spis

See also: spiš and spíš

Cornish

Etymology

Borrowed from English spice.

Noun

spis m (plural spisyow or spisys)

1. spice

Derived terms

• spisek (“spicy”)

Czech

Etymology

Etymology tree

Czech s-

Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ-der.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *peiśteider.

Proto-Slavic *pis-

Proto-Slavic *-ьmo

Proto-Slavic *pisьmo

Czech -pis

Czech spis

From s- + -pis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈspɪs]

Noun

spis m inan

1. file
2. record

Declension

Declension of spis (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	spis	spisy
genitive	spisu	spisů
dative	spisu	spisům
accusative	spis	spisy
vocative	spise	spisy
locative	spise, spisu	spisech
instrumental	spisem	spisy

Related terms

• dokument

Further reading

• “spis”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “spis”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “spis”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spiːs/, [sb̥iːˀs]
• Rhymes: -iːˀs

Verb

spis

1. imperative of spise

French

Noun

spis ?

1. plural of spi

Middle English

Noun

spis

1. alternative form of spice

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

spis

1. imperative of spise

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspis/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -is
• Syllabification: spis

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰsder.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *iź

Proto-Slavic *jьz

Proto-Slavic *jьz-

Proto-Indo-European *sem-

Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-

Proto-Balto-Slavic *san?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm?

Proto-Slavic *sъ(n)

Old Polish z-

Old Polish s-

Polish s-

Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ-der.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *peiśteider.

Proto-Slavic *pisati

Old Polish pisać

Polish pisać

Polish spisaćdeverb.

Polish spis

Deverbal from spisać.

Noun

spis m inan

1. (operations) inventory, list (text containing an enumeration in a specific order of objects, persons, activities, etc.)

   Synonyms: lista, wykaz

2. (operations) inventory, list (process of producing or updating such a text)

   Synonyms: inwentaryzacja, remanent

Declension

Declension of spis

	singular	plural
nominative	spis	spisy
genitive	spisu	spisów
dative	spisowi	spisom
accusative	spis	spisy
instrumental	spisem	spisami
locative	spisie	spisach
vocative	spisie	spisy

Derived terms

nouns

• jadłospis
• spis treści

Related terms

verbs

• spisać pf
• spisywać impf

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

spis f

1. genitive plural of spisa

Further reading

• “spis”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “spis”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Czech spis in the 19th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spîs/

Noun

spȉs m inan (Cyrillic spelling спи̏с)

1. document, text

Declension

Declension of spis

	singular	plural
nominative	spȉs	spȉsi
genitive	spisa	spȋsā
dative	spisu	spisima
accusative	spis	spise
vocative	spise	spisi
locative	spisu	spisima
instrumental	spisom	spisima

Further reading

• “spis”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Swedish

en modern spis

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spiːs/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

spis c

1. a stove, a cooker (with hot plates or the like and often a built-in oven)
2. a fireplace

   Synonym: eldstad

   en öppen spis

   an open fireplace [as opposed to a closed one]

   göra eld i spisen

   light the fireplace [or possibly stove, if of a wood-burning stove]

3. (archaic) a meal (food to be eaten)

   Smaklig spis!

   Bon appétit!

   (literally, “[Have a] tasteful meal!”)

   • 1713, Sophia Elisabet Brenner, Poetiske Dikter 1‎^[3], page 258:

     En Man som aldrahälst förtär
     den spis som hemma lagat är/

     A man who always prefers to eat
     the meal that home-cooked is/

Declension

Declension of spis

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	spis	spis
	definite	spisen	spisens
plural	indefinite	spisar	spisars
	definite	spisarna	spisarnas

Derived terms

(stove, cooker):

• elspis (“electric stove”)
• gasspis (“gas stove”)
• spiselkrans (“mantelpiece, mantel”)
• spiskrok (“stove hook, (also used as) poker, firestick”)
• spisplatta (“hot plate on a stove”)
• vedspis (“wood stove”)

(food):

• smaklig spis (“bon appétit”)
• spisa (“eat”)

See also

• gryta (“pot (large, deep cooking vessel)”)
• häll (“flat cooktop”)
• induktionshäll (“induction cooktop”)
• kastrull (“saucepan, pot, pan (deep, long-handled cooking pan)”)
• kokplatta (“(standalone) hot plate”)
• kök (“kitchen; portable stove”)
• stekpanna (“frying pan, skillet”)
• ugn (“oven”)
• vitvara

References

• “spis”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “spis”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “spis”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)