discussion

discussion

English

Etymology

From Old French discussion, from Late Latin discussiō, from Latin discutiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈskʌʃən/
• (Northern England) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈkʊʃən/
• Hyphenation: dis‧cus‧sion

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Noun

discussion (countable and uncountable, plural discussions)

1. Conversation or debate concerning a particular topic.

   There was then a long discussion of whether to capitalize words like "east".

   This topic is not open to discussion.

   My discussion with the professor was very enlightening.

2. Text giving further detail on a subject.

   Under each heading, you will find a discussion.

   • 2014 October 14, David Malcolm, “The Great War Re-Remembered: Allohistory and Allohistorical Fiction”, in Martin Löschnigg; Marzena Sokolowska-Paryz, editors, The Great War in Post-Memory Literature and Film‎, Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG., →ISBN, page 173:

     The question of the plausibility of the counter-factual is seen as key in all three discussions of allohistorical fiction (as it is in Demandt's and Ferguson's examinations of allohistory) (cf. Rodiek 25–26; Ritter 15–16; Helbig 32).

3. (medicine, obsolete) The dispersion of a tumour.

Derived terms

• corridor discussion
• discussion room
• panel discussion

 

Related terms

• discuss

Translations

conversation or debate

Albanian: diskutim (sq) m Arabic: مُنَاقَشَة‎ f (munāqaša), بَحْث‎ (ar) m (baḥṯ), مُذَاكَرَة‎ f (muḏākara), مُبَاحَثَة‎ f (mubāḥaṯa) Armenian: քննարկում (hy) (kʿnnarkum) Azerbaijani: müzakirə (az), mübahisə (az) Belarusian: дыску́сія f (dyskúsija), абмеркава́нне n (abmjerkavánnje) Bengali: আলোচনা (bn) (alocôna) Bulgarian: диску́сия (bg) f (diskúsija), рази́скване (bg) n (razískvane), обсъ́ждане (bg) n (obsǎ́ždane) Catalan: discussió (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 討論／讨论 (zh) (tǎolùn), 議論／议论 (zh) (yìlùn) Cornish: omgussulyans m, omgussulyansow m pl Czech: diskuse (cs) f, diskuze (cs) f Danish: diskussion (da) c Dutch: bespreking (nl) f, discussie (nl) f Esperanto: diskutado, diskuto Estonian: arutlus (et), väitlus Finnish: keskustelu (fi) (conversation), väittely (fi) (debate) French: discussion (fr) f Georgian: კამათი (ka) (ḳamati) German: Diskussion (de) f, Erörterung (de) f, Besprechung (de) f Greek: συζήτηση (el) f (syzítisi), συνομιλία (el) f (synomilía) Ancient: συζήτησις f (suzḗtēsis) Haitian Creole: diskisyon Hebrew: דִּיּוּן‎ (he) m (diyún) Hindi: बिबाद m (bibād), बहस (hi) f (bahas) Hungarian: megbeszélés (hu), vita (hu) Ido: diskuto (io), diskutado (io) Indonesian: diskusi (id) Irish: aighneas m Italian: discussione (it) f Japanese: 議論 (ja) (ぎろん, giron), 討論 (ja) (とうろん, tōron) Kazakh: талқылау (kk) (talqylau), пікірсайыс (kk) (pıkırsaiys) Korean: 의논(議論) (ko) (uinon), 토론(討論) (ko) (toron) Kyrgyz: дискуссия (ky) (diskussiya), талкуу (ky) (talkuu), талкуулоо (ky) (talkuuloo) Ladino: kolokio m, kolokyo m Lao: ການອະພິປາຍ (kān ʼa phi pāi), ການສົນທະນາ (lo) (kān son tha nā) Latin: disputātiō f, colloquium (la) n, sermō (la) m Latvian: diskusija f, debates f pl Lithuanian: diskusija f Low German: German Low German: Diskuschoon (nds) f Luxembourgish: Diskussioun f Macedonian: дискусија f (diskusija) Malay: perbincangan (ms), diskusi Malayalam: ചർച്ച (caṟcca), സംവാദം (ml) (saṃvādaṃ) Maori: matapakinga Mazanderani: گپ‎ Mi'kmaq: agnutmaqan inan Mongolian: Cyrillic: хэлэлцүүлэг (mn) (xelelcüüleg) Norman: distchussion f Norwegian: Bokmål: diskusjon (no) m, debatt m Nynorsk: diskusjon m, debatt m Persian: بحث‎ (fa) (bahs), گفت و گو‎ (goft o gu), مباحثه‎ (fa) (mobâhase), مذاکره‎ (fa) (mozâkere), مناظره‎ (fa) (monâzere) Polish: dyskusja (pl) f Portuguese: discussão (pt) f Romanian: discuție (ro) f, discutare (ro) f, dezbatere (ro) f Russian: обсужде́ние (ru) n (obsuždénije), диску́ссия (ru) f (diskússija) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: дѝскӯсија f, ра̑справа f, ра̏спра f Roman: dìskūsija (sh), rȃsprava (sh) f, rȁspra (sh) f Slovak: diskusia f Slovene: diskusija f, razprava f Spanish: discusión (es) f Swahili: maneno (sw), mazungumzo (sw) Swedish: diskussion (sv) c Tajik: муҳокима (muhokima), мубоҳиса (mubohisa), мунозира (munozira), баҳс (tg) (bahs) Telugu: చర్చ (te) (carca) Thai: การอภิปราย (th) (gaan-à-pí-bpraai), การสนทนา (th) (gaan-sǒn-tá-naa) Turkish: münakaşa (tr), tartışma (tr), bahıs Ukrainian: диску́сія f (dyskúsija), обміркува́ння n (obmirkuvánnja) Urdu: بَحْث‎ f (bahs), بِباد‎ m (bibād), مُذاکَرَہ‎ m (muzākarā) Uyghur: مۇزاكىرە‎ (muzakire), مۇلاھىزە‎ (mulahize) Uzbek: muhokama (uz), muzokara (uz), bahs (uz), diskussiya (uz) Vietnamese: sự thảo luận (vi) (sự (vi) + 討論 (vi)) Welsh: trafodaeth (cy) Yiddish: דיסקוסיע‎ f (diskusye)

