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From Middle English sir, unstressed form of sire, borrowed from Old French sire (“master, sir, lord”), from Latin senior (“older, elder”), from senex (“old”). Doublet of seigneur, seignior, senhor, senior, señor, senyor, signore, and sire.

sir (plural sirs)

  1. A man of a higher rank or position.
  2. A respectful term of address to a man of higher rank or position, particularly:

    • 1991 May 12, “Kidnapped!”, in Jeeves and Wooster, Series 2, Episode 5:

      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.

    1. to a knight or other low member of the peerage.

      Just be careful. He gets whingy now if you don't address him as Sir John.

    2. to a superior military officer.

      Sir, yes sir.

      Coordinate term: ma'am
    3. to a teacher.

      Here's my report, sir.

      Coordinate term: miss
  3. A respectful term of address to an adult male (often older), especially if his name or proper title is unknown.

    Excuse me, sir, do you know the way to the art museum?

    Coordinate terms: madam, ma'am, miss

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

sir (third-person singular simple present sirs, present participle sirring, simple past and past participle sirred)

  1. (transitive, informal) To address another individual using "sir".
    Coordinate terms: ma'am, mam

    Sir, yes, sir! —Don't you sir me, private! I work for a living!

to address (someone) using "sir"

sir (Kana spelling シㇼ)

  1. appearance
  2. earth
  3. land, mountain

From English sir.

sir (Cantonese)

  1. an honorific to a man senior than oneself, especially a teacher or a police officer
    陳sir／陈sir [Cantonese]  ―  can4-2 soe4 [Jyutping]  ―  Mr. Chan

Romanisation of 瀡 (soe4), influenced by spelling of English sir. Not related to English sir semantically.

sir (Cantonese)

  1. Nonstandard form of 瀡 (soe4).

sir (present analytic sireann, future analytic sirfidh, verbal noun sireadh, past participle sirthe)

  1. (literary) travel through, traverse
  2. (literary) seek out, have recourse to
  3. (literary) seek, ask for
    An té a shireas ní ar neach. ― Whoever asks someone for something.
  4. (literary) beseech, implore
    Sirim an tAthair. ― I beseech the Father.
verbal noun sireadh
past participle sirthe
tense singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative
present sirim sireann tú;
sirir† 		sireann sé, sí sirimid sireann sibh sireann siad;
sirid† 		a shireann; a shireas /
a sireann* 		sirtear
past shir mé; shireas shir tú; shiris shir sé, sí shireamar; shir muid shir sibh; shireabhair shir siad; shireadar a shir /
ar shir* 		sireadh
past habitual shirinn / sirinn‡‡ shirteá / sirteᇇ shireadh sé, sí / sireadh sé, s퇇 shirimis; shireadh muid / sirimis‡‡; sireadh muid‡‡ shireadh sibh / sireadh sibh‡‡ shiridís; shireadh siad / siridís‡‡; sireadh siad‡‡ a shireadh /
a sireadh* 		shirtí / sirt퇇
future sirfidh mé;
sirfead 		sirfidh tú;
sirfir† 		sirfidh sé, sí sirfimid;
sirfidh muid 		sirfidh sibh sirfidh siad;
sirfid† 		a shirfidh; a shirfeas /
a sirfidh* 		sirfear
conditional shirfinn / sirfinn‡‡ shirfeá / sirfeᇇ shirfeadh sé, sí / sirfeadh sé, s퇇 shirfimis; shirfeadh muid / sirfimis‡‡; sirfeadh muid‡‡ shirfeadh sibh / sirfeadh sibh‡‡ shirfidís; shirfeadh siad / sirfidís‡‡; sirfeadh siad‡‡ a shirfeadh /
a sirfeadh* 		shirfí / sirf퇇
subjunctive
present go sire mé;
go siread† 		go sire tú;
go sirir† 		go sire sé, sí go sirimid;
go sire muid 		go sire sibh go sire siad;
go sirid† 		— go sirtear
past dá sirinn dá sirteá dá sireadh sé, sí dá sirimis;
dá sireadh muid 		dá sireadh sibh dá siridís;
dá sireadh siad 		— dá sirtí
imperative
– sirim sir sireadh sé, sí sirimis sirigí;
siridh† 		siridís — sirtear

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

sir

  1. Romanization of ꦱꦶꦂ

sir

  1. second-person singular imperative of sar

sir

  1. Alternative form of sire

Unadapted borrowing from English sir.

sir m (uncountable)

  1. sir
Declension of sir
singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative sir sirul
genitive-dative sir sirului
vocative sirule

From Old Irish sirid (“to traverse, seek”). Cognate with Manx shirr.

sir (past shir, future siridh, verbal noun sireadh, past participle sirte)

  1. seek, search, look for
    Synonym: lorg
Mutation of sir
radical lenition
sir shir
after "an", t-sir

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *syrъ, derived from "sour milk".

sȉr m (Cyrillic spelling си̏р)

  1. cheese

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *syrъ, derived from "sour milk".

sȉr m inan

  1. cheese
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing. sìr
gen. sing. síra
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		sìr síra síri
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		síra sírov sírov
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		síru síroma sírom
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		sìr síra síre
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		síru sírih sírih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		sírom síroma síri
  • “sir”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Borrowed from Russian сыр (syr).

sir (plural sirlar)

  1. cheese

pishloq

Borrowed from Arabic سِرّ (sirr).

sir (plural sirlar)

  1. secret

Borrowed from Middle English shire.[1]

sir f (plural siroedd, not mutable)

  1. county, shire
    Synonym: swydd
  • sirol (“relating to a county”)
  1. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “sir”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Cognate to Silt'e [script needed] (sa:r).

sir

  1. grass
  • Initial SLLE Survey of the Zway Area by Klaus Wedekind and Charlotte Wedekind, SIL International 2002, p. 6 (sil.org)
garlic

Compare Persian سیر (sir, “garlic”).

  • IPA(key): [ˈsiɾ]
  • Hyphenation: sir

sir

  1. garlic