sir

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• sûr
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• Australian, Received-Pronunciation: /sɜː/
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• US: /sɝ/
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• Scotland: /sɪɾ/
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• New-Zealand, Wales: /søː/
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• sâr fair–fur merger
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• /seː/ Liverpool
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• /sɛː/ Humberside, Teesside
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• /saɾ(ɨ)/ Tamil Nadu
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• unstressed: /sə(ɹ)/
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• CMU ARPABET: S ER1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English sir, unstressed form of sire, borrowed from Old French sire (“master, sir, lord”), from Latin senior (“older, elder”), from senex (“old”). Doublet of seigneur, seignior, senhor, senior, señor, senyor, signore, and sire.

216 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: господи́н (gospodín) — man of a higher rank or position
• Dutch: heer — man of a higher rank or position
• Dutch: meneer — man of a higher rank or position
• Finnish: herra — man of a higher rank or position
• Galician: señor — man of a higher rank or position
• Greek: Σέρ (Sér) — man of a higher rank or position
• Hungarian: úr — man of a higher rank or position
• Italian: signore — man of a higher rank or position
• Japanese: 旦那 (danna) — man of a higher rank or position
• Latvian: sers — man of a higher rank or position
• Lithuanian: ponas — man of a higher rank or position
• Macedonian: господин (gospodin) — man of a higher rank or position
• Middle English: sire — man of a higher rank or position
• Polish: pan — man of a higher rank or position
• Portuguese: senhor — man of a higher rank or position
• Russian: господи́н (gospodín) — man of a higher rank or position
• Turkish: efendim — man of a higher rank or position
• Ukrainian: пан (pan) — man of a higher rank or position
• Chinese Cantonese: 蛇 (soe4) — address to a military superior
• Chinese Cantonese: 阿蛇 (aa3 soe4) — address to a military superior
• Dutch: meneer — address to a military superior
• Finnish: herra — address to a military superior
• Galician: señor — address to a military superior
• Hebrew: המפקד (hamfakéd) — address to a military superior
• Italian: signore — address to a military superior
• Portuguese: senhor — address to a military superior
• Romanian: să trăiți — address to a military superior
• Russian: това́рищ (továrišč) — address to a military superior
• Russian: господи́н (gospodín) — address to a military superior
• Swahili: afande — address to a military superior
• Turkish: komutanım — address to a military superior
• Albanian: zotëri — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Arabic: أُسْتَاذ (ʔustāḏ) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Arabic: سَيِّد (sayyid) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Arabic: سَيِّدِي (sayyidī) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Arabic: حَضْرَتَك (ḥaḍratak) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Arabic: أَفَنْدِي (ʔafandī) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Arabic: بَاشَا (bāšā) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Armenian: պարոն (paron) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Azerbaijani: cənab — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Azerbaijani: ağa — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Azerbaijani: efendi — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Baluchi: واجہ (wája) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Belarusian: спада́р (spadár) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Belarusian: пан (pan) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Bengali: জনাব (jonab) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Bulgarian: господи́н (gospodín) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Burmese: ဦး (u:) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Burmese: ခင်ဗျာ (hkangbya) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Burmese: ရှင် (hrang) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Catalan: senyor — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Chinese Cantonese: 先生 (sin1 saang1) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Chinese: щянсын (xiansɨn) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Chinese: 先生 (zh-min-nan) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Chinese Mandarin: 先生 (xiānsheng) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Mwali Comorian: bwana — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Ndzwani Comorian: mwenye — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Czech: pan — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Czech: pán — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Czech: pane — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Danish: herre — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Danish: hr. — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Dutch: meneer — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Dutch: mijnheer — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Esperanto: sinjoro — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Estonian: härra — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Finnish: herra — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• French: monsieur — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Friulian: siôr — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Friulian: signôr — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Friulian: missâr — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Georgian: ბატონო (baṭono) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• German: Herr — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• German: mein Herr — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Greek: κύριος (kýrios) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Greek: κύριε (kýrie) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Ancient Greek: μακάριε (makárie) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Haitian Creole: konpè — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Haitian Creole: mesye — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Hebrew: אֲדוֹנִי (adoní) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Hindi: श्रीमान (śrīmān) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Hindi: श्री (śrī) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Hindi: सर (sar) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Hindi: साहिब (sāhib) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Hindi: महोदय (mahoday) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Hindi: जनाब (janāb) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Hungarian: uram — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Icelandic: herra — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Indonesian: tuan — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Indonesian: ustaz — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Italian: signore — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Japanese: お兄さん (oniisan) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Japanese: 僕 (boku) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Japanese: 旦那 (danna) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Japanese: 旦那様 (danna-sama) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Kazakh: мырза (myrza) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Khmer: ភោ (phoo) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Korean: 선생님 (seonsaengnim) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Korean: -씨 (-ssi) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Korean: 아저씨 (ajeossi) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Central Kurdish: کاک (kak) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Northern Kurdish: birêz — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Northern Kurdish: kek — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Northern Kurdish: mîrza — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Northern Kurdish: efendî — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Kyrgyz: господин (gospodin) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Kyrgyz: мырза (mırza) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Kyrgyz: байке (bayke) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Kyrgyz: аке (ake) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Lao: ທ່ານ (thān) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Lao: ທ່ານເອີຽ (thān ē ʼ) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Latin: dominus — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Latin: domine — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Latvian: kungs — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Lithuanian: ponas — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Lithuanian: pone — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Macedonian: го́сподин (góspodin) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Macedonian: госпо́дине (gospódine) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Malay: tuan — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Malay: ustaz — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Manchu: ᠠᡤᡠ (agu) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Māori: tā — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Mongolian: ноён (nojon) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Nepali: श्रीमान (srimān) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Nepali: श्री (sri) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Norwegian Bokmål: herre — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Occitan: senhor — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Pashto: آقا (aqā) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Pashto: آغا (āǧā) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Pashto: ښاغلى (x̌āǧᶕlay) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Pashto: صاحب (sāheb) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Dari: آقَا (āqā) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Dari: جَنَاب (janāb) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Iranian Persian: آقا (âġâ) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Iranian Persian: جَناب (janâb) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Polish: pan — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Polish: panie — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Portuguese: senhor — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Quechua: wiraqucha — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Romanian: domn — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Russian: су́дарь (súdarʹ) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Russian: господи́н (gospodín) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Serbo-Croatian: госпо̀дин — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Serbo-Croatian: gospòdin — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Slovak: pán — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Slovak: pane — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Slovene: gospod — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Spanish: señor — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Swedish: herr — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Swedish: herre — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Tajik: ҷаноб (janob) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Tajik: оғо (oġo) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Tajik: оқо (oqo) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Tamil: ஐயா (aiyā) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Tamil: சார் (cār) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Tatar: әфәнде (äfände) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Turkish: beyefendi — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Turkish: efendi — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Turkish: ağa — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Turkish: efendim — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Turkmen: jenap — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Ukrainian: пан (pan) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Urdu: صاحِب (sāhib) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Urdu: صاحَب (sāhab) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Urdu: جَناب (janāb) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Urdu: سَر (sar) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Uyghur: جاناپ (janap) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Uyghur: ئەپەندى (ependi) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Uyghur: ئۇستاز (ustaz) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Uyghur: ئەپەندىم (ependim) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Uzbek: janob — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Uzbek: agʻa — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Uzbek: afandi — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Vietnamese: ngài — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Vietnamese: ông — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Yiddish: הער (her) — address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
• Arabic: سَيِّد (sayyid) — title of a nobleman
• Arabic: سَيِّدَة (sayyida) — title of a nobleman
• Ecclesiastical Latin: dominus — title of a nobleman
• Ecclesiastical Latin: domina — title of a nobleman
• French: monsieur — title of a nobleman
• French: madame — title of a nobleman
• Italian: don — title of a nobleman
• Italian: donna — title of a nobleman
• Italian: madama — title of a nobleman
• Portuguese: dom — title of a nobleman
• Portuguese: dona — title of a nobleman
• Romanian: domn — title of a nobleman
• Romanian: doamnă — title of a nobleman
• Spanish: don — title of a nobleman
• Spanish: doña — title of a nobleman
• Turkish: efendi — title of a nobleman
• Ottoman Turkish: افندی (efendi) — title of a nobleman
• Arabic: سِير (ser) — title
• Armenian: Սըր (Sər) — title
• Burmese: ဆာ (hca) — title
• Chinese Mandarin: 爵士 (juéshì) — title
• Georgian: სერ (ser) — title
• Greek: Σέρ (Sér) — title
• Hindi: सर (sar) — title
• Japanese: 卿 (kyō) — title
• Japanese: サー (sā) — title
• Korean: 경 (gyeong) — title
• Korean: 서 (seo) — title
• Macedonian: Сер (Ser) — title
• Māori: Tā — title
• Marathi: सर (sar) — title
• Persian: سر (ser) — title
• Russian: Сэр (Sɛr) — title
• Scottish Gaelic: an Ridire — title
• Scottish Gaelic: Sir — title
• Thai: เซอร์ (sə̂ə) — title
• French: vouvoyer — to address (someone) using "sir"
• German: Siezen — to address (someone) using "sir"
• Hungarian: uraz — to address (someone) using "sir"
• Italian: dare del Lei — to address (someone) using "sir"