disney
/ˈdɪzni/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.39 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A surname from Old French.
name
The Walt Disney Company, named after Walt Disney.
name
Any of the theme parks and vacation resorts operated by Walt Disney Parks and Resorts.
Informal
name
A town in Mayes County, Oklahoma, United States, named after Wesley E. Disney.
Example Sentences
- "Have you seen Disney's latest film?"
- "We went to Disney with the kids this summer."
- "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."
- "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."
- "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."
- "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."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Old French
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, de
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in People.