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Definitions and meaning of dis

dis

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɪs/
  • Rhymes: -ɪs
  • Homophones: dis-, diss

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of disrespect.

Verb

dis (third-person singular simple present disses, present participle dissing, simple past and past participle dissed)

  1. (informal) Alternative spelling of diss.
Translations

Noun

dis (plural disses)

  1. Alternative form of diss.
Translations

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Old Norse dís.

Noun

dis (plural disir)

  2. (Norse mythology) Any of a group of minor female deities in Scandinavian folklore.

Etymology 3

Representing a colloquial or dialectal pronunciation with th-stopping of this.

Alternative forms

  • 'dis

Determiner

dis

  1. (slang or pronunciation spelling) This.

Pronoun

dis

  1. (slang or pronunciation spelling) This.

See also

  • dis legomenon (etymologically unrelated)

Anagrams

  • IDs, SDI, sid, I-Ds, ISD, DSI, IDS, ids, sid', Sid, SID, I.D.s

Achang

Pronunciation

  • (Myanmar) /di˧˩/
  • (Longchuan) [tə⁵⁵]
  • (Xiandao) [tɤ⁵⁵]

Adjective

dis

  1. rich

Further reading

  • Inglis, Douglas, Sampu, Nasaw, Jaseng, Wilai, Jana, Thocha (2005) A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon‎[2], Payap University, page 26

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

  • 'is (Cape Afrikaans)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dəs/

Contraction

dis

  1. contraction of dit is (this's, that's, it's)

Derived terms

  • dissie

Catalan

Verb

dis

  1. alternative form of dieu

Usage notes

Can be used in Valencia in place of dieu.

Cimbrian

Pronoun

dis

  1. (Sette Comuni) alternative form of ditzan

References

  • “dis” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Danish

Etymology

From Low German dis.

Noun

dis

  1. (light) mist or haze

Verb

dis

  1. imperative of disse

Dutch

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch disch, from Old Dutch disk, from Proto-Germanic *diskuz (“table; dish; bowl”), from Latin discus. Cognate with English dish and German Tisch (“table”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɪs/
  • Hyphenation: dis
  • Rhymes: -ɪs
  • Homophone: diss

Noun

dis m (plural dissen, diminutive disje n)

  1. (dated) laid table
    Synonyms: tafel, berd
  2. (rare) meal, dish
Alternative forms
  • disch (obsolete)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dis/
  • Rhymes: -is

Noun

dis f (plural dissen, diminutive disje n)

  1. (music) D-sharp

Finnish

Etymology

From German Dis (German key notation).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdis/, [ˈdis̠]
  • Rhymes: -is
  • Syllabification(key): dis
  • Hyphenation(key): dis

Noun

dis

  1. (music) D-sharp

Usage notes

Capitalized for the great octave or any octave below that, or in names of major keys; not capitalized for the small octave or any octave above that, or in names of minor keys.

Declension

Derived terms

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /di/

Verb

dis

  1. inflection of dire:
    1. first/second-person singular present indicative
    2. first/second-person singular past historic
    3. second-person singular imperative

Galician

Verb

dis

  1. second-person singular present indicative of dicir
  2. (reintegrationist norm) second-person singular present indicative of dizer

German

Pronoun

dis

  1. obsolete spelling of dies

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French dix.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dis/

Numeral

dis

  1. ten

Ladin

Noun

dis

  1. plural of dì

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈdiːs]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈd̪is]

Etymology 1

Contracted form of dīves.

Adjective

dīs (genitive dītis, comparative dītior, superlative dītissimus); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. rich, wealthy
    Synonyms: opulentus, opulens, dives, ditis, locuples
    Antonyms: pauper, egens, inops, exiguus
Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Derived terms
  • dītēscō
  • dītiae

Etymology 2

Inflected form of deus (“god”).

Noun

dīs m

  1. dative/ablative plural of deus

References

  • “dis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “dis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "dis", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[3], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • “dis”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Louisiana Creole

Etymology

Inherited from French dix (“ten”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dis/
  • Rhymes: -is

Numeral

dis

  1. ten

Usage notes

  • This word is used independently of nouns.
  • When preceding nouns, di is used for consonant-initial words, and diz is used for vowel-initial words. Compare French etymon dix.

Related terms

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French dix.

Numeral

dis

  1. ten

Middle Dutch

Determiner

dis

  1. neuter genitive singular of dese

Middle English

Etymology 1

Determiner

dis

  1. alternative form of þis

Etymology 2

Noun

dis

  1. alternative form of dees (“die”)

Noun

dis

  1. alternative form of dees: plural of dee (“die”)

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English this.

Determiner

dis

  1. this

Norman

Verb

dis

  1. first-person singular preterite of dithe

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈtiːs/

Pronoun

dīs

  1. locative of dii

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German Low German dis.

Noun

dis m (definite singular disen)

  1. haze

Related terms

  • disig

References

  • “dis” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From German Low German dis.

Noun

dis m (definite singular disen, uncountable)

  1. haze
Related terms
  • disen
  • disig

Etymology 2

From Old Norse dís f, from Proto-Germanic *dīsiz (“(demi-)goddess; virgin”)

Noun

dis f (definite singular disa, indefinite plural diser, definite plural disene)

  2. (Norse mythology) dis

Etymology 3

From De (“you (formal singular)”) modelled after the adjective dus.

Adjective

dis (singular and plural dis)

  1. having formal distance (of interpersonal relationships)
  2. (originally historically, formal) being on terms where one may address each other with the formal 2nd person singular pronoun De, as opposed to the more formal du.
Antonyms
  • dus

References

  • “dis” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin decem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dis/

Numeral

dis

  1. ten
Descendants
  • French: dix
  • Norman: dgix, dix (Guernsey), dyis (continental)
  • Walloon: dijh

Etymology 2

From the verb dire.

Verb

dis

  1. inflection of dire:
    1. first/second-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular present imperative

Pali

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit दिश् (diś).

Root

dis (Pali name disa)

  1. to point out
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit दृश् (dṛś).

Root

dis (Pali name disa)

  1. to see
Derived terms

References

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdis/
  • Rhymes: -is
  • Syllabification: dis

Noun

dis n (indeclinable)

  1. (music) D sharp

Further reading

  • dis in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d̥ʲiʃ/

Adjective

dis

  1. intolerant of cold, cold-sensitive, nesh
  2. delicate, tender

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “dis”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[5], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN, page 140

Swedish

Etymology

From Low German dis (“haze”), of West Germanic origin (compare Dutch dijs (“mist, fog”), West Frisian diish), of uncertain origin; possibly from Middle Low German dûnster, from Old Saxon *thinstar, from Proto-West Germanic *þimstr (“dusky, dark”). If so, related to modern Dutch deemster (“twilight”).

Noun

dis n (uncountable)

  1. mist, haze; a thin fog
  2. indefinite genitive singular of di

Declension

Synonyms

  • dimslöja

Related terms

  • disig
  • soldis
  • torrdis

References

Further reading

  • dis in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • dis in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • dis in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
  • dis in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

  • sid

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English dish.

Noun

dis

  1. dish; bowl

Volapük

Preposition

dis

  1. under

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle English dees.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diːs/

Noun

dis m or f (plural disiau or disau)

  1. die (polyhedron used in games of chance)

Mutation


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