discus

Meaning

1. A round plate-like object that is thrown for sport.
2. (uncountable) The athletics event of discus throw.
3. (plural) A discus fish (genus Symphysodon)
4. (dated, rare) A chakram.

Synonyms

disk

disc

wheel

🛞

saucer

discus throw

puck

salver

server

speak

🗣️

tray

waiter

planchet

argue

pompadour fish

clay pigeon

ice hockey

🏒

platter

quoit

round

Translations

disque

discus

Diskus

disco

disco

disco

δίσκος

discus

Wurfscheibe

arremesso de disco

disk

القرص

disk atma

platet

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdɪs.kəs/

Etymology

1656. From Latin discus, from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “disk, quoit, platter”). Doublet of dais, desk, disc, dish, disk, and diskos.