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Isis¹
- /ˈaɪ.sɪs/
- /ˈaɪ.səs/
Sounds like ISIS
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin Īsis from Ancient Greek Ἶσις (Îsis), from Egyptian st-t:H8-B1 (ꜣst).
proper noun
- 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. Grant me profane kiss / Oh Isis, mother ov all / Thy lips like morphine / Teasing my slumbering heart
- 42 Isis, a main belt asteroid.
- A female given name from Egyptian or Ancient Greek. Isis had crawled under the center table with its red plush cover with little round balls for fringe.
Isis²
- /ˈaɪ.sɪs/
- /ˈaɪ.səs/
Sounds like ISIS
Where it comes from
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
- The River Thames between its source and its confluence with the River Thame at Dorchester on Thames. Dorchester is not on the Thames, yet belongs to it certainly, for the Thame, which combines with the Isis to form the Thames, flows past it.
proper noun
- Ellipsis of HM Prison Isis
Isis³
- /ˈaɪ.sɪs/
- /ˈaɪ.səs/
Sounds like ISIS
proper noun
- Alternative letter-case form of ISIS The terrorist threat is growing, the politicians and intelligence services say, due in part to the degradation of Islamic State in Syria and Iraq and the rising numbers of Isis fighters returning to Europe.
isis⁴
Where it comes from
From the genus name.
noun isises
- Any coral of the genus Isis, or family Isididae, composed of joints of white, stony coral, alternating with flexible, horny joints. […] the numerous families of coral, which, under the form of tubular, starry, or stony stems, are denominated tubipores, madrepores, and isises.
ISIS⁵
- /ˈaɪsɪs/
Sounds like Isis
Where it comes from
(Salafist group): An acronym of one English translation of one of the group's Arabic-language names, الدَّوْلَة الْإِسْلَامِيَّة فِي الْعِرَاق وَٱلشَّام (ad-dawla l-ʔislāmiyya fī l-ʕirāq wa-š-šām, literally “the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria”). Compare ISIL, which translates الشَّام (aš-šām) as “the Levant” rather than “Syria”.
proper noun Isis · Islamic State of Iraq and Syria · Islamic State in Iraq and Syria
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A Salafist group mainly active in Iraq and Syria, where it has proclaimed itself as a (unrecognized) state and later caliphate.
Similar: Daesh, ISIL, IS, Islamic State
- Initialism of Israeli Secret Intelligence Services (“a pun on the Salafist group”) They didn't know the room was too big, because they didn't have anybody there. How are they going to beat ISIS? I don't think it's gonna happen.
- Initialism of Institute for Science and International Security
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: hathor, fortuna, urania, horus, osiris, sarapis, analysis, sothis, ices, wicce, islamic state, daesh, is, isil, terrorist group, isisism
Translations
Every language
name ancient Egyptian goddess of fertility
| Español | Isis |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 이시스 Isiseu |
| 日本語 | イシス Ishisu |
| हिन्दी | आइसिस āisis |
| Português | Ísis |
| Français | Isis |
| Deutsch | Isis |
| Italiano | Iside |
| Ελληνικά | Ίσις Ísis, Ίσιδα Ísida |
| Русский | Иси́да Isída |
| العربية | إيزيس 'iizis |
name Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
| Español | ISIS |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | ISIS (ISIS), 이라크 레반트 이슬람국 Irakeu Rebanteu iseullamguk, 이슬람국 Iseullamguk, 이라크 시리아 이슬람국 Irakeu Siria iseullamguk |
| 日本語 | ISIS (ISIS), アイシス aishisu, イラク・レバントのイスラム国 Iraku Rebanto no Isuramu-koku |
| 中文 | ISIS (ISIS), 伊斯蘭國 /伊斯兰国 Yīsīlán Guó |
| हिन्दी | आइसिस āisis, इराक़ और सीरिया इस्लामी राष्ट्र irāq aur sīriyā islāmī rāṣṭra |
| Português | ISIS |
| Français | EIIL, Daech |
| Deutsch | ISIS, ISIL, ISIG, Daesch |
| Ελληνικά | ΙΚΙΣ IKIS |
| Русский | ИГИ́Л IGÍL, ДА́ИШ DÁIŠ, ИГ IG |
| العربية | دَاعِش dāʕiš, الدَّوْلَة الْإِسْلَامِيَّة فِي الْعِرَاق وَٱلشَّام ad-dawla al-ʔislāmiyya fī l-ʕirāq wa-š-šām |
| עברית | דאע״ש da'e"sh |
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title = {isis},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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