# Si
## Translingual
### Symbol

Si
* (chemistry) Chemical symbol for silicon.

## English
### Etymology 1

From clipping of various words beginning with the syllable /saɪ/.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /saɪ/
* Rhymes: -aɪ
* Audio (US):(file)
* Homophones: sigh, sie, sai, psi, xi, scye, Sy, Cy, Si

#### Proper noun

Si
* A diminutive of the male given name Simon.
* A diminutive of the male given name Silas.

##### Alternative forms

* Sy

### Etymology 2

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 泗 (Sì) and Mandarin 肆 (Sì).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɪ/, /sə/

#### Proper noun

Si
* A river in Shandong, China.
* A county of Suzhou, Anhui, China.
** [2018 December 26, Mandy Zuo, “Christmas linked to China’s past humiliation by foreign invaders in speech to primary schoolchildren”, in South China Morning Post‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 October 2024, China/People & Culture:Dong Xuefeng, head of the Huangwei Township Central School in Sixian County, Anhui province, told a school gathering on Monday that Christmas was a disgrace to the Chinese people because of past humiliations inflicted on the nation by mostly Christian invaders.]
** 2022 July 4, Sophie Yu, Stella Qiu, Ryan Woo, “Eastern China cities tighten COVID curbs as new clusters emerge”, in William Mallard, editor, Reuters‎, archived from the original on 05 July 2022, Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals‎:Si county in Anhui province locked down its 760,000 residents and suspended public traffic as it reported 288 cases on Saturday.
** 2022 July 5, Zixu Wang, “Covid Outbreak Emerges in China’s Anhui Province”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-07-05, The Coronavirus Pandemic‎:Most of Anhui’s cases were identified in Suzhou’s Si County, where on Wednesday the authorities ordered its 760,000 residents to refrain from going out unless it was necessary.
* (historical) Various prefectures of imperial China.

##### Alternative forms

* Su, Ssu

##### Synonyms

* (county): Sixian, Ssu-hsien
* (prefectures): Sizhou, Ssu-chou

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* enPR: sē

#### Proper noun

Si
* Alternative form of Xi

### Further reading

* “Si”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

### Anagrams

* 'is, I's, IS, Is, i's, is, is-, is.

## Alemannic German
### Etymology

See si (“they”). Cognate with German Sie.

### Pronoun

Si
* (polite) you (singular and plural)

#### Declension
## East Central German
### Etymology

Compare East Franconian Si, German Sinn.

### Noun

Si m
* (Erzgebirgisch) sense
* (Erzgebirgisch) meaning, sense
* (Erzgebirgisch) point, idea, tenor
* (Erzgebirgisch) mind, consciousness
* (Erzgebirgisch) feeling

### Further reading

* Christian Friedrich Röder, Erzgebirgiſche Zufriedenheit http://andreas-romeyke.de/BunteBilder/bunte_bilder.chunked/ch88.html

## Limburgish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ziː/
* Homophone: si
* Rhymes: -iː

### Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *sīdā, from Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ.

#### Noun

Si f (plural Sijje) (Eupen)
* (geometry, and in general) side (a bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape)
    Synonym: Kaïnt
* (geometry) face, side, surface of any three-dimensional object
* page (single leaf of any manuscript or book)
* side (one of the two surfaces of a sheet of paper)
* one side or half of something or someone
* (figuratively) a certain aspect of a concept
* (figuratively) side, faction or group of competitors in a war, game, conflict or any other competitive situation in opposite to their opponents
* face of a coin or dice

### Etymology 2

From Old Limburgish sīda, from Medieval Latin sīda, sēta, from Latin saeta (“horsehair; bristle; silk”).

#### Noun

Si f (plural Sijje) (Eupen)
* silk
* Any of several parasitic vines, of the genus Cuscuta, having small white flowers but no leaves.