English Explanatory Dictionary

Sif

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A golden-haired goddess associated with earth, mother of Ullr and wife of Thor.
adj
  1. Foul, disgusting.
noun
  1. Initialism of solar induced fluorescence
  2. ;

Pronunciation

/sɪf/

Word forms

Sif more sif most sif SIFs

Etymology

From Old Norse, from sif (“kindred, kinswoman”), from Proto-Germanic *sibjō; see also Old English sibb (“kinship”) (whence Middle English sib (“having kinship; kinsmen”), whence English sib, sibling), German Sippe (“tribe”).

Synonyms

solar-induced fluorescence solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence solar-induced vegetation fluorescence
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