Disney
English
Etymology
English surname of Norman origin, from Old French de (“of, from”) + Isigny (a place in Calvados). For the placename, see Isigny-sur-Mer. In modern use, it is also derived from the name of Walt Disney, whose surname has the aforementioned origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɪzni/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Proper noun
Disney
- A surname from Old French.
- The Walt Disney Company, named after Walt Disney.
- Have you seen Disney's latest film?
- (informal) Any of the theme parks and vacation resorts operated by Walt Disney Parks and Resorts.
- We went to Disney with the kids this summer.
- 1990, Bill Berkowitz with Bill Sample (interviewee), Local Heroes, Lexington Books, →ISBN, page 261:
- And they included children down the seashore, they included going to the mountains; our first Disney child was not until 1978, no, ’77. […] I mean, when you say to somebody, “I’m going to give you a trip to Disney,” or “I’m going to buy you a Cabbage Patch doll,” and we’re doing this for you for absolutely nothing, that’s a reward in itself.
- 2008, Doug Stumpf, Confessions of a Wall Street Shoeshine Boy, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 155:
- If they found any phone number from the U.S., anything, they’d deport us right away because we came here on excursion with a whole bunch of people that was going to visit Disney. That’s what everybody usually do: They say, We going to visit Disney, and we going to stay there for a week, and then we going to go back, but they end up staying.
- 2008, Flay Scott, The Inheritance, page 3:
- Angela asked if we could treat ourselves to a few days at Disney. […] The week included a couple of days in Disney, Dad’s 70th birthday and then the long trip home.
- 2009, Cleo Stinyard III, Sex, Love, & Consequences, →ISBN, page 213:
- I had decided to take them, my niece, and three nephews to Disney in Orlando, FL. I was going to try and make history. I was going to make an attempt at escorting more than four Dredd kids to Disney at once and live to tell about it.
- A town in Mayes County, Oklahoma, United States, named after Wesley E. Disney.
Derived terms
Translations
surname
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Walt Disney Company
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Disney theme park
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Anagrams
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdizni], [ˈdɪzni]
- Hyphenation: Dis‧ney
- Rhymes: -ni
Proper noun
Disney
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Disney | Disney-k |
| accusative | Disney-t | Disney-ket |
| dative | Disney-nek | Disney-knek |
| instrumental | Disney-vel | Disney-kkel |
| causal-final | Disney-ért | Disney-kért |
| translative | Disney-vé | Disney-kké |
| terminative | Disney-ig | Disney-kig |
| essive-formal | Disney-ként | Disney-kként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Disney-ben | Disney-kben |
| superessive | Disney-n | Disney-ken |
| adessive | Disney-nél | Disney-knél |
| illative | Disney-be | Disney-kbe |
| sublative | Disney-re | Disney-kre |
| allative | Disney-hez | Disney-khez |
| elative | Disney-ből | Disney-kből |
| delative | Disney-ről | Disney-kről |
| ablative | Disney-től | Disney-ktől |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
Disney-é | Disney-ké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
Disney-éi | Disney-kéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | Disney-m | Disney-jeim (or Disney-im) |
| 2nd person sing. | Disney-d | Disney-jeid (or Disney-id) |
| 3rd person sing. | Disney-je | Disney-jei (or Disney-i) |
| 1st person plural | Disney-nk | Disney-jeink (or Disney-ink) |
| 2nd person plural | Disney-tek | Disney-jeitek (or Disney-itek) |
| 3rd person plural | Disney-jük | Disney-jeik (or Disney-ik) |
Derived terms
- disney-i
- Disney-film
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English Disney.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdiz.nej/, /ˈdiz.ni/, /ˈdɪzni/[1]
- Rhymes: -iznej, -izni, -i
- Hyphenation: Dì‧sney
Proper noun
Disney f
- Disney (Walt Disney Company)
- un film della Disney
- a Disney movie
References
- ^ Disney, Walt in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English Disney.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdis.nɛj/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -isnɛj
- Syllabification: Dis‧ney[1]
Proper noun
Disney m pers (related adjective disnejowski)
- Walt Disney (American animator, film producer, voice actor, and entrepreneur)
- (metonymic) Disney (The Walt Disney Company, named after Walt Disney)
Declension
Declension of Disney
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Disney |
| genitive | Disneya |
| dative | Disneyowi |
| accusative | Disneya |
| instrumental | Disneyem |
| locative | Disneyu |
| vocative | Disneyu |
Related terms
nouns
References
- ^ Adam Wolański (29.07.2021) Poradnia Językowa PWN [Language clinic PWN][1], Polish Scientific Publishers PWN
Further reading
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒiz.nej/ [ˈd͡ʒiz.neɪ̯], /ˈd͡ʒiz.ni/, /ˈdɪsni/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒiʒ.nej/ [ˈd͡ʒiʒ.neɪ̯], /ˈd͡ʒiʒ.ni/, /ˈdɪʃni/
Adjective
Disney (invariable)
- (Brazil, slang, neologism) easy, comfortable, or favorable
Noun
Disney f (plural Disneys)
- (Brazil, slang, neologism) the state of forgetting something; blackout; oblivion
- Synonyms: esquecimento, branco
Proper noun
Disney f
- Disney (Walt Disney Company)
- um filme da Disney
- a Disney movie
- any of the Walt Disney theme parks
- Estou indo para a Disney nas férias.
- I'm going to Disney on vacation.
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English Disney.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdisnei/ [ˈd̪iz.nei̯]
- Rhymes: -isnei
- IPA(key): /ˈdisni/ [ˈd̪iz.ni]
- Rhymes: -isni
- IPA(key): /ˈdɪsni/ [ˈd̪ɪz.ni]
- Rhymes: -i
- Syllabification: Dis‧ney
Noun
Disney f (plural Disneyes)
- Disney (Walt Disney Company)