Meaning of cis- | Babel Free

Definitions

1. On this side of.
   morpheme
2. 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.
   morpheme, physical
3. Not trans.
   morpheme
4. Being, or pertaining to being, cis.
   broadly, morpheme

Equivalents

Examples

“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”

“cis- + diazene → cis-diazene”

“cis- + gender → cisgender”

“cis- + sexual → cissexual”

“cis- + sexism → cissexism”

“cis- + normativity → cisnormativity”

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