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( international standards ) ISO 639-3 language code forSiri . FromMiddle English sir sire Old French sire ( “ master, sir, lord ” ) , fromLatin senior ( “ older ,elder ” ) , fromsenex ( “ old ” ) .Doublet ofseigneur seignior senhor senior señor senyor signore , and sire
sir (plural sirs
A man of a higherrank orposition . Arespectful term ofaddress to aman ofhigher rank orposition , particularly: 1991 May 12, “Kidnapped! ”, inJeeves and Wooster Jeeves: Foreign travel often liberates emotions best kept in check,sir . The air of North America is notoriously stimulating in this regard, as witness the regrettable behavior of its inhabitants in 1776.B. Wooster: Hm? What happened in 1776, Jeeves?Jeeves: I prefer not to dwell on it, if it's convenient to you,sir .
to aknight orother low member of thepeerage .Just be careful. He gets whingy now if you don't address him asSir John.
to asuperior military officer .Coordinate term: ma'am Sir , yes sir.
to ateacher .Coordinate term: miss Here's my report,sir .
A respectful term of address to an adult male (often older), especially if hisname or propertitle isunknown . Coordinate terms: madam ma'am miss Excuse me,sir , do you know the way to the art museum?
man of a higher rank or position
address to a military superior
address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown
Albanian:zotëri (sq) m Arabic:أُسْتَاذ (ar) m ( ʔustāḏ ) ,سَيِّد m ( sayyid ) ,سَيِّدِي m ( sayyidī ) ,حَضْرَتَك m ( ḥaḍratak ) ,أَفَنْدِي m ( ʔafandī ) ,بَاشَا m ( bāšā ) Armenian:պարոն (hy) ( paron ) Azerbaijani:cənab (az) ,ağa (az) ,efendi (az) Baluchi:واجہ ( wája ) Belarusian:спада́р (be) m ( spadár ) ,пан m ( pan ) Bengali:জনাব (bn) ( jonab ) Bulgarian:господи́н (bg) m ( gospodín ) Burmese:ဦး (my) ( u: ) ,ခင်ဗျာ (my) ( hkangbya ) ( used by males to address both males and females ) ,ရှင် (my) ( hrang ) ( used by females to address both males and females ) Catalan:senyor (ca) m Chinese:Cantonese:先生 ( sin1 saang1 ) Dungan:щянсын ( xi͡ansɨn ) Hokkien:先生 (zh-min-nan) ( sian-siⁿ, sin-seⁿ, sian-seⁿ ) Mandarin:先生 (zh) ( xiānsheng ) Comorian:Mwali Comorian:bwana Ndzwani Comorian:mwenye Czech:pan (cs) m pán (cs) m pane (cs) m ( vocative ) Danish:herre (da) c hr. (da) c Dutch:meneer (nl) m mijnheer (nl) m Esperanto:sinjoro (eo) Estonian:härra Finnish:herra (fi) French:monsieur (fr) m Friulian:siôr m signôr m missâr m Georgian:ბატონო ( baṭono ) German:Herr (de) m mein Herr m ( "my lord" ) Greek:κύριος (el) m ( kýrios ) ,κύριε (el) m ( kýrie ) ( vocative ) Ancient Greek:μακάριε m ( makárie ) ( vocative ) Haitian Creole:konpè mesye Hebrew:אֲדוֹנִי ( adoní ) Hindi:श्रीमान (hi) m ( śrīmān ) ,श्री (hi) m ( śrī ) ,सर (hi) m ( sar ) ,साहिब (hi) m ( sāhib ) ,महोदय (hi) m ( mahoday ) ,जनाब (hi) m ( janāb ) Hungarian:uram (hu) Icelandic:herra (is) m Indonesian:tuan (id) ,ustaz (id) Italian:signore (it) m Japanese:お兄さん (ja) ( おにいさん, oniisan ) ( to an adult ) ,僕 (ja) ( ぼく, boku ) ( to a child ) ,旦那 (ja) ( だんな, danna ) ,サー (ja) ( sā ) ( in translations from English ) ,旦那 様 ( だんなさま, danna-sama ) Kazakh:мырза ( myrza ) Khmer:ភោ ( phoo ) Korean:선생님 (ko) ( seonsaengnim ) ,-씨 ( -ssi ) ,아저씨 (ko) ( ajeossi ) Kurdish:Central Kurdish:کاک ( kak ) Northern Kurdish:birêz (ku) ,kek (ku) ,mîrza (ku) ,efendî (ku) Kyrgyz:господин (ky) ( gospodin ) ,мырза ( mırza ) ,байке (ky) ( bayke ) ,аке (ky) ( ake ) Lao:ທ່ານ ( thān ) ,ທ່ານເອີຽ ( thān ē ʼ ) Latin:dominus (la) m domine (la) m ( vocative ) Latvian:kungs m Lithuanian:ponas m pone m ( vocative ) Macedonian:го́сподин m ( góspodin ) ,госпо́дине m ( gospódine ) ( vocative ) Malay:tuan (ms) ,ustaz (ms) Manchu:ᠠᡤᡠ ( agu ) Māori:tā Mongolian:Cyrillic:ноён (mn) ( nojon ) Nepali:श्रीमान ( srimān ) ,श्री ( sri ) Norwegian:Bokmål:herre (no) m Occitan:senhor (oc) m Pashto:آقا m ( aqā ) ,آغا m ( āǧā ) ,ښاغلى m ( x̌āǧᶕlay ) ,صاحب (ps) m ( sāheb ) Persian:Dari:آقَا ( āqā ) ,جَنَاب ( janāb ) Iranian Persian:آقا (fa) ( âġâ ) ,جَناب ( janâb ) Polish:pan (pl) m panie m ( vocative ) Portuguese:senhor (pt) m Quechua:wiraqucha (qu) Romanian:domn (ro) m domnule ( vocative ) Russian:( obsolete ) су́дарь (ru) m ( súdarʹ ) ,господи́н (ru) m ( gospodín ) ,сэр (ru) m ( sɛr ) ( in translations from English ) Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:госпо̀дин m Latin:gospòdin (sh) m Slovak:pán (sk) m pane (sk) m ( vocative ) Slovene:gospod (sl) m Spanish:señor (es) m Swedish:herr (sv) c herre (sv) c Tajik:ҷаноб (tg) ( janob ) ,оғо ( oġo ) ,оқо ( oqo ) Tamil:ஐயா (ta) ( aiyā ) ,சார் (ta) ( cār ) Tatar:әфәнде (tt) ( äfände ) Turkish:beyefendi (tr) ,efendi (tr) ,ağa (tr) ,efendim (tr) Turkmen:jenap (tk) Ukrainian:пан (uk) m ( pan ) ,сер m ( ser ) ( in translations from English ) Urdu:صاحِب m ( sāhib ) ,صاحَب m ( sāhab ) ,جَناب m ( janāb ) ,سَر (ur) m ( sar ) Uyghur:جاناپ ( janap ) ,ئەپەندى ( ependi ) ,ئۇستاز ( ustaz ) ,ئەپەندىم ( ependim ) Uzbek:janob (uz) ,agʻa afandi (uz) Vietnamese:ngài (vi) ,ông (vi) Yiddish:הער m ( her )
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sir (third-person singular simple present sirs present participle sirring simple past and past participle sirred
( transitive , informal ) address anotherindividual using "sir".Coordinate terms: ma'am mam Sir, yes, sir! —Don't yousir me, private! I work for a living!
to address (someone) using "sir"
(titles )( of a man ) : Mr Mister mister Sir sir ( of a woman ) : Ms Miz mizz Mrs Mistress mistress Miss miss Dame dame Madam madam ma'am ( of a non-binary person ) : Mx Mixter ( see also ) : Dr Doctor doctor (Category:en:Titles ) “sir ”, inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary G. & C. Merriam ,1913 ,→OCLC William Dwight Whitney ,Benjamin E[li] Smith , editors (1911 ), “sir ”, inThe Century Dictionary [ … ] The Century Co. ,→OCLC Sri IRS RSI ISR IRs Isr. R.I.S. RIs SRI R. I. S. RIS sir (Kana spelling シㇼ
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an honorific to a man senior than oneself, especially ateacher , apolice officer or anengineer 陳 sir ／ 陈 sir [Cantonese ] ― can4-2 soe4 [Jyutping] ― Mr. ChanWhen this honorific term is preceded by names in tone 4 or tone 6, the tone of the name usually changes to tone 2.
