diss

See also: Diss, Diss., and diss.

English

Alternative forms

• dis

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪs/

• Audio (AU)

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• Audio (UK)

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• Rhymes: -ɪs

Etymology 1

Originated in Jamaican English or African American Vernacular English, probably originally a clipping of disrespect or disparage, both from the prefix dis-, ultimately from Latin dis-.

Verb

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

1. (slang) To put (someone) down, or show disrespect by the use of insulting language or dismissive behaviour.
   • 1905, 10 December, The Sunday Times (Perth), "A New Word", page 4:

     When a journalistic rival tries to "dis" you
     And to prejudice you in the public's eyes.
     Don't stigmatise his charges as a "tissue
     Of palpable, unmitigated lies."

Translations

to put someone down or show verbal disrespect

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 串 (yue) (cyun³)

  Mandarin: diss (zh)

• Czech: shazovat impf, srážet impf, urážet impf
• Danish: disse (da) (slang)
• Dutch: dissen (nl) (slang)
• Finnish: parjata (fi), haukkua (fi), dissata (fi) (slang)
• French: insulter (fr), diffamer (fr)
• German: dissen (de) (slang)
• Hungarian: ekéz (hu), savaz (hu) (both: slang for using insulting language), lekezel (hu) (to employ dismissive behaviour)
• Icelandic: abbast (is), abbast upp á (is), dissa (is) (slang)
• Italian: dissare, insultare (it)
• Japanese: ディスる (ja) (disuru)
• Macedonian: на́вреди (návredi)
• Polish: dissować (pl) impf, zdissować pf, pociskać impf, pocisnąć pf, jechać (pl) impf, pojechać (pl) pf
• Portuguese: insultar (pt), desacatar (pt), desrespeitar (pt)
• Russian: оскорбля́ть (ru) (oskorbljátʹ)
• Slovak: zhodiť, zhadzovať
• Spanish: insultar (es), humillar (es), denostar (es),
• Swedish: dissa (sv) (slang)

Noun

diss (plural disses)

1. (slang) An insult or put-down; an expression of disrespect.

Synonyms

• (British, slang) send

Related terms

• diss song, diss track

Translations

insult or put-down

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: please add this translation if you can

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: diss (nl) (slang)
• Finnish: parjaus (fi), haukkuminen (fi), dissaus (fi) (slang), halveksinta (fi), epäkunnioitus (fi)
• German: Diss (slang)
• Icelandic: diss n
• Italian: insulto (it) m
• Japanese: ディス (disu)
• Polish: diss (pl) m, pocisk (pl) m, pojazd (pl) m
• Portuguese: insulto (pt) m, desacato (pt) m, desrespeito (pt) m
• Slovak: inzultácia, invektíva
• Spanish: insulto (es) m, improperio (es) m
• Swedish: diss (sv) c (slang)

Descendants

• → Chinese: diss
• → Dutch: diss, dissen
• → German: dissen
• → Polish: diss
• → Swedish: diss

Etymology 2

Clipping of dissertation

Noun

diss (plural disses)

1. (slang) Dissertation.
   • 2012 April 5, shkbop9190, “Failing a Dissertation”, in The Student Room Forums‎^[1], retrieved 2016-12-01:

     I've been wondering what happens if I fail my diss. I know i'm allowed to fail 60 credits but I don't think that includes the diss.

Etymology 3

From Arabic دِيس (dīs).

Noun

diss (uncountable)

1. Ampelodesmos mauritanicus syn. Ampelodesmos tenax, a reedy grass used for cordage.

Anagrams

• ISDs, SDIs, SIDS, SIDs, SISD, SSID

Chinese

Etymology

Borrowed from English diss.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪs/

Verb

diss

1. (slang) to diss (to show disrespect)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English diss.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪs/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: diss
• Rhymes: -ɪs
• Homophone: dis

Noun

diss m (plural disses or dissen)

1. (slang, hiphop) A diss.

   Vette diss, man! ― Sick diss, man!

Related terms

• dissen

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English diss.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dis/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -is
• Syllabification: diss

Noun

diss m inan

1. (slang) diss (insult or put-down)

Declension

Declension of diss

	singular	plural
nominative	diss	dissy
genitive	dissu	dissów
dative	dissowi	dissom
accusative	diss	dissy
instrumental	dissem	dissami
locative	dissie	dissach
vocative	dissie	dissy

Related terms

verbs

• dissować
• zdissować

 

Further reading

• diss in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Noun

diss c

1. (slang) diss, rejection

Declension

Declension of diss
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	diss	dissen	dissar	dissarna
Genitive	diss	dissens	dissars	dissarnas