dis

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dis"

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɪs/

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

From Old Norse dís.

Noun

dis (plural disir)

  1. Any of a group of minor female deities in Scandinavian folklore.
    • 1851, Thorpe, Benjamin, Northern Mythology, E Lumley, page 116:
      In Norway the Dîsir appear to have been held in great veneration.
    • 1993, Davidson, Hilda Ellis, 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’, tr. Bernard Scudder, The Sagas of Icelanders (Penguin 2001, p. 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 of this.

Determiner

dis

  1. (slang or eye dialect) This.

Pronoun

dis

  1. (slang or eye dialect) This.

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dəs/

Contraction

dis

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

Danish

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

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

Noun

dis m (plural dissen, diminutive disje n)

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

Derived terms

  • bruiloftsdis
  • dismeester
  • feestdis
  • opdissen

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /di/

Verb

dis

  1. first-person singular present indicative of dire
  2. second-person singular present indicative of dire
  3. first-person singular past historic of dire
  4. second-person singular past historic of dire
  5. second-person singular imperative of dire

Galician

Verb

dis

  1. second-person singular present indicative of dicir

German

Pronoun

dis

  1. Obsolete spelling of dies

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French dix.

Numeral

dis

  1. (cardinal) ten

Ladin

Noun

dis

  1. plural of dì

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Contracted form of dīves.

Adjective

dīs (genitive dītis); third declension

  1. rich, wealthy
    Apud Helvetios longe nobilissimus fuit et ditissimus Orgetorix.
    By far the noblest and wealthiest man among the Helvetii was Orgetorix. — Caesar, The Gallic War, I.ii
Inflection

Third declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
nominative dīs dītēs dītia
genitive dītis dītium
dative dītī dītibus
accusative dītem dīs dītēs dītia
ablative dītī dītibus
vocative dīs dītēs dītia

Etymology 2

Inflected form of deus (“god”).

Noun

dīs

  1. dative plural of deus
  2. 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, 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 Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Louisiana Creole French

Etymology

From French dix (“ten”).

Numeral

dis

  1. (cardinal) ten

Mauritian Creole

Mauritian Creole cardinal numbers
 <  9 10 11  > 
    Cardinal : dis
    Ordinal : diziem

Etymology

From French dix.

Numeral

dis

  1. (cardinal) ten

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

From German Low German dis

Noun

dis m (definite singular disen)

  1. haze

References

Novial

Determiner

dis

  1. shortened form of disi

Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin decem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dis/

Numeral

cardinal number
10 Previous: nuef
Next: onze

dis

  1. ten
Descendants

Etymology 2

From the verb dire

Verb

dis

  1. first-person singular present indicative of dire
  2. second-person singular present indicative of dire
  3. Second-person singular present imperative of dire

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dis/

Noun

dis n (indeclinable)

  1. (music) D sharp

Swedish

Noun

dis n (uncountable)

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

Declension

Declension of dis 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative dis diset — —
Genitive dis disets — —

Synonyms

  • dimslöja

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English dish.

Noun

dis

  1. dish; bowl

Volapük

Preposition

dis

  1. under
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