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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

disorient en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /dɪsˈɔːɹi.ənt/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des- Middle French des- French dés- Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-der. Proto-Italic *oriōr Latin orior Latin orientembor. French orient Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -ier Middle French -er French -er French orienter French désorienterbor. English disorient Borrowed from French désorienter.

Meanings

  1. To cause to lose orientation or direction.
  2. To confuse or befuddle.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
disoriented Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
disoriented Tense=Past lexicographic
disorients Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
disorientate alternative, proscribed, sometimes lexicographic
disorienting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

disorienter

Translations (29)

bg разориентирам (to cause to lose orientation or direction) · de verwirren (to cause to lose orientation or direction) · is rugla í ríminu (to cause to lose orientation or direction) · izh öksyttää (to cause to lose orientation or direction) · fi eksyttää (to cause to lose orientation or direction) · nb desorientere (to cause to lose orientation or direction) · hu dezorientál (to cause to lose orientation or direction) · it disorientare (to cause to lose orientation or direction) · nn desorientere (to cause to lose orientation or direction) · hu eltérít (to cause to lose orientation or direction) · sh dezorijentírati (to cause to lose orientation or direction) · pl zdezorientować (to cause to lose orientation or direction) · bg обърквам (to cause to lose orientation or direction) · es perder el norte (to cause to lose orientation or direction) · pl dezorientować (to cause to lose orientation or direction) · is slá út af laginu (to cause to lose orientation or direction) · fi harhauttaa (to cause to lose orientation or direction) · fr désorienter (to cause to lose orientation or direction) · is rugla (to cause to lose orientation or direction) · ru дезориенти́ровать (to cause to lose orientation or direction) · da desorientere (to cause to lose orientation or direction) · de desorientieren (to cause to lose orientation or direction) · hu összezavar (to cause to lose orientation or direction) · es desorientar (to cause to lose orientation or direction) · is villa um fyrir (to cause to lose orientation or direction) · hu félrevezet (to cause to lose orientation or direction) · is gera áttavilltan (to cause to lose orientation or direction) · is gera ringlaðan (to cause to lose orientation or direction) · is láta tapa áttum (to cause to lose orientation or direction)