Significato di sir in italiano

• 0 You call a man ‘sir’ when you are speaking to him politely. -- signore (usato per rivolgersi ad un uomo in modo gentile)

  • Excuse me, sir, is this seat taken? Mi scusi signore, questo posto è occupato?

• 1 a way of beginning a formal letter to a man whose name you do not know -- Egregio signore

• 2 a title used in the UK before the name of a man who has been given official respect or who has a high social rank -- sir (titolo usato nel Regno Unito prima del nome proprio di un uomo di alta posizione sociale)

  • Sir Cliff Richard

• 3 a polite form of address (spoken or written) to a man -- signore

  • Excuse me, sir!

  • He started his letter ‘Dear Sirs, …’.

• 4 in the United Kingdom, the title of a knight or baronet -- Sir

  • Sir Francis Drake.