gis

English Online Dictionary. What means gis‎? What does gis mean?

English

Etymology 1

From the military term GIS, "general impression and shape".

Noun

gis (uncountable)

1. (ornithology, slang) Alternative spelling of jizz

Etymology 2

Contraction

gis

1. Alternative form of gi's.

Anagrams

• GSI, IGS, IGs, Igs, SIG, Sig, igs, sig

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪs

Verb

gis

1. inflection of gissen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Finnish

Etymology

From German Gis (German key notation).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡis/, [ˈɡis̠]
• Rhymes: -is
• Hyphenation^(key): gis

Noun

gis

1. (music) G-sharp

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

French

Verb

gis

1. first/second-person singular present indicative of gésir

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

gis

1. passive form of gi

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جِبْس (jibs, “gypsum”), from Latin gypsum (“plaster”), from Ancient Greek γύψος (gúpsos). Doublet of yeso, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxis/ [ˈxis]
• Rhymes: -is
• Syllabification: gis

Noun

gis m (plural gises)

1. (Mexico) chalk (a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard)

   Synonyms: tiza, clarión

Further reading

• “gis”, 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
• gis on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

Wolof

Pronunciation

Verb

gis

1. to see

References

Omar Ka (2018) Nanu Dégg Wolof, National African Language Resource Center, →ISBN, page 100