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# sis

«sis» in Mova's school dictionary: **Short for "sister", used when talking to or about your…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (informal)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (informal, slang) Short for "sister", used when talking to or about your sister. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sis/#m1)

2) (slang) A friendly name for a close female friend. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sis/#m2)

3) In old folk tales, Sis is a friendly way to address a woman or female animal, as in "Sis Cow". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sis/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Used in real speech and casual texts: "Hey sis, can I borrow your bike?" Never in formal writing. Phrases: little sis, big sis.

### examples

- Hey sis, wait for me! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sis/#x1)
- My big sis helps me with homework. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sis/#x2)
- My little sis is only four. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sis/#x3)
- Thanks, sis, you're the best! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sis/#x4)
- (slang) Love your hair, sis! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sis/#x5)
- Sis and I share a bedroom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sis/#x6)
- "'Howdy, Sis Cow,' sez Brer Rabbit, sezee. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sis/#x7)

### note

Informal short form; in writing use "sister". Brother's short form is "bro". In a maths problem "my sis" is just my sister: one person.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sis» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sis/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.