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CIS
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Appendix:Variations of "cis"
English
Pronunciation
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-CIS.wav Southern England
Etymology 1
Initialisms.
Noun
es
en w:contact image sensor.
en 1998 PC Mag 17 18 179 Because of its tabloid-size scanbed, the Plug-n-Scan has a large footprint that makes it very stable. On the other hand, being a CIS scanner, it's light and has a very low profile and is designed so that the scanner can be stood upright on its end and still function.
en medicine software en w:clinical information system.
en HIS RIS PACS DICOM HL7 EHR EMR
en clinically isolated syndrome.
en customer information screen.
Proper noun
en Commonwealth of Independent States.
en UK business en construction industry scheme.
en Canada sports historical en w:Canadian Interuniversity Sport.
en Philippines racing en w:Clark International Speedway.
en w:Center for Immigration Studies.
en Caleb Kieffer, R.G. Cravens Homeland Security deploys white nationalist, anti-immigrant graphics to recruit w:Southern Poverty Law Center https://www.splcenter.org/resources/hatewatch/dhs-white-nationalist-anti-immigrant-social-media/ 2025-08-28 Bensman joins Jon Feere, another CIS alumnus who rejoined the Trump administration as ICE’s chief of staff. CIS Executive Director Mark Krikorian reposted DHS’ “Which Way, American Man” ad on X. https://web.archive.org/web/20260920153437/https://www.splcenter.org/resources/hatewatch/dhs-white-nationalist-anti-immigrant-social-media/ 20 September 2026
Translations
Commonwealth of Independent States
Afrikaans: af GOS
Aragonese: an CEI
Armenian: hy ԱՊՀ
Asturian: ast CEI
Bashkir: ba БДБ
Basque: eu EIE
Belarusian: be СНД
Breton: br KSD
Bulgarian: bg ОНД
Catalan: ca CEI
Czech: cs SNS
Danish: da SNG
Dutch: nl GOS
Estonian: et SRÜ
Finnish: fi IVY
French: fr CEI f
German: de GUS f
Greek: el ΚΑΚ f
Hungarian: hu FÁK
Japanese: ja CIS, ja 独立国家共同体 dokuritsu-kokka-kyōdōtai
Latvian: lv NVS
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb SUS
Nynorsk: nn SUS
Polish: pl WNP f
Portuguese: pt CEI f
Romanian: ro CSI f
Russian: ru СНГ n
Slovak: sk SNŠ
Spanish: es CEI f
Swedish: sv OSS
Turkish: tr BDT
Ukrainian: uk СНД
Etymology 2
Likely originates from the false etymology asserting that en cis is an initialism standing for en comfortable in skin.
Adjective
-
en cisgender en proscribed en cis cisgender.
Further reading
Anagrams
en cis -ics CSI ICS ICs I²Cs SCI SIC Sci. sci sci. sic
en College sports Gender
Romanian
Etymology
ro carte de identitate simplă.
Noun
f n CIS-uri
simple (non-electronic) identity card
ro CEI CI
Usage notes
Typically invariable as a feminine noun.
Declension
1