tis

See also: TIS, tiš, tîş, 'tis, -tis, and t'is

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /tɪz/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪz

Contraction

tis

1. Alternative form of 'tis

Etymology 2

Noun

tis

1. plural of ti

Anagrams

• SIT, Sit, its, its', IST, STI, is't, ist, sit, -ist, 'its, it's, Ist, TSI, ITS, S.T.I.

Czech

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tis

Wikipedia ^cs

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech tis, from Proto-Slavic *tisъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈcɪs]
• Rhymes: -ɪs

Noun

tis m inan

1. yew (tree or wood)

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	tis	tisy
genitive	tisu	tisů
dative	tisu	tisům
accusative	tis	tisy
vocative	tise	tisy
locative	tisu	tisech
instrumental	tisem	tisy

Declension of tis (hard masculine inanimate)

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

1. plural of til

Romanian

Noun

tis m (plural tiși)

1. Alternative form of tisă

Declension

Declension of tis

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	tis	tisul		tiși	tișii
genitive-dative	tis	tisului		tiși	tișilor
vocative	tisule			tișilor

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English teeth.

Noun

tis

1. (anatomy) tooth

Yola

Alternative forms

• 'tis

Etymology

Contraction of it is.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɪz/

Contraction

tis

1. 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