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English

Pronunciation
IPA|/dɪs/

Etymology 1
Abbreviation of disrespect (originally US black English).

Verb
en-verb|dis|s|es

1. informal to diss; to show disrespect

Noun
en-noun|disses

1. diss, disrespect

Etymology 2
From Old Norse dis#Old Norse|dis.

Noun
en-noun|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)

Etymology 3
Representing a colloquial pronunciation of this.

Determiner
dis

1. slang this

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Icelandic

Noun
dis

1. goddess

Latin

Pronunciation
IPA|/dɪs/

Adjective
dis

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

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Swedish

Noun
sv-noun-unc-irreg-n|2diset|3dis
dis n (uncountable)

1. haze; a thin fog

Synonyms
dimslöja

Related terms
disig

Volapük

Preposition
dis

1. under

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