HOW TO PRONOUNCE
doris
/ˈdɔɹɪs/
Press play to hear how to pronounce doris.
American Pronunciation Guide · 0:47
Watch on YouTube ↗
Watch on YouTube ↗
What does doris mean?
noun
- A sea slug.
- (slang) One's girlfriend, wife or significant other.
- (slang) A woman, especially when older or unattractive.
More meanings (8)
adjective
- (slang) gay
proper noun
- The daughter of Oceanus, who married Nereus and bore fifty sea-nymphs or nereids.
- An ancient region of Asia Minor, modern Turkey, inhabited by the ancient Dorians.
- An ancient mountainous region of Greece, the traditional homeland of the Dorians.
- 48 Doris, a main belt asteroid.
- A female given name from Ancient Greek, taken to regular use at the end of the 19th century.
- A surname.
- (derogatory) Nickname for Boris Johnson (born 1964), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022.
Definitions regrouped for readability · CC BY-SA 4.0
IPA pronunciation
/ˈdɔɹɪs/
Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
In the pages of books
See this word in context.
Dionysius had three children by Doris, and by Aristomache four, two of which were daughters, Sophrosyne and Arete.
It is an island-land, the civilized land, the land of the Tritons or water-deities, of Proteus, Ægeon, Doris, and Atlas.
More book examples (3)
In the spring Doris bilineata comes to the rocks in thousands, to lay its strange white furbelows of spawn upon their overhanging edges.
Yet this Doris was certainly not very common; although I was often searching under the stones, I saw only seven individuals.
So, when thou Beneath Sicanian billows glidest on, May Doris blend no bitter wave with thine, Begin!