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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Verb 1.2.1.1 Translations 1.2.2 Noun 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Determiner 2 Afrikaans 2.1 Abbreviation 3 French 3.1 Verb 4 Galician 4.1 Verb 5 Latin 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Adjective 6 Nigerian Pidgin 6.1 Etymology 6.2 Determiner 7 Swedish 7.1 Noun 7.1.1 Synonyms 7.1.2 Related terms 8 Volapük 8.1 Preposition

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /dɪs/

[edit] Etymology 1

Abbreviation of disrespect (originally US black English).

[edit] Verb

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

1. (informal) to diss; to show disrespect

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[edit] Noun

dis (plural disses)

1. diss, disrespect

[edit] Etymology 2

From Old Norse dís.

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dis (plural disir)

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

[edit] Etymology 3

Representing a colloquial pronunciation of this.

[edit] Determiner

dis

1. (slang) this

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[edit] Afrikaans

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dis

1. dit is (that's)

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[edit] French

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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.

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[edit] Galician

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dis

1. second-person singular present indicative of dicir.

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /dɪs/

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dis

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

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[edit] Nigerian Pidgin

[edit] Etymology

From English this

[edit] Determiner

dis

1. this

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Noun

Declination for dis	Singular		Uncountable
Neuter	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	dis	diset
Genitive	dis	disets

dis n. (uncountable)

1. haze; a thin fog

[edit] Synonyms

• dimslöja

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• disig

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[edit] Volapük

[edit] Preposition

dis

1. under

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