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)

2. 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.

4. 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^[1], 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).

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

Derived terms

• corridor discussion
• discussionless
• discussionlike
• discussion room
• end of discussion
• panel discussion

 

Related terms

• discuss
• discusser (“a person who discusses”)

Translations

conversation or debate

• Afrikaans: gesprek (af), debat
• Albanian: diskutim (sq) m
• Arabic: مُنَاقَشَة f (munāqaša), بَحْث (ar) m (baḥṯ), مُذَاكَرَة f (muḏākara), مُبَاحَثَة f (mubāḥaṯa)
• Armenian: քննարկում (hy) (kʻnnarkum)
• Azerbaijani: müzakirə (az), mübahisə (az)
• Belarusian: дыску́сія f (dyskúsija), абмеркава́нне n (abmjerkavánnje)
• Bengali: আলোচনা (bn) (alōcona)
• Bulgarian: диску́сия (bg) f (diskúsija), рази́скване (bg) n (razískvane), обсъ́ждане (bg) n (obsǎ́ždane)
• Catalan: discussió (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 討論／讨论 (tou² leon⁶), 議論／议论 (ji⁵ leon⁶)

  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), დისკუსია (disḳusia), განხილვა (ganxilva), მსჯელობა (msǯeloba), განსჯა (gansǯa)
• 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), tárgyalás (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 (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 (la) f (debate), colloquium (la) n, sermō (la) m; parlamentum (Medieval)
• 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) (saṁvādaṁ)
• Maori: matapakinga
• Marathi: चर्चा f (carcā)
• 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:

  Iranian Persian: بَحْث (fa) (bahs), گُفْتُگو (fa) (goftogu), گُفْتِگو (fa) (goftegu), گُفْتْگو (fa) (goftgu), گُفْتُگویْ (fa) (goftoguy), گُفْتِگویْ (fa) (gofteguy), گُفْتْگویْ (fa) (goftguy), مُباحَثِه (fa) (mobâhase), مُذاکِرِه (fa) (mozâkere), مُناظِرِه (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 (muzākara)
• 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

• Afrikaans: bespreking
• Bulgarian: диску́сия (bg) f (diskúsija)
• Finnish: pohdinta (fi), diskussio (fi), syventävä osio
• Greek: μελέτη (el) f (meléti)
• Hungarian: tárgyalás (hu), kifejtés (hu), pertraktálás
• 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”, in 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

French

Etymology

From Late Latin discussiōnem, from Latin discutiōnem.

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.

Middle French

Etymology

From Late Latin discussiō, from Latin discutiō.

Noun

discussion f (plural discussions)

1. discussion

Old French

Etymology

From Late Latin discussiō, from Latin discutiō.

Noun

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

1. discussion