noun
Meaning 1
A drop.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
sie
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/saɪ/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -aɪ
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homophone: sigh
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homophone: sai
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homophone: psi
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homophone: xi
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homophone: scye
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homophone: Si
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homophone: Sy
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homophone: Cy
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/siː/
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homophone: c
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homophone: cee
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homophone: sea
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homophone: see
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CMU ARPABET: S IY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
pron
Meaning 2
Gender-neutral subject pronoun, grammatically equivalent to the gendered pronouns he and she
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: gender-neutral, nominative, nonstandard, rare, singular, third-person
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verb
Meaning 3
To sink; fall; drop.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 4
To fall, as in a swoon; faint.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 5
To drop, as water; trickle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal, intransitive
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verb
Meaning 6
To sift.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 7
To strain, as milk; filter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal, transitive
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History
Etymology
From Middle English sien, from Old English sīgan (“to sink, descend”), from Proto-Germanic *sīganą, *sīhwaną (“to strain, drop”), from Proto-Indo-European *seykw- (“to pour, strain”). Cognate with Dutch zijgen (“to filter”), German seihen (“to strain, sieve”), Icelandic síga (“to lower”).