cis-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cis"

English

Etymology

From the Latin preposition cis (“on this side of”). The earliest known gender-related use of the prefix in any language was in a 1914 German-language book on sexology.[1] According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the earliest use of the prefix in the context of gender in English dates from 1994.[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sɪs/
  • Rhymes: -ɪs
  • Homophones: cis, sis

Prefix

cis-

  1. (geography) On this side of.
    Antonym: trans-
    ‎cis- + ‎alpine → ‎cisalpine (“on this [the Roman] side of the Alps”)
    ‎cis- + ‎Rhenane → ‎cisrhenane (“on this [the speaker's] side of Rhine”)
    ‎cis- + ‎Caucasia → ‎Ciscaucasia
    ‎cis- + ‎Jordan → ‎Cisjordan
    ‎cis- + ‎Neptunian → ‎cis-Neptunian
  2. (chemistry) Forming names of chemical compounds in which two atoms or groups are situated on the same side of some plane of symmetry passing through the compound.
    • May 11, 2011, "Chemwatch Material Safety Data Sheet: CRC (NZ) 5088, 5089 Brakleen (Aerosol)", Chemwatch‎:
      "Microbial degradation products of tetrachloroethylene in groundwater have been reported to include primarily trichloroethylene and small amounts of cis- and trans-dichloroethylene."
    ‎cis- + ‎diazene → ‎cis-diazene
  3. (gender) Being, or pertaining to being, cis; cisgender or cissexual.
    ‎cis- + ‎gender → ‎cisgender
    ‎cis- + ‎sexism → ‎cissexism
    ‎cis- + ‎normativity → ‎cisnormativity

Usage notes
  • In the first sense, “on this side of”, this prefix is usually attached directly to the word it modifies, or sometimes separated from it by a hyphen: cisrhenane, cis-Neptunian.
  • In the gender-related sense, this prefix is attached directly to certain words, most notably cisgender and cissexual (which are almost always spelled thus, not as e.g. *cis sexual). In other cases, the related standalone adjective cis is used: hence one speaks of a cis perspective (not *cisperspective), etc. Compare trans- and trans.

Antonyms

Derived terms
English terms prefixed with cis-

Translations

See also

References
  1. Ernst Burchard (1914) Lexikon des gesamten Sexuallebens (in German)
    1914, Ernst Burchard, Lexikon Des Gesamten Sexuallebens‎, Berlin, BV047570799, page 32:
    Cisvestitismus, die Neigung, die Kleidung einer anderen Altersstufe, Volks- oder Berufsklasse des gleichen Geschlechts zum Zwecke sexueller Ent­ spannung anzulegen, dem Transvestitismus verwandt (s. Verkleidungstrieb).
    Cisvestism, the tendency to don the clothes of a different age group, ethnic group, or profession of the same sex for the purpose of sexual relaxation, related to transvestism (see disguise instinct).
  2. New words notes December 2015 – Oxford English Dictionary

Further reading

Anagrams

Italian

Prefix

cis-

  1. cis- (all senses)

Derived terms
Italian terms prefixed with cis-

Anagrams
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