounEdit

sir

1. grass

ReferencesEdit

• Initial SLLE Survey of the Zway Area by Klaus Wedekind and Charlotte Wedekind