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prefix
On this side of.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Topics: geography, natural-sciences
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: trans-
prefix
Forms 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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme, physical
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: trans-
prefix
Not trans.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Qualifier: gender
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: trans-
prefix
Not trans.
Being, or pertaining to being, cis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, morpheme
Qualifier: gender
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: trans-
History
From the Latin preposition cis (“on this side of”). The earliest known use of the prefix relating to sexuality in any language was in a German-language book on sexology published in 1914. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the earliest use of the prefix in the context of gender in English dates from 1994.
Across languages
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
