isis

---

see also: Isis, ISIS

---

Noun

isis (plural isises)

1. (zoology) Any coral of the genus Isis, or family Isididae, composed of joints of white, stony coral, alternating with flexible, horny joints.

---

Isis

---

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈiaɪsəs/, /ˈaɪsɪs/

Proper noun

1. (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.
2. (astronomy) 42 Isis, a main belt asteroid.
3. (uncommon) A female given name
   • 1924, Zora Neale Hurston, Drenched in Light:

     Isis had crawled under the center table with its red plush cover with little round balls for fringe.

   • 1995, Iain Banks, Whit:

     'Beloved Isis,' Elias grinned, 'would you kindly cast some light into the poor occluded mind of our brother here on the matter of the co-essential nature of the body and the soul?'

Related terms

• Isiac
• Isidian
• Isidora
• Isidore

Translations

• German: Isis
• Italian: Iside
• Portuguese: Ísis
• Russian: Иси́да
• Spanish: Isis

Translations

• Russian: Изида
• Spanish: Isis

Proper noun

1. (UK, especially, Oxfordshire, otherwise, dated) The River Thames between its source and its confluence with the River Thame at Dorchester on Thames.

Proper noun

1. Alternative letter-case form of ISIS#English|ISIS

---

ISIS

---

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈaɪsɪs/

Proper noun

1. A Sunni jihadist group active in Libya, Nigeria, Iraq and Syria, where it has proclaimed an (unrecognized) state. [from 2013]

Synonyms

• (Sunni jihadist group) Daesh; ISIL (also a former name); IS, Islamic State (current name)

Translations

• French: EIIL, Daech
• German: ISIS, ISIL, ISIG
• Portuguese: ISIS
• Russian: ИГИ́Л

---

This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.003