DIS-


Meaning of DIS- in English

dis- 1

a Latin prefix meaning "apart," "asunder," "away," "utterly," or having a privative, negative, or reversing force (see de-, un- 2 ); used freely, esp. with these latter senses, as an English formative: disability; disaffirm; disbar; disbelief; discontent; dishearten; dislike; disown.

Also, di- .

[ bis, Gk dís twice); before f, dif-; before some consonants, di-; often r. obs. des- ]

dis- 2

var. of di- 1 before s: dissyllable.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .