English Explanatory Dictionary

SI

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. International System of Units
name
  1. Initialism of Smithsonian Institution.
  2. Initialism of Sports Illustrated.
noun
  1. Initialism of signal integrity.
  2. Initialism of systems integration.
  3. Initialism of self-injury.
  4. Initialism of suicidal ideation.
  5. Initialism of self-insertion (of the author into fan fiction).
  6. Initialism of spark ignition.
  7. Initialism of supporting information.
  8. Initialism of special intelligence.
  9. Initialism of systematic internaliser.
  10. Initialism of swarm intelligence.
  11. Initialism of synthetic intelligence.
  12. Initialism of sales invoice.
adj
  1. Initialism of sacroiliac.
noun
  1. A syllable used in solfège to represent the seventh note of a major scale.
name
  1. A diminutive of the male given name Simon.
  2. A diminutive of the female given name Simone.
  3. A diminutive of the male given name Silas.
name
  1. A river in Shandong, China.
  2. A county of Suzhou, Anhui, China.
  3. Various prefectures of imperial China.
name
  1. Alternative form of Xi.
symbol
  1. In English entries, the orthographic digraph ⟨si⟩ pronounced as the voiced postalveolar fricative /ʒ/.

Pronunciation

/siː/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-si.wav /saɪ/ en-us-sigh.ogg /sɪ/ /sə/ sû

Word forms

SI SIs S.I. ti Sy Su Ssu

Etymology

Borrowed from French SI (“Système international d'unités”).

Synonyms

Sizhou Ssu-chou Sixian Ssu-hsien

Related words

si liao

Derived words

SI prefix SI unit SIer
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