dis

See also Appendix:Variations of "dis"

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• IPA: /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

diss — see diss

Noun

dis (plural disses)

1. Alternative form of diss.

Translations

diss — see diss

Etymology 2

From Old Norse dís.

Noun

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)

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

• ids, IDs, IDS, ISD, SDI, Sid

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Afrikaans

Abbreviation

dis

1. Abbreviation of dit is (that's)

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Danish

Verb

dis

1. imperative of disse

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Dutch

Etymology

Cognate with German Tisch (“table”).

Noun

dis m (plural dissen, diminutive disje)

1. (dated) table

Synonyms

• (table): tafel, berd

Derived terms

• (table): feestdis

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French

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

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Galician

Verb

dis

1. second-person singular present indicative of dicir

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Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French dix.

Numeral

dis

1. (cardinal) ten

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Jèrriais

Verb

dis

1. first-person singular preterite of dithe

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /diːs/

Etymology 1

Adjective

dīs m, f, n, (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

Number	Singular			Plural
Case \ Gender	M.F.	N.		MM.FF.	NN.
nominative	dīs	dīs		dītēs	dītia
genitive	dītis	dītis		dītium	dītium
dative	dītī	dītī		dītibus	dītibus
accusative	dītem	dīs		dītēs	dītia
ablative	dītī	dītī		dītibus	dītibus
vocative	dīs	dīs		dītēs	dītia

Etymology 2

Inflected form of deus (“god”).

Noun

dīs

1. dative plural of deus
2. ablative plural of deus

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Louisiana Creole French

Etymology

From French dix.

Numeral

dis

1. (cardinal) ten

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Mauritian Creole

Mauritian Creole cardinal numbers

<  9	10	11  >
Cardinal : dis     Ordinal : diziem

Etymology

From French dix.

Numeral

dis

1. (cardinal) ten

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Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English this.

Determiner

dis

1. this

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Old French

Etymology 1

Latin decem

Numeral

dis

1. ten

Descendants

• French: dix

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

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Polish

Noun

dis m

1. (music) D sharp

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Swedish

Noun

dis n (uncountable)

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

Declension

Declension of dis

	uncountable		uncountable
Neuter	indefinite	definite
nominative	dis	diset
genitive	dis	disets

Synonyms

• dimslöja

Related terms

• disig

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Volapük

Preposition

dis

1. under