"discus" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdɪs.kəs/ [Canada, General-Australian, UK, US] Audio: en-us-discus.ogg , en-au-discus.ogg Forms: discuses [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪskəs Etymology: 1656. From Latin discus, from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “disk, quoit, platter”). Doublet of dais, desk, disc, dish, disk, and diskos. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|discus}} Latin discus, {{uder|en|grc|δίσκος||disk, quoit, platter}} Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “disk, quoit, platter”), {{doublet|en|dais|desk|disc|dish|disk|diskos}} Doublet of dais, desk, disc, dish, disk, and diskos Head templates: {{en-noun}} discus (plural discuses)
  1. A round plate-like object that is thrown for sport. Synonyms (round plate): quoit Translations (round plate-like object for throwing): disk [masculine] (Albanian), δίσκος (dískos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), قُرْص (qurṣ) [masculine] (Arabic), disko (Basque), дыск (dysk) [masculine] (Belarusian), চাকতি (cakti) (Bengali), ডিস্ক (ḍisko) (Bengali), диск (disk) [masculine] (Bulgarian), disc [masculine] (Catalan), 鐵餅 (Chinese Mandarin), 铁饼 (tiěbǐng) (Chinese Mandarin), disk [masculine] (Czech), diskos [common-gender] (Danish), discus [masculine] (Dutch), disko (Esperanto), ketas (Estonian), klingra (Faroese), kiekko (Finnish), disque [masculine] (French), disco [masculine] (Galician), დისკი (disḳi) (Georgian), Diskus [masculine] (German), Wurfscheibe [feminine] (German), δίσκος (dískos) [masculine] (Greek), דִּיסְקוּס (dískus) [masculine] (Hebrew), चक्र (cakra) [masculine] (Hindi), चक्का (cakkā) [masculine] (Hindi), डिस्क (ḍisk) [masculine] (Hindi), diszkosz (Hungarian), kringla [feminine] (Icelandic), disko (Ido), disco [masculine] (Italian), 円盤 (enban) (alt: えんばん) (Japanese), 원반 (wonban) (Korean), ຈັກ (chak) (Lao), discus [masculine] (Latin), disks [masculine] (Latvian), diskas [masculine] (Lithuanian), диск (disk) [masculine] (Macedonian), diskos [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), diskos [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), دیسک (disk) (Persian), dysk [masculine] (Polish), disco [masculine] (Portuguese), disc [neuter] (Romanian), диск (disk) [masculine] (Russian), диск [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), disk [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), disk [masculine] (Slovak), disk [masculine] (Slovene), disco [masculine] (Spanish), diskus [common-gender] (Swedish), จักร (jàk) (Thai), ดิสก์ (dìt) (Thai), disk (Turkish), диск (dysk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ڈسکس (ḍisk) [masculine] (Urdu), dĩa (Vietnamese), diskud (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-discus-en-noun-aJEHKiDW Disambiguation of 'round plate': 100 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'round plate-like object for throwing': 72 9 9 11
  2. (uncountable, athletics) The athletics event of discus throw. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Athletics Translations (athletics sport of throwing the discus): мята́не на диск (mjatáne na disk) [neuter] (Bulgarian), discuswerpen [neuter] (Dutch), kiekonheitto (Finnish), disque [masculine] (French), lanzamento de disco [masculine] (Galician), Diskuswerfen [neuter] (German), δισκοβολία (diskovolía) [feminine] (Greek), הטלת דיסקוס (hatalát dískus) [masculine] (Hebrew), diszkosz (Hungarian), kringlukast [neuter] (Icelandic), disko (Ido), diskoskast (Norwegian Bokmål), diskoskast (Norwegian Nynorsk), arremesso de disco [masculine] (Portuguese), мета́ние ди́ска (metánije díska) [neuter] (Russian), disco [masculine] (Spanish), diskus [common-gender] (Swedish), disk atma (Turkish), diskudijedam (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-discus-en-noun-MzzVa8ok Topics: athletics, hobbies, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of 'athletics sport of throwing the discus': 19 56 14 12
  3. (plural: discus) A discus fish (genus Symphysodon) Tags: plural Categories (lifeform): Cichlids
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  4. (rare, dated) A chakram. Tags: dated, rare
    Sense id: en-discus-en-noun-NuyFzl44
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: discus fish, discus throw, discus thrower

Inflected forms

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "discus fish"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "discus throw"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "discus thrower"
    }
  ],
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        "3": "discus"
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      "name": "uder"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "δίσκος",
        "4": "",
        "5": "disk, quoit, platter"
      },
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      "name": "uder"
    },
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        "4": "disc",
        "5": "dish",
        "6": "disk",
        "7": "diskos"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of dais, desk, disc, dish, disk, and diskos",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "1656. From Latin discus, from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “disk, quoit, platter”). Doublet of dais, desk, disc, dish, disk, and diskos.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "discuses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "expansion": "discus (plural discuses)",
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    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "ref": "August 18 2004, Frank Fitzpatrick, “The amazing story of the first discus medal winner”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer:",
          "text": "He Robert Garrett] won even though he hadn't ever touched a real discus until just before the event was held.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "August 23 2008, John Branch, “Estonia's Kanter Celebrates Gold Medal in the Discus His Way”, in The New York Times:",
          "text": "[Gerd] Kanter had agreed to demonstrate his throwing skill on Friday, but rather than bringing his own discuses—he usually travels with about five of them, […]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "A round plate-like object that is thrown for sport."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "plate",
          "plate"
        ],
        [
          "thrown",
          "thrown"
        ],
        [
          "sport",
          "sport"
        ]
      ],
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          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
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        }
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          "_dis1": "72 9 9 11",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "disk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 9 9 11",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "qurṣ",
          "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "قُرْص"
        },
        {
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          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
          "word": "disko"
        },
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          "_dis1": "72 9 9 11",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "dysk",
          "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "дыск"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 9 9 11",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "cakti",
          "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
          "word": "চাকতি"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 9 9 11",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "ḍisko",
          "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
          "word": "ডিস্ক"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 9 9 11",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "disk",
          "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "диск"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 9 9 11",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "disc"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 9 9 11",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
          "word": "鐵餅"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 9 9 11",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "tiěbǐng",
          "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
          "word": "铁饼"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 9 9 11",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "disk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 9 9 11",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "diskos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 9 9 11",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "discus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 9 9 11",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
          "word": "disko"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 9 9 11",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
          "word": "ketas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 9 9 11",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
