Meaning and Origin
What does the name Si mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
User Submitted Origins
User Submitted Meanings
- A submission from Zambia says the name Si means "Behind" and is of African origin.
Etymology: It
- The syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any musical scale in solmization
- A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists; fundamental quantities are length (meter) and mass (kilogram) and time (second) and electric current (ampere) and temperature (kelvin) and amount of matter (mole) and luminous intensity (candela)
- A tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors
Acronym of Latin Sancte Ioannes, the phrase ending the hymn Ut queant laxis from earlier words of which the other notes of solfège were derived.
- (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the seventh note of a major scale.
si was also found in the following language(s): Albanian, Alemannic German, Asturian, Catalan, Chamorro, Czech, Dalmatian, Danish, Dutch, Esperanto, Ewe, Fala, French, Friulian, Galician, Gothic, Indonesian, Interlingua, Italian, Koro (India), Ladin, Latin, Latvian, Lojban, Luxembourgish, Malay, Mandarin, Middle Dutch, Middle French, Middle Low German, Nalca, Norman, Norwegian, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Old French, Old Portuguese, Old Saxon, Portuguese, Romansch, Serbo-Croatian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Volapük, Walloon, and Welsh