discussion

English

Etymology

From Old French discussion, from Late Latin discussiō, from Latin discutiō. By surface analysis, discuss +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈskʌʃən/
• (Northern England) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈkʊʃən/
• Hyphenation: dis‧cus‧sion

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

discussion (countable and uncountable, plural discussions)

2. Conversation or debate concerning a particular topic.

   There was then a long discussion of whether to capitalize words like "east".

   This topic is not open to discussion.

   My discussion with the professor was very enlightening.

   • 2022 June 24, Mike Isaac and Ryan Mac, “Meta clamps down on internal discussion of Roe v. Wade’s overturning.”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     In the May 12 memo, Meta said it had previously allowed open discussion of abortion at work but later recognized that it had led to “significant disruptions in the workplace given unique legal complexities and the number of people affected by the issue.”

4. Text giving further detail on a subject.

   Under each heading, you will find a discussion.

   • 2014 October 14, David Malcolm, “The Great War Re-Remembered: Allohistory and Allohistorical Fiction”, in Martin Löschnigg, Marzena Sokolowska-Paryz, editors, The Great War in Post-Memory Literature and Film‎^[2], Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG., →ISBN, page 173:

     The question of the plausibility of the counter-factual is seen as key in all three discussions of allohistorical fiction (as it is in Demandt's and Ferguson's examinations of allohistory) (cf. Rodiek 25–26; Ritter 15–16; Helbig 32).

6. (medicine, obsolete) The dispersion of a tumour.

Derived terms

• corridor discussion
• discussionless
• discussionlike
• discussion room
• end of discussion
• panel discussion

 

Related terms

• discuss
• discusser (“a person who discusses”)

Translations

conversation or debate

• Afrikaans: gesprek (af), debat
• Albanian: diskutim (sq) m
• Arabic: مُنَاقَشَة f (munāqaša), بَحْث (ar) m (baḥṯ), مُذَاكَرَة f (muḏākara), مُبَاحَثَة f (mubāḥaṯa)
• Armenian: քննարկում (hy) (kʻnnarkum)
• Azerbaijani: müzakirə (az), mübahisə (az)
• Belarusian: дыску́сія f (dyskúsija), абмеркава́нне n (abmjerkavánnje)
• Bengali: আলোচনা (bn) (alōcona)
• Bulgarian: диску́сия (bg) f (diskúsija), рази́скване (bg) n (razískvane), обсъ́ждане (bg) n (obsǎ́ždane)
• Catalan: discussió (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 討論／讨论 (tou² leon⁶), 議論／议论 (ji⁵ leon⁶)

  Mandarin: 討論／讨论 (zh) (tǎolùn), 議論／议论 (zh) (yìlùn)

• Cornish: omgussulyans m, omgussulyansow m pl
• Czech: diskuse (cs) f, diskuze (cs) f
• Danish: diskussion (da) c
• Dutch: bespreking (nl) f, discussie (nl) f
• Esperanto: diskutado, diskuto
• Estonian: arutlus (et), väitlus
• Finnish: keskustelu (fi) (conversation), väittely (fi) (debate)
• French: discussion (fr) f
• Georgian: კამათი (ka) (ḳamati), დისკუსია (disḳusia), განხილვა (ganxilva), მსჯელობა (msǯeloba), განსჯა (gansǯa)
• German: Diskussion (de) f, Erörterung (de) f, Besprechung (de) f
• Greek: συζήτηση (el) f (syzítisi), συνομιλία (el) f (synomilía)

  Ancient: συζήτησις f (suzḗtēsis)

• Haitian Creole: diskisyon
• Hebrew: דִּיּוּן (he) m (diyún)
• Hindi: बिबाद m (bibād), बहस (hi) f (bahas)
• Hungarian: megbeszélés (hu), vita (hu), tárgyalás (hu)
• Ido: diskuto (io), diskutado (io)
• Indonesian: diskusi (id)
• Irish: aighneas m
• Italian: discussione (it) f
• Japanese: 議論 (ja) (ぎろん, giron), 討論 (ja) (とうろん, tōron)
• Kazakh: талқылау (talqylau), пікірсайыс (kk) (pıkırsaiys)
• Korean: 의논(議論) (ko) (uinon), 토론(討論) (ko) (toron)
• Kyrgyz: дискуссия (ky) (diskussiya), талкуу (ky) (talkuu), талкуулоо (ky) (talkuuloo)
• Ladino: kolokio m, kolokyo m
• Lao: ການອະພິປາຍ (kān ʼa phi pāi), ການສົນທະນາ (lo) (kān son tha nā)
• Latin: disputātiō (la) f (debate), colloquium (la) n, sermō (la) m; parlamentum (Medieval)
• Latvian: diskusija f, debates f pl
• Lithuanian: diskusija f
• Low German:

  German Low German: Diskuschoon (nds) f

• Luxembourgish: Diskussioun f
• Macedonian: дискусија f (diskusija)
• Malay: perbincangan (ms), diskusi
• Malayalam: ചർച്ച (caṟcca), സംവാദം (ml) (saṁvādaṁ)
• Maori: matapakinga
• Marathi: चर्चा f (carcā)
• Mazanderani: گپ
• Mi'kmaq: agnutmaqan inan
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: хэлэлцүүлэг (mn) (xelelcüüleg)

• Norman: distchussion f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: diskusjon (no) m, debatt m

  Nynorsk: diskusjon m, debatt m

• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: بَحْث (fa) (bahs), گُفْتُگو (fa) (goftogu), گُفْتِگو (fa) (goftegu), گُفْتْگو (fa) (goftgu), گُفْتُگویْ (fa) (goftoguy), گُفْتِگویْ (fa) (gofteguy), گُفْتْگویْ (fa) (goftguy), مُباحَثِه (fa) (mobâhase), مُذاکِرِه (fa) (mozâkere), مُناظِرِه (fa) (monâzere)

• Polish: dyskusja (pl) f
• Portuguese: discussão (pt) f
• Romanian: discuție (ro) f, discutare (ro) f, dezbatere (ro) f
• Russian: обсужде́ние (ru) n (obsuždénije), диску́ссия (ru) f (diskússija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: дѝскӯсија f, ра̑справа f, ра̏спра f

  Roman: dìskūsija (sh), rȃsprava (sh) f, rȁspra (sh) f

• Slovak: diskusia f
• Slovene: diskusija f, razprava f
• Spanish: discusión (es) f
• Swahili: maneno (sw), mazungumzo (sw)
• Swedish: diskussion (sv) c
• Tajik: муҳокима (muhokima), мубоҳиса (mubohisa), мунозира (munozira), баҳс (tg) (bahs)
• Telugu: చర్చ (te) (carca)
• Thai: การอภิปราย (th) (gaan-à-pí-bpraai), การสนทนา (th) (gaan-sǒn-tá-naa)
• Turkish: münakaşa (tr), tartışma (tr), bahıs
• Ukrainian: диску́сія f (dyskúsija), обміркува́ння n (obmirkuvánnja)
• Urdu: بَحْث f (bahs), بِباد m (bibād), مُذاکَرَہ m (muzākara)
• Uyghur: مۇزاكىرە (muzakire), مۇلاھىزە (mulahize)
• Uzbek: muhokama (uz), muzokara (uz), bahs (uz), diskussiya (uz)
• Vietnamese: sự thảo luận (vi) (sự (vi) + 討論 (vi))
• Welsh: trafodaeth (cy)
• Yiddish: דיסקוסיע f (diskusye)

text giving further detail on a subject

• Afrikaans: bespreking
• Bulgarian: диску́сия (bg) f (diskúsija)
• Finnish: pohdinta (fi), diskussio (fi), syventävä osio
• Greek: μελέτη (el) f (meléti)
• Hungarian: tárgyalás (hu), kifejtés (hu), pertraktálás
• Polish: dyskusja (pl) f
• Russian: обсужде́ние (ru) n (obsuždénije), диску́ссия (ru) f (diskússija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: дѝскӯсија f, ра̑справа f, ра̏спра f

  Roman: dìskūsija (sh), rȃsprava (sh) f, rȁspra (sh) f

• Swahili: majadiliano (sw)

Further reading

• “discussion”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• discussion in Britannica Dictionary
• discussion in Macmillan Collocations Dictionary
• discussion in Sentence collocations by Cambridge Dictionary
• discussion in Ozdic collocation dictionary
• discussion in WordReference English Collocations

French

Etymology

From Late Latin discussiōnem, from Latin discutiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dis.ky.sjɔ̃/

• Audio (Paris):

  (file)

• Homophone: discussions

Noun

discussion f (plural discussions)

1. debate, argument (a civil exchange of contradictory points of view)

   Synonyms: débat, dialogue

   La discussion est close. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. argument, (verbal) fight, row (a vivid, uncivil exchange of emotional points of view)

   Synonyms: chamaillerie, dispute, querelle

3. (colloquial) conversation, discussion (an exchange of words neither contradictory nor conflictual)

   Synonyms: bavardage, conversation, dialogue, entretien

Synonyms

• dialogue

Derived terms

• groupe de discussion

Related terms

• discutable
  • discutablement
  • indiscutable
  • indiscutablement
• discuter
• discuteur

Further reading

• “discussion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle French

Etymology

From Late Latin discussiō, from Latin discutiō.

Noun

discussion f (plural discussions)

1. discussion

Old French

Etymology

From Late Latin discussiō, from Latin discutiō.

Noun

discussion oblique singular, f (oblique plural discussions, nominative singular discussion, nominative plural discussions)

1. discussion