Romanisation of瀡 ( soe4 ) , influenced by spelling ofEnglish sir English sir
sir ( Cantonese )
nonstandard form of瀡 ( soe4 ) sir (present analytic sireann future analytic sirfidh verbal noun sireadh past participle sirthe
( literary ) travel through,traverse ( literary ) seek out ,have recourse to( literary ) seek ,ask for An té a shireas ní ar neach. ―Whoever asks someone for something. ( literary ) beseech ,implore Sirim an tAthair. ―I beseech the Father. Conjugation ofsir (first conjugation – A) indicative singular plural direct relative autonomous first second third first second third present sirim sireann sirir † sireann sirimid sireann sireann sireann sirid † ashireann shireas sirtear past shir shireas shir shiris shir shireamar shir shir shireabhair shir shireadar ashir sireadh past habitual shirinn sirinn ‡ shirteá sirteá ‡ shireadh sireadh ‡ shirimis shireadh sirimis ‡ ;sireadh ‡ shireadh sireadh ‡ shiridís shireadh siridís ‡ ;sireadh ‡ ashireadh shirtí sirtí ‡ singular plural direct relative autonomous first second third first second third future sirfidh sirfead sirfidh sirfir † sirfidh sirfimid sirfidh sirfidh sirfidh sirfid † ashirfidh shirfeas sirfear conditional shirfinn sirfinn ‡ shirfeá sirfeá ‡ shirfeadh sirfeadh ‡ shirfimis shirfeadh sirfimis ‡ ;sirfeadh ‡ shirfeadh sirfeadh ‡ shirfidís shirfeadh sirfidís ‡ ;sirfeadh ‡ ashirfeadh shirfí sirfí ‡ subjunctive singular plural direct relative autonomous first second third first second third present gosire siread † gosire sirir † gosire gosirimid sire gosire gosire sirid † — gosirtear past dásirinn dásirteá dásireadh dásirimis sireadh dásireadh dásiridís sireadh — dásirtí imperative singular plural direct relative autonomous first second third first second third — sirim sir sireadh sirimis sirigí siridh † siridís — sirtear past participle sirthe verbal noun sireadh
† archaic or dialect form‡ dependent form
sir
romanization ofꦱꦶꦂ sir
second-person singular imperative ofsar sir
alternative form ofsire Unadapted borrowing fromEnglish sir
sir m uncountable
sir ( term of address used for knights ) Synonym: senhor Unadapted borrowing fromEnglish sir
sir m uncountable
sir FromOld Irish sirid ( “ to traverse, seek ” ) . Cognate withManx shirr
sir (past shir future siridh verbal noun sireadh past participle sirte
seek ,search ,look for Synonym: lorg Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
Inherited fromProto-Slavic *syrъ
sȉr m inan Cyrillic spelling си̏р
cheese Starost je nevažna stvar, osim ako stesir . ―Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are acheese . Luis Buñuel )Inherited fromProto-Slavic *syrъ
sȉr m inan
cheese “sir Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene),2014–2026 Borrowed fromRussian сыр ( syr ) .
sir (plural sirlar
cheese pishloq
Borrowed fromArabic سِرّ ( sirr ) .
sir (plural sirlar
secret Borrowed fromMiddle English shire [ 1]
sir f plural siroedd not mutable )
county ,shire Synonym: swydd ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke,et al. , editors (1950–present), “sir ”, inGeiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies Cognate toSilt'e [script needed] ( sa:r ) .
sir
grass Initial SLLE Survey of the Zway Area by Klaus Wedekind and Charlotte Wedekind, SIL International 2002, p. 6 (sil.org )garlic ComparePersian سیر ( sir ,“ garlic ” ) .
IPA (key ) : [ˈsiɾ] Hyphenation:sir sir m
garlic 
