Isis

== Translingual == === Etymology === === Proper noun === Isis f A taxonomic genus within the family Isididae – typical deep-sea bamboo corals. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Cnidaria – phylum; Anthozoa – class; Alcyonaria – subclass; Alcyonacea – order; Calcaxonia – suborder; Isididae – family ==== Derived terms ==== Chelidonisis Muricellisis === References === Isis (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Isis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Isis (genus) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Isis at World Register of Marine Species == English == === Pronunciation === enPR: ī′sĭs, IPA(key): /ˈaɪ.sɪs/, /ˈaɪ.səs/ Homophone: ISIS === Etymology 1 === ==== Proper noun ==== Isis (Egyptian mythology) An ancient Egyptian goddess, the wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, worshiped as the ideal mother and wife and as the matron of nature and magic; also worshiped by (some) Greeks during the Hellenistic period and featured in Greek mythology, and by Romans involved in what was categorized as the Cult of Isis. (astronomy) 42 Isis, a main belt asteroid. (uncommon) A female given name from Egyptian or Ancient Greek. ===== Usage notes ===== As a female given name, its popularity peaked in 2005 in the US and 2010 in the Netherlands. Due to its association with Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (commonly abbreviated as ISIS), the name quickly fell out of favor and is now rarely used. [1] In some depictions of the Egyptian goddess, she is sometimes renamed as Eset. ===== Synonyms ===== (astronomy): 42 Isis, ㊷ ===== Related terms ===== Isiac Isidian Isidora Isidore ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Back-formation of the Latin Tamesis (“Thames”), from the assumption that the word was derived from a compound of Thame (“A tributary of the Thames”) and Isis. The prison was named after the river. ==== Proper noun ==== the Isis (UK, especially Oxfordshire, otherwise dated) The River Thames between its source and its confluence with the River Thame at Dorchester on Thames. ==== Proper noun ==== Isis Ellipsis of HM Prison Isis. === Etymology 3 === ==== Proper noun ==== Isis Alternative letter-case form of ISIS. === Further reading === “Isis”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “Isis”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 3194, column 1. “Isis”, in Collins English Dictionary. “Isis”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. “Isis”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “Isis”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === IISS == Danish == === Etymology === === Proper noun === Isis Isis == Finnish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈisis/, [ˈis̠is̠] Rhymes: -isis Syllabification(key): I‧sis Hyphenation(key): I‧sis === Etymology 1 === ==== Proper noun ==== Isis Isis (Egyptian goddess) ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === From English ISIS (“Islamic State in Iraq and Syria”). ==== Proper noun ==== Isis ISIS (extremist group) ===== Declension ===== ===== Alternative forms ===== ISIS == German == === Pronunciation === === Etymology 1 === ==== Proper noun ==== Isis f (proper noun, genitive Isis' or Isis) Isis ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Proper noun ==== Isis f (proper noun, genitive Isis' or Isis) alternative form of ISIS (“Isis”) ===== Declension ===== == Latin == === Etymology === === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈiː.sɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈiː.s̬is] === Noun === Īsis f sg (genitive Īsis or Īsidis); third declension Isis. A river of Pontus ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (i-stem or imparisyllabic non-i-stem; two different stems), singular only. ==== Related terms ==== Īsiacus ==== Descendants ==== → English: Isis (learned) → French: Isis f sg (learned) Italian: Iside Sicilian: Ìsiti, Isis → Spanish: Isis f sg (learned) === References === “Isis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Isis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 860. Isis in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 461 == Spanish == === Etymology === === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈisis/ [ˈi.sis] Rhymes: -isis Syllabification: I‧sis === Proper noun === Isis f (Egyptian mythology) Isis