          "word": "klingra"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 9 9 11",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
          "word": "kiekko"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 9 9 11",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "disque"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 9 9 11",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "disco"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 9 9 11",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "disḳi",
          "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
          "word": "დისკი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 9 9 11",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Diskus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 9 9 11",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Wurfscheibe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 9 9 11",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "dískos",
          "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "δίσκος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 9 9 11",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "dískos",
          "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "δίσκος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 9 9 11",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "dískus",
          "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "דִּיסְקוּס"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 9 9 11",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "cakra",
          "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "चक्र"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 9 9 11",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "cakkā",
          "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "चक्का"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 9 9 11",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "ḍisk",
          "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "डिस्क"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 9 9 11",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
          "word": "diszkosz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 9 9 11",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "kringla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 9 9 11",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
          "word": "disko"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 9 9 11",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "disco"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 9 9 11",
          "alt": "えんばん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "enban",
          "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
          "word": "円盤"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 9 9 11",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "wonban",
          "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
          "word": "원반"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 9 9 11",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "chak",
          "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
          "word": "ຈັກ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 9 9 11",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "discus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 9 9 11",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "disks"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 9 9 11",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "diskas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 9 9 11",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "disk",
          "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "диск"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 9 9 11",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "diskos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 9 9 11",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "diskos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 9 9 11",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "disk",
          "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
          "word": "دیسک"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 9 9 11",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dysk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 9 9 11",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "disco"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 9 9 11",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "disc"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 9 9 11",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "disk",
          "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "диск"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 9 9 11",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "диск"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 9 9 11",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "disk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 9 9 11",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "disk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 9 9 11",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "disk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 9 9 11",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "disco"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 9 9 11",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
          "tags": [
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    {
      "word": "discus fish"
    },
    {
      "word": "discus throw"
    },
    {
      "word": "discus thrower"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "discus"
      },
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      "name": "uder"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "3": "δίσκος",
        "4": "",
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      "args": {
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        "6": "disk",
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    }
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    {
      "form": "discuses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "August 18 2004, Frank Fitzpatrick, “The amazing story of the first discus medal winner”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer:",
          "text": "He Robert Garrett] won even though he hadn't ever touched a real discus until just before the event was held.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "August 23 2008, John Branch, “Estonia's Kanter Celebrates Gold Medal in the Discus His Way”, in The New York Times:",
          "text": "[Gerd] Kanter had agreed to demonstrate his throwing skill on Friday, but rather than bringing his own discuses—he usually travels with about five of them, […]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A round plate-like object that is thrown for sport."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "plate",
          "plate"
        ],
        [
          "thrown",
          "thrown"
        ],
        [
          "sport",
          "sport"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "en:Athletics"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1929 July 4, Harry L. Borba, “The Superman of Track”, in The Vernon Daily Record, volume 4, number 209, Vernon, Texas, page 6:",
          "text": "For two years Templeton has given individual attention to Krenz. The young man has reciprocated by giving at least two hours each day to practice in the shot and discus.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008 September 8, “Weir lays down marker in Beijing”, in BBC:",
          "text": "And Chris Martin took a silver medal in the discus on the opening day in the Bird's Nest, […]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The athletics event of discus throw."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "athletics",
          "athletics"
        ],
        [
          "event",
          "event"
        ],
        [
          "discus throw",
          "discus throw"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable, athletics) The athletics event of discus throw."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "athletics",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (genus)"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2008, Carol Roberts, “History of Discus”, in North American Discus Association, archived from the original on 2008-12-08:",
          "text": "The main body of the Amazon River is too fast, too deep, and too silt laden for discus.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A discus fish (genus Symphysodon)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "discus fish",
          "discus fish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(plural: discus) A discus fish (genus Symphysodon)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dated terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1893, K. M. Ganguli, The Mahabharata, translation of original by Krishna-Swaipayana Vyasa, Adi Parva, Section XIX:",
          "text": "And Narayana instantly cut off with his discus the well-adorned head of the Danava who was drinking the Amrita without permission.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1899, Thomas William Rhys Davids, transl., Sàmañña-Phàla Sutta, translation of original by Digha Nikaya:",
