Dis

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English

Verb

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

  1. (informal) common misspelling of diss; to show disrespect
Noun
Dis (plural disses)
  1. a diss, an expression of disrespect

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)

Thesaurus

Agdistis, Aides, Aidoneus, Amor, Aphrodite, Apollo, Apollon, Ares, Artemis, Ate, Athena, Bacchus, Cerberus, Ceres, Charon, Cora, Cronus, Cupid, Cybele, Demeter, Despoina, Diana, Dionysus, Dis pater, Erebus, Eros, Gaea, Gaia, Ge, Great Mother, Hades, Hel, Helios, Hephaestus, Hera, Here, Hermes, Hestia, Hymen, Hyperion, Jove, Juno, Jupiter, Jupiter Fidius, Jupiter Fulgur, Jupiter Optimus Maximus, Jupiter Pluvius, Jupiter Tonans, Kore, Kronos, Loki, Magna Mater, Mars, Mercury, Minerva, Minos, Mithras, Momus, Neptune, Nike, Olympians, Olympic gods, Ops, Orcus, Osiris, Persephassa, Persephone, Phoebus, Phoebus Apollo, Pluto, Poseidon, Proserpina, Proserpine, Rhadamanthus, Rhea, Satan, Saturn, Tellus, Venus, Vesta, Vulcan, Zeus

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of disrespect (originally US black English).

Etymology 2

From Old Norse dís.

Etymology 3

Representing a colloquial pronunciation of this.

Translations

Verb

to diss; to show disrespect
Noun
to diss; to show disrespect

Determiner

dis

  1. (slang) this

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Abbreviation

Dis

  1. dit is (that's)

Danish

Verb

Dis

  1. imperative of disse

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

Galician

Verb

Dis

  1. second-person singular present indicative of dicir

Haitian Creole

Cardinal number

Dis

  1. (cardinal) ten

Latin

Pronunciation

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

Louisiana Creole French

Cardinal number

Dis

  1. (cardinal) ten

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English this

Determiner

dis

  1. this

Old French

Etymology 1

Latin decem

Cardinal number

Dis

  1. ten
Descendants

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

Polish

Noun

Dis m.

  1. (music) D sharp

Swedish

Noun

Dis n. (uncountable)

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

Declension

Declension of Dis
uncountable uncountable
Neuter indefinite definite
nominative Dis diset
genitive dis disets

Synonyms

Related terms

Volapük

Preposition

Dis

  1. under


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