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Meaning of Dis | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
dɪs

Definitions

  1. Any of a group of minor female deities in Scandinavian folklore.
  2. Hades.
  3. Initialism of Distributed Interactive Simulation.
  4. Initialism of Defense Investigative Service, now the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency
  5. Walt Disney Company.
  6. Initialism of Draft International Standard (usage from ISO)

Equivalents

العربية غير
Français dis dis
Kurdî diş
Русский Дит

Examples

“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”
“Bard had prepared a feast for him, because a sacrifice was being made to the disir.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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