English
Etymology
From Middle English dissh , disch , from Old English disċ ( “ plate; bowl; dish ” ) , from Proto-Germanic *diskuz ( “ table; dish; bowl ” ) , from Latin discus . Cognate with Scots disch ( “ dish; plate ” ) , Dutch dis ( “ table ” ) , German Low German Disk , Disch ( “ table ” ) , German Tisch ( “ table ” ) , Danish disk ( “ dish; counter ” ) , Swedish disk ( “ dish; counter ” ) , Icelandic diskur ( “ dish; plate ” ) . Doublet of disk and desk .
Pronunciation
Noun
dish (plural dishes )
A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle.
Bible, Judges v. 25
She brought forth butter in a lordly dish .
The contents of such a vessel.
a dish of stew
( metonymically ) A specific type of prepared food.
a vegetable dish
this dish is filling and easily made
(Can we date this quote by Shakespeare and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
a dish fit for the gods
( in the plural ) Tableware (including cutlery , etc, as well as crockery ) that is to be or is being washed after being used to prepare, serve and eat a meal.
It's your turn to wash the dishes .
( telecommunications ) A type of antenna with a similar shape to a plate or bowl .
satellite dish
radar dish
( slang ) A sexually attractive person.
The state of being concave , like a dish, or the degree of such concavity .
the dish of a wheel
A hollow place, as in a field.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Ogilvie to this entry?)
( mining ) A trough in which ore is measured .
( mining ) That portion of the produce of a mine which is paid to the land owner or proprietor .
( slang ) Gossip
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Translations
vessel for holding/serving food
Afrikaans: bord (af)
Albanian: enë (sq) f
Arabic: طَبَق (ar) m ( ṭabaq )
Egyptian Arabic: طبق m ( ṭabaʾ ) , صحن m ( ṣaḥn )
Armenian: ափսե (hy) ( apʻse ) , պնակ (hy) ( pnak )
Asturian: platu m
Azerbaijani: boşqab (az)
Bashkir: табаҡ ( tabaq ) , тәрилкә ( tərilkə )
Belarusian: тале́рка f ( taljérka ) , мі́ска f ( míska )
Bengali: থালা (bn) ( thala )
Brunei Malay: kudut
Bulgarian: чини́я (bg) f ( činíja )
Burmese: ပန်းကန် (my) ( pan:kan )
Catalan: vaixella (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 碟 ( dip6 )
Mandarin: 碟子 (zh) ( diézi ) , 盤子 / 盘子 (zh) ( pánzi ) , 盘子 (zh) ( pánzi )
Coptic: ⲗⲓϫⲓ ( liči )
Czech: mísa (cs) f , talíř (cs) m , miska (cs) f
Danish: tallerken (da)
Dutch: bord (nl) n , taloor f (only in Flanders and only in dialect)
Esperanto: telero (eo) , plado (eo)
Estonian: plaat , taldrik (et)
Finnish: lautanen (fi) ( plate ) , tarjoiluvati , vati (fi) , astia (fi)
French: assiette (fr) f (for holding food), plat (fr) m (for serving food)
Galician: prato (gl) m
Georgian: თეფში ( tepši ) , საინი ( saini )
German: Teller (de) m (for holding food), Schüssel (de) f (for serving food)
Greek: πιάτο (el) n ( piáto )
Ancient: πίναξ m ( pínax ) , πινάκιον n ( pinákion ) , λοπάς f ( lopás )
Hebrew: צלחת (he) f ( tsalakhat )
Hindi: प्लेट (hi) f ( pleṭ )
Hungarian: ( pot/vessel ) : edény (hu) , ( plate ) : tányér (hu)
Icelandic: diskur (is) m
Indonesian: piring (id) , pinggan (id)
Irish: pláta m
Italian: piatto (it) m , scodella (it) f , piatto fondo
Japanese: 皿 (ja) ( さら, sara )
Kazakh: табақ (kk) ( tabaq ) , тәрелке (kk) ( tärelke ) , тамақ (kk) ( tamaq )
Khmer: ចាន (km) ( caan )
Korean: 접시 (ko) ( jeopsi )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: دەوری ( dewrî )
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Kyrgyz: тарелка (ky) ( tarelka ) , талиңке ( taliŋke )
Lao: ຈານ ( chān )
Latin: patella f , lanx f , paropsis f
Latvian: šķīvis (lv) m
Lithuanian: lėkštė f
Macedonian: чи́нија f ( čínija ) , та́нир m ( tánir )
Malay: pinggan
