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description
English
Etymology
From Old French description, from Latin d?scr?pti?, noun of action of d?scr?b? (“I describe”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??sk??p??n/
Noun
description (countable and uncountable, plural descriptions)
- A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.
- The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
- A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized.
- The zoo had no lions, tigers, or cats of any description.
- (taxonomy) A scientific documentation of a taxon for the purpose of introducing it to science.
- The type description of the fungus was written by a botanist.
- (linguistics) The act or practice of recording and describing actual language usage in a given speech community, as opposed to prescription, i.e. laying down norms of language usage.
- (linguistics) A descriptive linguistic survey.
Synonyms
- (characteristics): sort, kind, type, variety
Derived terms
Related terms
- describe
- descriptive
Translations
See also
- prescription
- descriptivism
Further reading
- description in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- description in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
See also
- synopsis
- interpretation
Anagrams
- discerption, predictions
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin d?scripti?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?s.k?ip.sj??/
- Homophone: descriptions
Noun
description f (plural descriptions)
- description
Related terms
- décrire
- descriptif
Further reading
- “description” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Etymology
From Latin d?scripti?.
Noun
description f (oblique plural descriptions, nominative singular description, nominative plural descriptions)
- description
Related terms
- descrivre
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dis
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?s/
- Rhymes: -?s
Etymology 1
Abbreviation of disrespect.
Verb
dis (third-person singular simple present disses, present participle dissing, simple past and past participle dissed)
- (informal) Alternative spelling of diss
Translations
Noun
dis (plural disses)
- Alternative form of diss
Translations
Etymology 2
Learned borrowing from Old Norse dís.
Noun
dis (plural disir)
- (Norse mythology) Any of a group of minor female deities in Scandinavian folklore.
- In Norway the Dîsir appear to have been held in great veneration.
- 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.
Alternative forms
- 'dis
Determiner
dis
- (slang or pronunciation spelling) This.
Pronoun
dis
- (slang or pronunciation spelling) This.
Anagrams
- DSI, I.D.s, IDS, IDs, ISD, SDI, SID, Sid, ids, sid, sid'
Afrikaans
Alternative forms
- 'is (Cape Afrikaans)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?s/
Contraction
dis
- Contraction of dit is (this's, that's, it's)
Derived terms
- dissie
Cimbrian
Pronoun
dis
- (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
Danish
Etymology
From Low German dis.
Noun
dis
- (light) mist or haze
Verb
dis
- imperative of disse
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): /d?s/
- Hyphenation: dis
- Rhymes: -?s
- Homophone: diss
Noun
dis m (plural dissen, diminutive disje n)
- (dated) table
- Synonyms: tafel, berd
- (rare) meal, dish
Derived terms
- bruiloftsdis
- dismeester
- feestdis
- opdissen
Finnish
Etymology
From German Dis (German key notation).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?dis/, [?dis?]
- Rhymes: -is
- Syllabification: dis
Noun
dis
- (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
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di/
Verb
dis
- inflection of dire:
- first/second-person singular present indicative
- first/second-person singular past historic
- second-person singular imperative
Galician
Verb
dis
- second-person singular present indicative of dicir
German
Pronoun
dis
- Obsolete spelling of dies
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From French dix.
Numeral
dis
- ten
Ladin
Noun
dis
- plural of dì
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /di?s/, [d?i?s?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /dis/, [d?is]
Etymology 1
Contracted form of d?ves.
Adjective
d?s (genitive d?tis, comparative d?tior, superlative d?tissimus); third-declension one-termination adjective
- rich, wealthy
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
Etymology 2
Inflected form of deus (“god”).
Noun
d?s
- 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, 1883–1887)
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
- dis in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
Louisiana Creole French
Etymology 1
From French dix (“ten”).
Numeral
dis
- ten
Etymology 2
From French dire (“to tell”), compare Haitian Creole di.
Verb
dis
- to tell
References
- Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales
Mauritian Creole
Etymology
From French dix.
Numeral
dis
- ten
Middle English
Etymology 1
Determiner
dis
- Alternative form of þis
Etymology 2
Noun
dis (plural dis or dises)
- Alternative form of dees (“die”)
Noun
dis
- Alternative form of dees: plural of dee (“die”)
Nigerian Pidgin
Etymology
From English this.
Determiner
dis
- this
Norman
Verb
dis
- first-person singular preterite of dithe
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /?ti?s/
Pronoun
d?s
- locative of dii
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From German Low German dis
Noun
dis m (definite singular disen)
- haze
Related terms
- disig
References
- “dis” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From German Low German dis.
Noun
dis m (definite singular disen, uncountable)
- haze
Related terms
- disen
- disig
Etymology 2
Learned borrowing from Old Norse dís f, form Proto-Germanic *d?siz (“(demi-)goddess; virgin”)
Noun
dis f (definite singular disa, indefinite plural diser, definite plural disene)
- (Norse mythology) dis
Etymology 3
From De (“you (formal singular)”) modelled after the adjective dus.
Adjective
dis (singular and plural dis)
- (about interpersonal relationships) having formal distance
- (originally historically, formal) being on terms where one may address each other with the formal 2nd person singular pronoun De, as opposed to the more formal du.
Antonyms
- dus
References
- “dis” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French
Etymology 1
From Latin decem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dis/
Numeral
dis
- ten
Descendants
- French: dix
- Norman: dgix, dix
- Walloon: dijh
Etymology 2
From the verb dire
Verb
dis
- inflection of dire:
- first/second-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular present imperative
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dis/
Noun
dis n (indeclinable)
- (music) D sharp
Swedish
Etymology
From Low German dis (“haze”), of West Germanic origin (compare Dutch dijs (“mist, fog”), West Frisian diish), of uncertain origin; possibly from Middle Low German dûnster, from Old Saxon *thinstar, from Proto-West Germanic *þimstr (“dusky, dark”). If so, related to modern Dutch deemster (“twilight”).
Noun
dis n (uncountable)
- haze; a thin fog
- indefinite genitive singular of di
Declension
Synonyms
- dimslöja
Related terms
- disig
References
Anagrams
- sid
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English dish.
Noun
dis
- dish; bowl
Volapük
Preposition
dis
- under
Welsh
Etymology
From Middle English dees
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di?s/
Noun
dis m or f (plural disiau or disau)
- die (polyhedron used in games of chance)
Mutation
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