dish

A1 Topic:Food & Drink

US /dɪʃ/ See IPA manual

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Sounds like diss /s/ vs /ʃ/ Sounds like dis /s/ vs /ʃ/

Freq #2776

Meanings

1

noun
A type of food that is prepared in a particular way.

Pasta is my favourite dish.
2

noun
A flat or shallow container used for holding or serving food.

She placed the salad in a large dish.
3

noun
The plates, bowls, and cutlery that need to be washed after a meal.

It's your turn to wash the dishes.

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2 noun · a flat or shallow container... plate

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Forms disheddishesdishing

Derived forms assay-dishcovered-dishdeep-dishdish-clothdish-facedish-faceddishboarddishclothdishcloutdisheddishlessdishlicker

Related forms plate

Etymology

From Middle English dissh, disch, from Old English disċ (“plate; bowl; dish”), from Proto-West Germanic *disk (“table; dish”) (whence also Proto-Slavic *dъska, whence Bulgarian дъска́ (dǎská), Polish deska, Russian доска́ (doská)), Russian чан (čan)) from Latin discus. Doublet of dais, desk, disc, discus, disk, and diskos. Cognates Cognate with Scots disch (“dish; plate”), Dutch dis (“table”), German Low German Disk, Disch (“table”), German Tisch (“table”), Danish disk (“dish; counter”), Swedish disk (“dish; counter”), Icelandic diskur (“dish; plate”), Finnish tiski (“desk, counter; dish”). Co…

dissh Middle English disċ Old English *disk Proto-West Germanic discus Latin

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# dish

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /dɪʃ/
**Frequency rank:** 2776

## Meanings
1. A type of food that is prepared in a particular way.
2. A flat or shallow container used for holding or serving food.
3. The plates, bowls, and cutlery that need to be washed after a meal.

## Examples
- Pasta is my favourite dish.
- She placed the salad in a large dish.
- It's your turn to wash the dishes.

## Derived Forms
- assay-dish
- covered-dish
- deep-dish
- dish-cloth
- dish-face
- dish-faced
- dishboard
- dishcloth
- dishclout
- dished
- dishless
- dishlicker

## Related Forms
- plate

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: dissh
- Root: disċ
- Root: *disk
- Root: discus

## Etymology
From Middle English dissh, disch, from Old English disċ (“plate; bowl; dish”), from Proto-West Germanic *disk (“table; dish”) (whence also Proto-Slavic *dъska, whence Bulgarian дъска́ (dǎská), Polish deska, Russian доска́ (doská)), Russian чан (čan)) from Latin discus. Doublet of dais, desk, disc, discus, disk, and diskos. Cognates Cognate with Scots disch (“dish; plate”), Dutch dis (“table”), German Low German Disk, Disch (“table”), German Tisch (“table”), Danish disk (“dish; counter”), Swedish disk (“dish; counter”), Icelandic diskur (“dish; plate”), Finnish tiski (“desk, counter; dish”). Co…

## AI Etymology
dish comes from Middle English dissh, disch, from Old English disċ (“plate; bowl; dish”), from Proto-West Germanic *disk (“table; dish”) (whence also Proto-Slavic *dъska, whence Bulgarian дъска́ (dǎská), Polish deska, Russian доска́ (doská)), Russian чан (čan)) from Latin discus. Doublet of dais, desk, disc, discus, disk, and diskos. Cognates Cognate with Scots disch (“dish; plate”), Dutch dis (“table”), German Low German Disk, Disch (“table”), German Tisch (“table”), Danish disk (“dish; counter”), Swedish disk (“dish; counter”), Icelandic diskur (“dish; plate”), Finnish tiski (“desk, counter; dish”). Current senses include A type of food that is prepared in a particular way and A flat or shallow container used for holding or serving food. English relatives and later formations include assay-dish, covered-dish, deep-dish, plate.

## Topics
- Food & Drink

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