text giving further detail on a subject

Bulgarian: диску́сия (bg) f (diskúsija) Finnish: syventävä osio Greek: μελέτη (el) f (meléti) Hungarian: tárgyalás (hu) Polish: dyskusja (pl) f Russian: обсужде́ние (ru) n (obsuždénije), диску́ссия (ru) f (diskússija) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: дѝскӯсија f, ра̑справа f, ра̏спра f Roman: dìskūsija (sh), rȃsprava (sh) f, rȁspra (sh) f Swahili: majadiliano (sw)

Further reading

• discussion at OneLook Dictionary Search
• discussion in Britannica Dictionary
• discussion in Macmillan Collocations Dictionary
• discussion in Sentence collocations by Cambridge Dictionary
• discussion in Ozdic collocation dictionary
• discussion in WordReference English Collocations

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French

Etymology

From Late Latin discussiō, from Latin discutiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dis.ky.sjɔ̃/

• Audio (France, Paris)

  (file)

• Homophone: discussions

Noun

discussion f (plural discussions)

1. debate, argument (a civil exchange of contradictory points of view)

   Synonyms: débat, dialogue

   La discussion est close. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. argument, (verbal) fight, row (a vivid, uncivil exchange of emotional points of view)

   Synonyms: chamaillerie, dispute, querelle

3. (colloquial) conversation, discussion (an exchange of words neither contradictory nor conflictual)

   Synonyms: bavardage, conversation, dialogue, entretien

Synonyms

• dialogue

Derived terms

• groupe de discussion

Related terms

• discutable
  • discutablement
  • indiscutable
  • indiscutablement
• discuter
• discuteur

Further reading

• “discussion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Middle French

Etymology

From Late Latin discussiō, from Latin discutiō.

Noun

discussion f (plural discussions)

1. discussion

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Old French

Etymology

From Late Latin discussiō, from Latin discutiō.

Noun

discussion f (oblique plural discussions, nominative singular discussion, nominative plural discussions)

1. discussion