FromMiddle Englishdes-,dis-, fromOld Frenchdes-, fromLatindis-.
des-
- Obsolete form ofdis-(“reversal ofsense ofsucceedingword”).
- (organic chemistry) Aremoval of a group from amolecule.
- sed,eds,Eds,Esd.,SDE,EDS,EDs,SED,eds.,DSE,ESD
FromSpanishdes-, fromLatindis-, fromProto-Indo-European*dwís.
des-
- dis-;expresses separation, reversal, or negation.[1]
- des- + agertu(“to appear”) → desagertu(“to disappear”)
- “des-”, inEuskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque),Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “des-”, inOrotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary],Euskaltzaindia,1987–2005
Inherited fromLatindis-, fromProto-Indo-European*dwís.Doublet ofdis-, which was borrowed.
des-
- indicates the negation of a verb;dis-,un-
- des- + fer(“to do”) → desfer(“to undo”)
- “des-”, inDiccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition,Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan:Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “des-”, inGran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana,Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana,2025
- “des-” inDiccionari normatiu valencià,Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “des-” inDiccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
des-
- alternative form ofdez-
FromFrenchdés-, fromLatindis-.
des-
- dis-,de-
- Synonyms:fra-,af-
des-
- des-
- dis-
des-
- des-
- dis-
Borrowed from Englishdis-, Frenchdés-, Italiandis-, Spanishdes-. Comparedis-, from the same origin. Decision no. 251, Progreso IV.
des-
- Expresses the opposite of the root word.
- des- + honoro(“honor”) → deshonoro(“dishonor”)
des-
- de-;dis-
des-
- alternative form ofdis-
FromOld Frenchdes-.
des-
- de-;dis-
FromOld Frenchdes-, fromLatindis-.
des-
- dis-
FromOld Occitandes-, fromLatindis-.
des-
- de-;dis-
FromLatindis-.
des-
- de-;dis-
FromOld Galician-Portuguesedes-, fromLatindis-, fromProto-Indo-European*dwís.
- (Brazil)IPA(key): (before a voiceless consonant)/des/,/d͡ʒis/,(before a vowel or voiced consonant)/dez/,/d͡ʒiz/
- (Portugal)IPA(key): (before a voiceless consonant)/dɨʃ/,(before a voiced consonant)/dɨʒ/,(before a vowel)/dɨz/,/d͡z/
des-
- un-;de-;dis-(forms verbs indicating the reversal of the prefixed verb)
- des- + ligar(“to turn on”) → desligar(“to turn off”)
- un-(forms nouns indicating the lack or opposite of the prefixed noun)
- des- + amor(“love”) → desamor(“disdain”)
- misspelling ofdis-
Inherited fromLatindis-, fromProto-Indo-European*dwís.
des-
- dis-,de-
- des- + face(“to do”) → desface(“to undo”)
Inherited fromOld Spanishdes-, fromLatindis-, fromProto-Indo-European*dwís.Doublet ofdis-, which was borrowed.
des-
- dis-;indicative of a negative
- des- + colgar(“to hang up (a phone)”) → descolgar(“to pick up (a phone)”)
