Disney

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/ˈdɪzni/

proper noun

A surname from Old French.

“Have you seen Disney's latest film?”

Very commonScrabble 10

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A surname from Old French.
  2. The Walt Disney Company, named after Walt Disney.

    Have you seen Disney's latest film?

  3. informalAny of the theme parks and vacation resorts operated by Walt Disney Parks and Resorts.

    We went to Disney with the kids this summer.

    4 more examples

    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.

    1990, Bill Berkowitz with Bill Sample (interviewee), Local Heroes, Lexington Books, →ISBN, page 261

    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.

    2008, Doug Stumpf, Confessions of a Wall Street Shoeshine Boy, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 155

    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.

    2008, Flay Scott, The Inheritance, page 3

    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.

    2009, Cleo Stinyard III, Sex, Love, & Consequences, →ISBN, page 213
  4. A town in Mayes County, Oklahoma, United States, named after Wesley E. Disney.

Origin

  1. Old Frenchde“of, from”
  2. EnglishDisney

English surname of Norman origin, from Old French de (“of, from”) + Isigny (a place in Calvados). For the placename, see Isigny-sur-Mer. In modern use, it is also derived from the name of Walt Disney, whose surname has the aforementioned origin.

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Translations

Arabic دِيزْنِي, شَرِكَة وَالْت دِيزْنِي
  • دِيزْنِي (dīznī)surname
  • شَرِكَة وَالْت دِيزْنِيWalt Disney Company
Bengali ডিজনি
  • ডিজনি (ḍijoni)surname
Bulgarian Уолт Дисни Къмпани
  • Уолт Дисни Къмпани (Uolt Disni Kămpani)Walt Disney Company
Chinese Mandarin 迪斯尼, 迪士尼
  • 迪斯尼 (Dísīní)surname
  • 迪士尼 (Díshìní)Walt Disney Company
  • 迪斯尼 (Dísīní)Walt Disney Company
  • 迪士尼 (Díshìní)Disney theme park
  • 迪斯尼 (Dísīní)Disney theme park
  • 迪士尼乐园 (Díshìní Lèyuán)Disney theme park
Esperanto Diznej
  • Diznejsurname
Finnish Disneyland
  • DisneylandDisney theme park
Greek Ντίσνεϋ
  • Ντίσνεϋ (Ntísneÿ)surname
Hebrew דיסני, חברת וולט דיסני
  • דיסני (Dysny)surname
  • חברת וולט דיסניWalt Disney Company
Hindi डिज़्नी, वॉल्ट डिज़्नी कंपनी
  • डिज़्नी (ḍiznī)surname
  • वॉल्ट डिज़्नी कंपनी (vŏlṭ ḍiznī kampnī)Walt Disney Company
  • डिज़्नी (ḍiznī)Walt Disney Company
  • डिज़्नी (ḍiznī)Disney theme park
Italian Disney, Disney
  • Disneysurname
  • DisneyWalt Disney Company
  • DisneylandDisney theme park
Japanese ディズニー, ウォルト・ディズニー・カンパニー
  • ディズニー (Dizunī)surname
  • ウォルト・ディズニー・カンパニー (Woruto Dizunī kanpanī)Walt Disney Company
Korean 디즈니
  • 디즈니 (Dijeuni)surname
Persian دیزنی
  • دیزنی (dizni)surname
Polish Disney, Disney
  • Disneysurname
  • DisneyWalt Disney Company
  • DisneylandDisney theme park
Portuguese Disney, Disney
  • Disneysurname
  • DisneyWalt Disney Company
  • DisneyDisney theme park
Russian Ди́сней, Компа́ния Уо́лт Ди́сней
  • Ди́сней (Dísnej)surname
  • Компа́ния Уо́лт Ди́сней (Kompánija Uólt Dísnej)Walt Disney Company
  • Уо́лт Ди́сней Ка́мпани (Uólt Dísnej Kámpani)Walt Disney Company
  • Ди́сней (Dísnej)Walt Disney Company
Tamil டிஸ்னி, டிஸ்னி
  • டிஸ்னி (ṭisṉi)surname
  • டிஸ்னி (ṭisṉi)Walt Disney Company
Thai ดิสนีย์
  • ดิสนีย์ (dís-nîi)surname
Turkish Walt Disney Şirketi
  • Walt Disney ŞirketiWalt Disney Company
Urdu ڈزنی, والٹ ڈزنِی کمپنی
  • ڈزنی (ḍiznī)surname
  • والٹ ڈزنِی کمپنی (Vālṭ ḍiznī kampanī)Walt Disney Company
Vietnamese Đi-xnây
  • Đi-xnâysurname

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APA

Disney. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Disney

MLA

“Disney.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Disney. Accessed November 2, 2026.

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