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Meaning of "cissy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CISSY

cissy  [ˈsɪsɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CISSY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cissy is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CISSY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Cissy

Cissy may refer to: ▪ Cissy, a character from the Pokémon anime show ▪ Narcissa Malfoy, nicknamed 'Cissy', from the Harry Potter stories ▪ Cissy Chandler wife of Raymond Thornton Chandler, an American author of crime stories and novels ▪ Cissy Davis, a character in the original U.S. TV series Family Affair ▪ Cissy Houston born Emily Drinkard, an American soul and gospel singer. ▪ Cissie Caudeiron born Mabel Alice Caudeiron, a Creole nationalist and folklorist from Roseau, Dominica. ▪ Cissy Gool, a South African politician and anti-apartheid leader. ▪ Cissy King born Claire Yvonne King, an American-born singer and dancer best known as a featured performer on The Lawrence Welk Show. ▪ Cissi Klein born Cissi Pera Klein, a Norwegian Jewish girl who is commemorated every year as one of the victims of the Holocaust. ▪ Cissie and Ada, a British television skit from the 1970s and 1980s. ▪ Cissie Loftus a Scottish actress, singer, mimic, vaudevillian and music hall performer in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. ▪ Cissy Patterson US writer, newspaper publisher, owner, editor, countess, socialite &c.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CISSY


abscissae
æbˈsɪsɪ
Berenice
bɛrəˈnaɪsɪ
Chrissie
ˈkrɪsɪ
courtesy
ˈkɜːtɪsɪ
icy
ˈaɪsɪ
lacey
ˈleɪsɪ
lacy
ˈleɪsɪ
legitimacy
lɪˈdʒɪtɪmɪsɪ
missy
ˈmɪsɪ
Odyssey
ˈɒdɪsɪ
policy
ˈpɒlɪsɪ
pricey
ˈpraɪsɪ
prophecy
ˈprɒfɪsɪ
racy
ˈreɪsɪ
secrecy
ˈsiːkrɪsɪ
sissy
ˈsɪsɪ
spacey
ˈspeɪsɪ
spicy
ˈspaɪsɪ
Sulawesi
ˌsuːləˈweɪsɪ
Tracy
ˈtreɪsɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CISSY

cislunar space
cismontane
cispadane
cisplatin
cispontine
cissies
cissified
cissing
cissoid
cissus
cist
cistaceous
Cistercian
cistern
cisterna
cisternae
cisternal
cistic
cistron
cistronic

WORDS THAT END LIKE CISSY

bossy
classy
Debussy
dressy
embassy
fussy
glassy
glossy
grassy
hissy
hussy
kissy-kissy
lossy
massy
messy
mossy
Palissy
prissy
pussy
sassy

Synonyms and antonyms of cissy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CISSY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «cissy» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of cissy

Translation of «cissy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CISSY

Find out the translation of cissy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cissy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cissy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

西茜
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cissy
570 millions of speakers

English

cissy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

cissy
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

cissy
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

девчушка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Cissy
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মেয়েলি লোক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cissy
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cissy
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Cissy
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

シシー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

여자 같 ㄴ
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cissy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Cissy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆண் தன்மை அற்ற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Cissy
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

muhallebi çocuğu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

effeminato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Cissy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дівчатко
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Cissy
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

cissy
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lafaard
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

cissy
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Cissy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cissy

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CISSY»

The term «cissy» is regularly used and occupies the 76.338 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CISSY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «cissy» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «cissy» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cissy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CISSY»

