gis
French, verb
gis is spelled G-I-S (3 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 49,558th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gis is a French verb meaning “first/second-person singular present indicative of gésir” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does gis mean in English?
verb
- 1
first/second-person singular present indicative of gésir
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. En France, groupement formel de plusieurs partenaires coopérant dans un but scientifique.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How common is gis in French?
gis appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).