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English

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Pronunciation

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)

  1. (Norse mythology) Any of a group of minor female deities in Scandinavian folklore.
    • 1851, Benjamin Thorpe, Northern Mythology, E Lumley, page 116:
      In Norway the Dîsir appear to have been held in great veneration.
    • 1993, Hilda Ellis Davidson, The Lost Beliefs of Northern Europe, Routledge, page 113:
      A number of places in Norway and Sweden were also named after the Disir
    • 1997, ‘Egil's Saga’, translated by Bernard Scudder, The Sagas of Icelanders, Penguin, published 2001, page 67:
      Bard had prepared a feast for him, because a sacrifice was being made to the disir.

Etymology 3

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

Alternative forms

Determiner

dis

  1. (slang or pronunciation spelling) This.

Pronoun

dis

  1. (slang or pronunciation spelling) This.

See also

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

  • 'is (Cape Afrikaans)

Pronunciation

Contraction

dis

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

Derived terms

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

dis m (plural dissen, diminutive disje n)

  1. (dated) table
    Synonyms: tafel, berd
  2. (rare) meal, dish

Derived terms

Finnish

Etymology

From German Dis (German key notation).

Pronunciation

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

Inflection of dis (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative dis disit
genitive disin disien
partitive disiä disejä
illative disiin diseihin
singular plural
nominative dis disit
accusative nom. dis disit
gen. disin
genitive disin disien
partitive disiä disejä
inessive disissä diseissä
elative disistä diseistä
illative disiin diseihin
adessive disillä diseillä
ablative disiltä diseiltä
allative disille diseille
essive disinä diseinä
translative disiksi diseiksi
abessive disittä diseittä
instructive disein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of dis (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative disini disini
accusative nom. disini disini
gen. disini
genitive disini disieni
partitive disiäni disejäni
inessive disissäni diseissäni
elative disistäni diseistäni
illative disiini diseihini
adessive disilläni diseilläni
ablative disiltäni diseiltäni
allative disilleni diseilleni
essive disinäni diseinäni
translative disikseni diseikseni
abessive disittäni diseittäni
instructive
comitative diseineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative disisi disisi
accusative nom. disisi disisi
gen. disisi
genitive disisi disiesi
partitive disiäsi disejäsi
inessive disissäsi diseissäsi
elative disistäsi diseistäsi
illative disiisi diseihisi
adessive disilläsi diseilläsi
ablative disiltäsi diseiltäsi
allative disillesi diseillesi
essive disinäsi diseinäsi
translative disiksesi diseiksesi
abessive disittäsi diseittäsi
instructive
comitative diseinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative disimme disimme
accusative nom. disimme disimme
gen. disimme
genitive disimme disiemme
partitive disiämme disejämme
inessive disissämme diseissämme
elative disistämme diseistämme
illative disiimme diseihimme
adessive disillämme diseillämme
ablative disiltämme diseiltämme
allative disillemme diseillemme
essive disinämme diseinämme
translative disiksemme diseiksemme
abessive disittämme diseittämme
instructive
comitative diseinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative disinne disinne
accusative nom. disinne disinne
gen. disinne
genitive disinne disienne
partitive disiänne disejänne
inessive disissänne diseissänne
elative disistänne diseistänne
illative disiinne diseihinne
adessive disillänne diseillänne
ablative disiltänne diseiltänne
allative disillenne diseillenne
essive disinänne diseinänne
translative disiksenne diseiksenne
abessive disittänne diseittänne
instructive
comitative diseinenne

Derived terms

compounds

French

Pronunciation

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

Numeral

dis

  1. ten

Ladin

Noun

dis

  1. plural of

Latin

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 2

Inflected form of deus (god).

Noun

dīs

  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, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to give thanks to heaven: grates agere (dis immortalibus)
    • (ambiguous) to thank, glorify the immortal gods: grates, laudes agere dis immortalibus
    • (ambiguous) with the help of the gods: dis bene iuvantibus (Fam. 7. 20. 2)
    • (ambiguous) to sacrifice: rem divinam facere (dis)
  • dis”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Louisiana Creole

Louisiana Creole cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : dis

Etymology

Inherited from French dix (ten).

Pronunciation

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.

Mauritian Creole

Mauritian Creole cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : dis
    Ordinal : diziem

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 (plural dis or dises)

  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

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

From German Low German dis.

Noun

dis m (definite singular disen, uncountable)

  1. haze

Etymology 2

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

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

Noun

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

  1. (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

References

Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin decem.

Pronunciation

Numeral

cardinal number
10 Previous: nuef
Next: onze

dis

  1. ten
Descendants
  • French: dix
  • Norman: dgix, dix (Guernsey), dyis (France)
  • 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

Polish

Pronunciation

Noun

dis n (indeclinable)

  1. (music) D sharp

Further reading

  • dis in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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).[1]

Noun

dis n (uncountable)

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

Declension

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ disa”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (in Swedish), 1937

Further reading

Anagrams

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English dish.

Noun

dis

  1. dish; bowl

Volapük

Preposition

dis

  1. under

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle English dees.

Pronunciation

Noun

dis m or f (plural disiau or disau)

  1. die (polyhedron used in games of chance)

Mutation

Mutated forms of dis
radical soft nasal aspirate
dis ddis nis unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.