SI

See also: Appendix:Variations of "si"

Translingual

Etymology 1

Proper noun

SI

2. Système International d'Unités or the International System of Units, commonly known as the metric system.

   see Appendix on SI Units

Etymology 2

Symbol

SI

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Slovenia since 1992.

   Synonym: SVN (alpha-3)

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

SI

Wikipedia

Proper noun

SI

1. Initialism of Smithsonian Institution.
2. International System of Units

Derived terms

• SI prefix
• SI unit

Noun

SI (countable and uncountable, plural SIs)

1. (electronics) Initialism of signal integrity.
2. (technology) Initialism of systems integration.
3. Initialism of self-injury.
4. Initialism of suicidal ideation.
5. (fandom slang) Initialism of self-insertion. (of the author into fan fiction)
6. (mechanical engineering) Initialism of spark ignition.
7. Initialism of supporting information.
8. Initialism of special intelligence.
9. (finance) Initialism of systematic internaliser.
10. Initialism of swarm intelligence.
11. Initialism of synthetic intelligence.
12. (Philippines, accounting, business) Initialism of sales invoice.
13. (UK, Canada, Australia, law) Initialism of statutory instrument.
    • 2016 December 15, Richard Kelly, Statutory Instruments‎, House of Commons Library Briefing Paper 6509, archived from the original on 7 January 2022, page 1:

      The scope of SIs varies greatly, from the technical (e.g. to set or vary the dates on which different provisions of an Act will come into force, to change the levels of fines or penalties for offences or to make consequential and transitional provisions) to the much wider-ranging, such as filling out the broad provisions in Acts.

14. Initialism of subinspector (of police, etc)

    India's first transgender SI

15. (underwater diving) Initialism of surface interval.

Alternative forms

• S.I. (statutory instrument, chiefly in citation)

Adjective

SI (not comparable)

1. (anatomy, medicine) Initialism of sacroiliac.

   SI joint

Anagrams

• 'is, I's, IS, Is, i's, is, is-, is.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ.si/ ~ /e.si/

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

SI m

1. Abbreviation of Système international. (Système international d’unités) (the international standard metric system)

Alternative forms

• S.I., S. I. (Système International d'Unités)

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛs.i/

Proper noun

SI

1. (historical, politics) Initialism of Sarekat Islam.
2. (physics) Initialism of Sistem Internasional (“International System of Units”).
3. Initialism of Surveyor Indonesia.

Noun

SI (plural SI-SI)

1. Initialism of sarjana informatika.
2. Initialism of sistem informatika.

Japanese

Etymology

From English SI, from French SI.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) エスアイ [èsúáꜜì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [e̞sɨa̠i]

Noun

SI(エスアイ) • (esuai) 

1. Synonym of 国際単位系 (Kokusai Tan'ikei, “International System of Units”); the SI

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛsˈi/
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: S‧I

Noun

SI f (indeclinable)

1. Initialism of sztuczna inteligencja.

Portuguese

Proper noun

SI m

1. Abbreviation of Sistema Internacional. SI

Spanish

Proper noun

SI m

1. Abbreviation of Sinaloa. (Mexican state)