English Explanatory Dictionary

sir

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A man of a higher rank or position.
  2. A respectful term of address to a man of higher rank or position, particularly
  3. A respectful term of address to a man of higher rank or position
  4. to a knight or other low member of the peerage.
  5. to a superior military officer.
  6. to a teacher.
  7. A respectful term of address to an adult male (often older), especially if his name or proper title is unknown.
verb
  1. To address another individual using "sir".
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of sir.
  2. The titular prefix given to a knight or baronet.
  3. A respectful term of address or reference to a man of higher rank or position before the man's given name or nickname.
name
  1. Alternative form of Syr.
noun
  1. Initialism of surface insulation resistance.
  2. Abbreviation of silent information regulator.
name
  1. Initialism of Special Intensive Revision, a voter-roll revision process in India.
adj
  1. Initialism of susceptible-infected/infectious-removed/recovered.

Pronunciation

sûr /sɜː/ /sɝ/ en-us-sir.ogg /sɪɾ/ /søː/ sâr /seː/ /sɛː/ /saɾ(ɨ)/ /sə(ɹ)/

Word forms

sir sirs saar sirring sirred

Etymology

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.

Related words

senate senex senior sire lord

Derived words

dear Sir dear Sir or Madam dear Sirs don't call me sir, I work for a living mamsir nossuh siree siress Sir Francis Drake Channel sirji Sir John Lack-Latin sirrah sirree sir sandwich surly yessir yessuh SIR gene SIR protein SIR model SIR curves

Translations

Chinese Cantonese: 蛇 Chinese Cantonese: 阿蛇 Dutch: meneer Finnish: herra Galician: señor Hebrew: המפקד Italian: signore Portuguese: senhor Romanian: să trăiți Russian: това́рищ Russian: господи́н Swahili: afande Turkish: komutanım Arabic: سِير Armenian: Սըր Burmese: ဆာ Chinese Mandarin: 爵士 Georgian: სერ Greek: Σέρ Hindi: सर Japanese: 卿 Japanese: サー Korean: 경 Korean: 서 Macedonian: Сер Māori: Tā Marathi: सर Persian: سر Russian: Сэр Scottish Gaelic: an Ridire Scottish Gaelic: Sir Thai: เซอร์
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