          "text": "If with a discus with an edge sharp as a razor he should make all the living creatures on the earth one heap, one mass, of flesh, […]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A chakram."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chakram",
          "chakram"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare, dated) A chakram."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɪs.kəs/",
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "General-Australian",
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
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    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɪskəs"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "sense": "round plate",
      "word": "quoit"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "disk"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "qurṣ",
      "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "قُرْص"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
      "word": "disko"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "dysk",
      "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дыск"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "cakti",
      "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
      "word": "চাকতি"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "ḍisko",
      "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
      "word": "ডিস্ক"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "disk",
      "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "диск"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "disc"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
      "word": "鐵餅"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tiěbǐng",
      "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
      "word": "铁饼"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "disk"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "diskos"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "discus"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
      "word": "disko"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
      "word": "ketas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
      "word": "klingra"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
      "word": "kiekko"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "disque"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "disco"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "disḳi",
      "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
      "word": "დისკი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Diskus"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Wurfscheibe"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "dískos",
      "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "δίσκος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "dískos",
      "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "δίσκος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "dískus",
      "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "דִּיסְקוּס"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "cakra",
      "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "चक्र"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "cakkā",
      "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "चक्का"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "ḍisk",
      "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "डिस्क"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
      "word": "diszkosz"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kringla"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
      "word": "disko"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "disco"
    },
    {
      "alt": "えんばん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "enban",
      "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
      "word": "円盤"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "wonban",
      "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
      "word": "원반"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "chak",
      "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
      "word": "ຈັກ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "discus"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "disks"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diskas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "disk",
      "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "диск"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diskos"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diskos"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "disk",
      "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
      "word": "دیسک"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dysk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "disco"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "disc"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "disk",
      "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "диск"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "диск"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "disk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "disk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "disk"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "disco"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "diskus"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "jàk",
      "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
      "word": "จักร"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "dìt",
      "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
      "word": "ดิสก์"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
      "word": "disk"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dysk",
      "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "диск"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "ḍisk",
      "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ڈسکس"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
      "word": "dĩa"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "round plate-like object for throwing",
      "word": "diskud"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mjatáne na disk",
      "sense": "athletics sport of throwing the discus",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "мята́не на диск"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "athletics sport of throwing the discus",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "discuswerpen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "athletics sport of throwing the discus",
      "word": "kiekonheitto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "athletics sport of throwing the discus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "disque"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "athletics sport of throwing the discus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lanzamento de disco"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "athletics sport of throwing the discus",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Diskuswerfen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "diskovolía",
      "sense": "athletics sport of throwing the discus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "δισκοβολία"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hatalát dískus",
      "sense": "athletics sport of throwing the discus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "הטלת דיסקוס"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "athletics sport of throwing the discus",
      "word": "diszkosz"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "athletics sport of throwing the discus",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kringlukast"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "athletics sport of throwing the discus",
      "word": "disko"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "athletics sport of throwing the discus",
      "word": "diskoskast"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "athletics sport of throwing the discus",
      "word": "diskoskast"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "athletics sport of throwing the discus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "arremesso de disco"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "metánije díska",
      "sense": "athletics sport of throwing the discus",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "мета́ние ди́ска"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "athletics sport of throwing the discus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "disco"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "athletics sport of throwing the discus",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "diskus"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "athletics sport of throwing the discus",
      "word": "disk atma"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "athletics sport of throwing the discus",
      "word": "diskudijedam"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "discus throw"
  ],
  "word": "discus"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.