Frisbee

frisbee English Alternative forms en frisbee genericization of the trademark en frisbie obsolete Etymology 1957, brand name en Frisbee was trademarked in 1959 by Fred Morrison, later acquired by Wham-O. From an alteration of en frisbie, applied to the disk game by U.S. college students who tossed pie plates from Mrs. Frisbie's Pies, Frisbie Bakery, Bridgeport Ct., since the 1930s. From the English family name en Frisbie, en Frisby attested 1226, from the toponym attested 1086 in en Frisby on the Wreak, Leicestershire, from en gmq-oda - da Frisby Frisian village. Pronunciation en /ˈfɹɪzbi/ US en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Frisbee.wav Southern England Proper noun A trademarked brand name of en disc-shaped en glide gliding en toy. Noun ~ A disk-shaped gliding toy, sold under the brand name Frisbee. en frisbee disc flying disc en by extension genericization A en frisbee, a disk-shaped gliding toy of any brand. en sports uncountable en frisbee: the sport involving Frisbees. en disc flying disc Usage notes Frisbee is proprietary name, trademarked in 1959. In avoiding the trademark, the term "en flying disc", later shortened to en disc has been used. Derived terms en frisbee ultimate frisbee frolf frisbee golf Translations toy Arabic: ar صَحْنٌ طَائِر m Armenian: hy թռչող ափսե, hy տարելկա colloquial Bulgarian: bg летя́щ ди́ск m Cherokee: chr ᎠᏠᏗ ᎦᏃᎯᎵᏙᎯ Chinese: Cantonese: yue 飛碟 fei1 dip6-2 Mandarin: cmn 飛盤 fēipán Czech: cs frisbee Danish: da frisbee Dutch: nl frisbee Esperanto: eo flugdisko Finnish: fi frisbee, fi liitokiekko French: fr frisbee m Georgian: ka German: de Frisbee n m f, de Wurfscheibe f, de Frisbeescheibe f Bavarian: bar Frisbee n Hebrew: he פריזבי m Hungarian: hu frizbi Icelandic: is svifdiskur Italian: it frisbee Japanese: ja フリスビー furisubī, ja フライングディスク furaingu-disuku Korean: ko 프리스비, ko 플라잉 디스크 Latin: la discus volans m Latvian: lv frisbija disks m Lithuanian: lt plastinė lėkštė f Macedonian: mk фризби n Māori: mi ripi Mongolian: mn нисдэг таваг Norwegian: no frisbee Polish: pl frisbee Portuguese: pt frisbee m, pt disco m Russian: ru лета́ющий диск m, ru лета́ющая таре́лка f Serbo-Croatian: sh frizbi Slovak: sk frisbee Spanish: es frisbee m, es disco volador m, es frisbi m Swedish: sv frisbee Thai: th จานบิน Turkish: tr frizbi Ukrainian: uk фрісбі Vietnamese: vi đĩa ném, vi đĩa ném thể thao, vi frisbee sport Finnish: fi frisbee, fi liitokiekkoilu German: de Frisbee n Polish: pl frisbee n Vietnamese: vi frisbee See also en boomerang Verb To throw something in the manner of a Frisbee. en The bartender Frisbeed a cardboard coaster to the patron at the end of the bar. References en genericized trademarks en Toys Ultimate German de: Etymology de :bor en:Frisbee de en Frisbee. Pronunciation de /ˈfʁɪsbi/ de De-Frisbee.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Noun n,-:s.sg de uncountable sports frisbee de Johanna Treblin Stephen Defty Hausbesuch: Er hat Anfang der 1980er Ultimate Frisbee nach Berlin gebracht Die Tageszeitung: taz 2025-06-19 https://taz.de/Der-Hausbesuch/!6086284/ 0931-9085 „Das Frisbee und ich sind beide 1957 zur Welt gekommen – seitdem begleiten wir uns“, sagt [Stephen] Defty. Declension n,-:s.sg Noun n[standard]:m:f,s:-,s de countable frisbee flying disk de Frisbeescheibe Schwebedeckel<q:East Germany> https://taz.de/Die-Meister-des-Scheibenwurfs/!310220 Die Meister des Scheibenwurfs Moritz Förster 2011-03-25 Wird die Frisbee hierbei von einem Mitspieler gefangen, erzielt die Mannschaft einen Punkt. de Frauke Döhring "Ich watete durch das Wasser, bis ich sein Frisbee wiederfand" Die Zeit 2025-10-31 Hamburg https://www.zeit.de/zeit-magazin/2025/46/freundschaft-liebe-gefuehle-liebeskolumne?dicbo=v2-LokW5u7 0044-2070 Ich zog mich bis auf die Unterwäsche aus, watete vor neugierigen Passanten durch Wasser und Schlamm, bis ich das Frisbee fand und in die Höhe hielt. Usage notes Listed as neuter in dictionaries, but colloquially also treated as a masculine or feminine noun (perhaps de Frisbeescheibe f 1). Declension n:m:f,s:-,s Further reading