tis
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /tɪz/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪz
Contraction
tis
- Alternative form of 'tis.
Noun
tis
- plural of ti
Anagrams
Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech tis, from Proto-Slavic *tisъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈcɪs]
- Rhymes: -ɪs
Noun
tis m inan
- yew (tree or wood)
Declension
Derived terms
- tis červený
- tis čínský
- tis himalájský
- tis japonský
- tis kanadský
- tis sumaterský
- tis tichomořský
- tisovité
Further reading
- “tis”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “tis”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “tis”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Portuguese
Noun
tis
- plural of til
Romanian
Noun
tis m (plural tiși)
- alternative form of tisă
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | tis | tisul | tiși | tișii | |
| genitive-dative | tis | tisului | tiși | tișilor | |
| vocative | tisule | tișilor | |||
Tok Pisin
Etymology
Noun
tis
Yola
Alternative forms
Etymology
Contraction of it is.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɪz/
Contraction
tis
- it is
- Synonym: it's
- 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 84:
- Lidge w'ouse an a milagh, tis gaay an louthee:
- Lie with us on the clover, 'tis fair and sheltered:
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 84