Maltese: pjanċa f
Maori: rīhi
Mongolian: таваг (mn) ( tavag )
Navajo: łeetsʼaaʼ
Ngazidja Comorian: sahani class 9 /10 (for holding food), shanu class 7 /8 (for serving food)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tallerken (no) m , asjett m
Ojibwe: onaagan
Persian: بشقاب (fa) ( bošqâb ) , دیس (fa) ( dis )
Polish: naczynie (pl) , talerz (pl) m , półmisek (pl) m
Portuguese: prato (pt) m , louça (pt) f
Russian: таре́лка (ru) f ( tarélka ) , ми́ска (ru) f ( míska ) ( shallow )
Scottish Gaelic: mias f , soitheach f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: тањир m
Roman: tanjir (sh) m
Slovak: tanier (sk) m , miska f
Slovene: krožnik (sl) m
Spanish: vajilla (es) f
Swahili: bakuli (sw) class 5 /6
Swedish: fat (sv) , tallrik (sv)
Tagalog: plato (tl) , pinggan (tl)
Tajik: табақча ( tabaqča ) , табақ (tg) ( tabaq ) , бушқоб ( bušqob )
Tatar: тәлинкә (tt) ( tälinkä )
Thai: จาน (th) ( jaan )
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: tanner
Turkmen: tarýelka , tarelka , tabak
Ukrainian: тарі́лка (uk) f ( tarílka ) , ми́ска f ( mýska ) , блю́до (uk) ( bljúdo )
Urdu: پلیٹ f ( pleṭ )
Uzbek: lagan (uz) , tarelka (uz) , likop (uz) , likopcha (uz)
Vietnamese: đĩa (vi)
Welsh: llestr (cy) m
White Hmong: lub phaj
contents of such a vessel
specific type of food
Albanian: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: ուտեստ (hy) ( utest )
Asturian: platu m
Bashkir: ашамлыҡ ( aşamlıq ) , ризыҡ ( rizıq )
Basque: please add this translation if you can
Belarusian: стра́ва ( stráva )
Breton: meuz (br) m
Bulgarian: ястие (bg) ( jastie )
Catalan: plat (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 菜 (zh) ( cài )
Czech: pokrm (cs) m
Dutch: gerecht (nl) n
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: ruokalaji (fi)
French: plat (fr) m
Galician: prato (gl) m
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Gericht (de) n
Greek: πιάτο (el) n ( piáto )
Ancient: ἔδεσμα n ( édesma )
Hebrew: מאכל (he) m ( maakhal )
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: ( food or a type of it ) : étel (hu) , ( course of a meal ) : fogás (hu)
Icelandic: réttur (is) m , matarréttur m
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Ido: manjajo (io)
Indonesian: masakan (id)
Italian: piatto (it) m , pietanza (it) f , vivanda (it) f
Japanese: 料理 (ja) ( りょうり, ryōri )
Khmer: ម្ហូប (km) ( mhoup ) , អាហារ (km) ( ʼaahaa ) , មុខ (km) ( muk )
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Latin: ferculum n
Latvian: please add this translation if you can
Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
Persian: please add this translation if you can
Polish: danie (pl) , potrawa (pl) f
Portuguese: prato (pt) m
Russian: блю́до (ru) n ( bljúdo )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: јело n
Roman: jelo (sh) n
Slovene: jed (sl) f
Spanish: plato (es) m , platillo m
Swedish: rätt (sv) m , maträtt (sv) m
Tamil: please add this translation if you can
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: стра́ва ( stráva )
Vietnamese: món (vi)
White Hmong: please add this translation if you can
tableware to be/being washed
slang: sexually attractive person
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Verb
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( transitive ) To put in a dish or dishes; serve , usually food.
The restaurant dished up a delicious Italian brunch .
( informal , slang ) To gossip ; to relay information about the personal situation of another.
( transitive ) To make concave , or depress in the middle, like a dish.
to dish a wheel by inclining the spokes
( slang , archaic , transitive ) To frustrate ; to beat ; to outwit or defeat .
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