Dispand

/dɪsˈpænd/ verb

Definition

To expand or spread out; an archaic or rare word meaning to spread, expand, or unfold something.

Etymology

From dis- + pand (from Latin pandere 'to spread or stretch'). This is a very rare word, appearing mainly in archaic or specialized texts.

Kelly Says

Medieval scientific texts used 'dispand' to describe how light spreads through a room—it's beautiful but lost to history when 'spread' and 'expand' became easier!

Translations

AMአማርኛ
በርካታ
ber-ka-ta
ARالعربية
تمدد
tam-dad
BNবাংলা
বৃদ্ধি
britt-i
CACatalà
expansió
ex-pan-thee-oh
CSČeština
rozšířit
roz-sheer-it
DADansk
udbrede
ud-bre-de
DEDeutsch
ausbreiten
owz-brey-ten
ELΕλληνικά
διασπείρ
dee-as-pee-r
ESEspañol
desplegar
des-pleh-gar
FAفارسی
گسترش
geshtresh
FISuomi
levittää
le-vee-taa
FRFrançais
déployer
de-ploy-ay
GUGU
વિસ્તાર
vis-taar
HAHA
fito
fee-toh
HEעברית
להתפשט
le-hit-fesh-t
HIहिन्दी
विस्तारित करना
vis-taar-it kar-na
HUMagyar
kiterjeszteni
kite-rjes-ten-i
IDBahasa Indonesia
mengembangkan
men-ge-mbang-kan
IGIG
gbaa
gbaa
ITItaliano
espandere
es-pan-der-ay
JA日本語
広げる
hiro-geru
KKKK
қарсы
kar-sy
KMKM
ការប្រកប
kar-prak-bap
KO한국어
펴다
p-eo-da
MRMR
विस्तारित
vis-taar-it
MSBahasa Melayu
melebarkan
me-le-bar-kan
MYမြန်မာ
ပျံ့ပြန့်
pyan-pyan-t
NLNederlands
uitbreiden
oot-brey-den
NONorsk
spredning
sprei-ding
PAPA
ਖਸ
khas
PLPolski
rozszerzać
roz-shers-zat
PTPortuguês
expandir
ex-pan-dir
RORomână
extinde
ex-tin-de
RUРусский
распространять
rass-pro-stra-nyat'
SVSvenska
sprida
spree-da
SWKiswahili
enua
en-ua
TAதமிழ்
விரிவு
vi-ri-vu
TEతెలుగు
వ్యాప్తి
vy-a-p-thi
THไทย
ขยาย
khai-yat
TLTL
palawakin
pa-law-a-kin
TRTürkçe
yayılmak
ya-yil-mak
UKУкраїнська
розширювати
roz-shyryuv-at'
URاردو
پھیلنا
phee-l-na
VITiếng Việt
phát triển
phat-trie-n
YOYO
ṣẹ̀
sheh
ZH中文
展开
zhǎn kuai
ZUZU
kuphuka
koo-foo-ka

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