Discover the use of cissy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cissy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Remembering Whitney: My Story of Love, Loss, and the Night ...
Complete with never-before-seen family photographs, Remembering Whitney is an intimate, heartfelt portrait of one of our most revered artists, from the woman who cherished her most.
Cissy Houston, 2013
2
Newspaper Titan: The Infamous Life and Monumental Times of ...
Here is her twentieth-century Washington: its politics and society, scandals and feuds, and at the center—the fierce newspaper wars that consumed and drove the country's press titans, as Patterson took the Washington Times-Herald from a ...
Amanda Smith, 2011
3
How sweet the sound: my life with God and Gospel
The life story of Cissy Houston, the Grammy Award-winning gospel singer and mother of pop-music diva Whitney Houston, reflects on finding meaning, direction, and love in a tug-of-war between family and career.
Cissy Houston, Jonathan Singer, 1998
4
Altered States: Sex, Nation, Drugs, and Self-Transformation ...
In another séance, this tension over the distinction between spirit and medium emerges again, this time with Cissy, the African child spirit and the one with whom Fairlamb Mellon arguably had the least in common physically. Cissy, we are told, ...
Marlene Tromp, 2012
5
Plays by Henry Arthur Jones
LITTLE GIRL: There, Cissy, don't you cry. I've got a piece of cake. There - (giving cake) don't you tell anybody - I love you if the others don't. (Kisses CISSY and runs off. CISSY is crying. ) DENVER: (Comes down to CISSY.) Why are you crying, ...
Henry Arthur Jones, Russell Jackson, 1982
6
Swimming in the Deep End
I stood on the edge of the slippery dock and yelled “CISSY!” with all my lungs, but of course nobody answered but the echo of my own voice. It was raining pretty hard now, so I went back and got into the Land Rover, the only place I could think  ...
John M. Daniel
7
Peyton's Web
Cissy hesitated, but soon took her up on it. Tina decided to stay home, and keep an eye on Mignon. She sat next to her on the bed thinking out loud. “Cissy is making a huge mistake, how foolish of her to make Jasmine's problems her own.
Loretta Bowens, 2011
8
Ebony Jr.
Cissy nodded and hugged China. "But what am I going to do with all that stuff? It's just going to sit in my room like all the other junk I've got." "I understand, darlin'. And I've got an idea. If you do this real quick, no one will feel hurt and you might ...
9
Remembering Whitney: A Mother’s Story of Love, Loss and the ...
The definitive account of Whitney Houston’s astonishing life, ground-breaking career and tragic death – complete with never-before-seen photographs – from the only one who truly knows the story behind the headlines: her mother, Cissy ...
Cissy Houston, 2013
10
Innocence Erased: Victoriously Healed by His Embrace
One morning, after hanging out all night at an After Hour Spot, Cissy, one of her best friends, and an associate, stopped in a Harlem restaurant to eat breakfast. While there, the associate friend had something to prove or wanted to get a ...
Cathy Moore-Coleman Bs Msol, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CISSY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cissy is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Bobbi Kristina Update: Bobby Brown & Houstons Ban Hospice Visits …
“Pat [Houston], Bobby, and anybody involved with the guardianship, including Cissy [Houston can visit].” Bobbi Kristina listens to her mother's ... «The Inquisitr, Jul 15»
2
Former Bond girl Catherine Rabett pays high price for sun addiction
Rabett (centre) as Cissy Meldrum in the 1993 TV series You Rang, M'Lord? "There's no history of skin cancer in my family, but like many who ... «The Southland Times, Jul 15»
3
Treasure of a trail: Missouri's Katy Trail State Park celebrates 25 years
Rich and Cissy Byrd of Spartanburg, S.C., rolled up on a tandem bike. They had started in St. Louis and were following the Lewis & Clark ... «Columbia Daily Tribune, Jul 15»
4
Bobbi Kristina Brown gets visit from family in hospice care
Cissy Houston said then that Brown was no longer in a medically induced coma, but that she remained unresponsive. Police have said they are ... «Q13 FOX, Jun 15»
5
Bobbi K's condition may speed up probe
Her grandmother, gospel great Cissy Houston, has been candid from the beginning about her condition not improving. She said in April that ... «USA TODAY, Jun 15»
6
Family of Auckland woman Cissy Chen call for witnesses to come …
Phillip Chen held a press conference Monday at the North Shore reserve where Cissy's body was discovered 16 months after she disappeared ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jun 15»
7
Bobbi Kristina Brown Scandal Over Pat Houston Wanting Bobbi …
Pat and Cissy Houston have been facing more than a few raised eyebrows. Both women dominate the family, and both have been very vocal ... «Celebrity Dirty Laundry, Jun 15»
8
Bobbi Kristina Brown Moving Home To Die: Cissy and Pat Houston …
Do Cissy Houston and Pat Houston really want Bobbie Kristina to die peacefully, or are they just trying to speed up the process so that they can ... «Celebrity Dirty Laundry, Jun 15»
9
Questions over judge's decision in Cissy Chen case
Questions over judge's decision in Cissy Chen case. Tue, Jun 16. share. Nicole Bremner. ONE News Reporter. Questions over judges decision in Cissy Chen ... «TVNZ, Jun 15»
10
Not guilty verdict in Cissy Chen Auckland murder case
Cissy Chen's partner has been found not guilty of killing her by a jury at the High Court at Auckland. The jury - six women and six men - retired ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Cissy [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/cissy>. Apr 2024 ».
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