dis

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dis"

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪs/

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of disrespect.

Verb

dis (third-person singular simple present diss, present participle es, 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, 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’, 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 pronunciation spelling) This.

Pronoun

dis

1. (slang or pronunciation spelling) This.

Anagrams

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

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Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dəs/

Contraction

dis

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

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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

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Danish

Noun

dis

1. (light) mist or haze

Verb

dis

1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of disse

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Dutch

Alternative forms

• disch (obsolete)

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/

• Audio:

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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

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Finnish

Pronunciation

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

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 third-person possessor singular plural nominative disinsä disinsä accusative nom. disinsä disinsä gen. disinsä genitive disinsä disiensä partitive disiään disiänsä disejään disejänsä inessive disissään disissänsä diseissään diseissänsä elative disistään disistänsä diseistään diseistänsä illative disiinsä diseihinsä adessive disillään disillänsä diseillään diseillänsä ablative disiltään disiltänsä diseiltään diseiltänsä allative disilleen disillensä diseilleen diseillensä essive disinään disinänsä diseinään diseinänsä translative disikseen disiksensä diseikseen diseiksensä abessive disittään disittänsä diseittään diseittänsä instructive — — comitative — diseineen diseinensä

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di/

• Audio:

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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

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Galician

Verb

dis

1. second-person singular present indicative of dicir

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German

Pronoun

dis

1. Obsolete spelling of dies.

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Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French dix.

Numeral

dis

1. ten

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Ladin

Noun

dis

1. plural of dì

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /diːs/, [d̪iːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /dis/, [d̪is]

Etymology 1

Contracted form of dīves.

Adjective

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

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

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

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

(deprecated template usage) 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^[1], 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

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Louisiana Creole French

Etymology

From French dix (“ten”).

Numeral

dis

1. 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. ten

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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”)

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Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English this.

Determiner

dis

1. this

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Norman

Verb

1. first-person singular preterite of dithe

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Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈtiːs/

Pronoun

dīs

1. locative of dii

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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.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German Low German dis

Noun

dis m (definite singular disen)

1. haze

Related terms

• disig

References

• “dis” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Novial

Determiner

1. shortened form of disi

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Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin decem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dis/

Numeral

cardinal number

10	Previous:	nuef
	Next:	onze

dis

1. ten

Descendants

• French: dix
• Norman: dix
• 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

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dis/

Noun

dis n (indeclinable)

1. (music) D sharp

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Swedish

Noun

dis n (uncountable)

1. haze; a thin fog
2. (deprecated template usage) indefinite genitive singular of di

Declension

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

Synonyms

• dimslöja

Related terms

• disig

Anagrams

• sid

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English dish.

Noun

dis

1. dish; bowl

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Volapük

Preposition

dis

1. under