different between disquisition vs discours

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French disquisition (“disquisition”), from Latin disqu?s?ti? (“inquiry, investigation”), from disqu?r? (“to investigate”) (from dis- (prefix meaning ‘apart, asunder’) + quaer? (“to look for, seek; to inquire, question”)) + -ti? (suffix forming nouns relating to an action or the result of an action).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?skw??z??(?)n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d?skw??z???n/
• Rhymes: -???n
• Hyphenation: dis?qui?sit?ion

Noun

disquisition (plural disquisitions)

1. A methodical inquiry or investigation.
2. A lengthy, formal discourse that analyses or explains some topic; (loosely) a dissertation or treatise.

Derived terms

• disquisitional
• disquisitionary

Related terms

• disquisitive
• disquisitor
• disquisitorial
• disquisitory

Translations

References

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin disqu?s?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dis.ki.zi.sj??/

Noun

disquisition f (plural disquisitions)

1. (formal) disquisition

References

• “disquisition” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French discours, from Latin discursus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?s?ku?r/
• Hyphenation: dis?cours
• Rhymes: -u?r

Noun

discours n (plural discoursen, diminutive discoursje n)

1. discourse (way of thinking involving certain concepts and terms)
2. discourse (exposition of some length)

Synonyms

• vertoog

Derived terms

• discoursanalyse

French

Etymology

From Middle French discours, borrowed (with influence from cours) from Late Latin discursus (“the act of running about”) (from Latin discurr? (“run about”), from dis- (“apart”) + curr? (“run”)). Compare English discourse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dis.ku?/

Noun

discours m (plural discours)

1. oral presentation; discourse; speech; oration

Derived terms

Further reading

• “discours” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin discursus.

Noun

discours m (plural discours)

1. speech; discourse

Descendants

• French: discours

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French discours, from Late Latin discursus (“the act of running about”).

Noun

discours m (plural discours)

1. (Jersey) speech

Derived terms

• faithe un discours (“to make a speech”)