Sie

Pronunciation

• IPA: /saɪ/
• Rhymes: -aɪ

From Middle English sien, from Old English sīgan ("to pass from a higher to a lower position, sink, descend, decline, fall, fall down, move towards a point, advance, go, go to, approach, ooze, run as matter, strain, filter, act as a filter"), from Proto-Germanic *sīganą, *sīhwaną ("to strain, drop"), from Proto-Indo-European *seik- ("to pour, strain"). Cognate with Dutch zijgen ("to filter"), German seihen ("to strain, sieve"), Icelandic síga ("to lower").

Alternative forms

• sigh
• sey, sye Scotland

Full definition of sie

Verb

1. (intransitive) To sink; fall; drop.
2. (intransitive) To fall, as in a swoon; faint.
3. (intransitive, dialectal) To drop, as water; trickle.
4. (transitive) To sift.
5. (transitive, dialectal) To strain, as milk; filter.

Noun

1. A drop.

Related terms

• sile

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

• shi

Pronoun

1. (neologism) gender-neutral

Synonyms

• (gender-neutral) he or she, he/she, s/he, (s)he
• (gender-neutral) singular they
• (gender-neutral) neologism e, ey, shi, ze, per

Anagrams

• I'se