Doris

See also: doris

Translingual

Doris verrucosa

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Δωρίς (Dōrís, “a nymph, one of the daughters of Oceanus”).

Proper noun

Doris f

A taxonomic genus within the family Dorididae – sea slugs, specifically, dorid nudibranchs.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Gastropoda - class; Heterobranchia - subclass; Nudibranchia - order; Doridina - suborder; Doridoidei - infraorder; Doridoidea - superfamily; Dorididae - family

Hypernyms

(genus): Doris verrucosa - type species

Derived terms

Alloiodoris
Aphelodoris
Ardeadoris
Baptodoris
Chromodoris
Dendrodoris
Dictyodoris
Discodoris
Diversidoris
Doridoeides
Doriopsis
Doriorbis
Doriprismatica
Geitodoris
Glossodoris
Goniodoris
Hiatodoris
Homoiodoris
Hoplodoris
Hypselodoris
Lophodoris
Murphydoris
Nophodoris
Onchidoris
Paradoris
Peltodoris
Pharodoris
Platydoris
Sclerodoris
Sebadoris

References

''Doris'' (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
''Doris'' on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
''Doris'' (Nudibranchia) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdɒɹɪs/
Audio (AU) (file)
Audio (UK) (file)

Etymology 1

The feminine form of Doric.

Alternative forms

(surname): Dorris

Proper noun

Doris

(Greek mythology) The daughter of Oceanus, who married Nereus and bore fifty sea-nymphs or nereids.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, stanza 49:
  And snowy neckd Doris, and milkewhite Galathæa.
A region of Asia Minor inhabited by the ancient Dorians.
(astronomy) 48 Doris, a main belt asteroid.
A female given name from Ancient Greek, taken to regular use at the end of the 19th century.
- 1866, Mary A. Prescott, "Doris Daylesford, A Story", in Beadle's Monthly Magazine of To-day, volume 2, page 149:
  "My Doris—may I call you that, dearest?"
  "Call me Sappho, call me Chloris, call me Lalage, or Doris—only call me thine," I should have answered, if it had not been a little too sentimental.… I am afraid I omitted to state, in the proper place, that Doris is a name which has descended through a dozen generations of our family, that it belongs to myself as well as to my niece […]
- 1989, Judy Carter, Stand-up Comedy: A Book, →ISBN, page 35:
  I've never met an old person named Judy. Now that's true. Maybe something happens to girls with young names like Debby, Judy, and Susie. At a certain age they make you change it to Doris, Edna, or Myrtle.
A surname.
(Britain, slang) One's girlfriend, wife or significant other.

Synonyms

(astronomy): 48 Doris, ㊽

Translations

Asteroid

Etymology 2

From the name of famous film star Doris Day; (Cockney rhyming slang).

Adjective

Doris (not comparable)

(Cockney rhyming slang) gay

Anagrams

'roids, DOSRI, IDORs, Sidor, dorsi-, roids, rosid

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Doris.

Proper noun

Doris

a female given name from Ancient Greek
(Greek mythology) the nereid Doris
a region of Asia Minor inhabited by the ancient Dorians
(astronomy) the asteroid 48 Doris

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Doris.

Danish

Proper noun

Doris

a female given name borrowed from English usage, popular in the 1920s and the 1930s

Estonian

Proper noun

Doris

a female given name from English

Faroese

Proper noun

Doris f

a female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

son of Doris: Dorisarson
daughter of Doris: Dorisardóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Doris
Accusative	Doris
Dative	Doris
Genitive	Dorisar

German

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

Proper noun

Doris

a female given name from English, popular in the mid-twentieth century

Italian

Etymology

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Proper noun

Doris m or f by sense

a surname

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δωρίς (Dōrís).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdoː.ris/, [ˈd̪oːrɪs̠]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdo.ris/, [ˈd̪ɔːris]

Proper noun

Dōris f sg (genitive Dōridis); third declension

(geography) A small region of ancient Greece

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Dōris
Genitive	Dōridis
Dative	Dōridī
Accusative	Dōridem
Ablative	Dōride
Vocative	Dōris

References

Doris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
“Doris”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Swedish

Proper noun

Doris c (genitive Doris)

a female given name borrowed from English usage, popular in the 1920s and the 1930s

Anagrams

sidor