Frisbee

Etymology
1957, brand name was trademarked in 1959 by Fred Morrison, later acquired by Wham-O. From an alteration of, 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 attested 1226, from the toponym attested 1086 in, Leicestershire, from.

Proper noun

 * 1) A trademarked brand name of -shaped gliding.

Noun

 * 1) A disk-shaped gliding toy, sold under the brand name Frisbee.
 * 2)  A, a disk-shaped gliding toy of any brand.
 * : the sport involving Frisbees.
 * : the sport involving Frisbees.

Usage notes
Frisbee is proprietary name, trademarked in 1959. In avoiding the trademark, the term "", later shortened to has been used.

Translations

 * Arabic: صَحْنٌ طَائِر
 * Armenian: թռչող ափսե, տարելկա
 * Bavarian: Frisbee
 * Bulgarian: летя́щ ди́ск
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 飛碟
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: frisbee
 * Danish: frisbee
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: flugdisko
 * Finnish:, liitokiekko
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German: ,
 * Hebrew: פריזבי
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: svifdiskur
 * Italian: frisbee
 * Japanese:, フリスビー
 * Korean: 프리스비
 * Latin: discus volans
 * Latvian: frisbija disks
 * Lithuanian: plastinė lėkštė
 * Macedonian: фризби
 * Maori: ripi
 * Mongolian: нисдэг таваг
 * Norwegian: frisbee
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: frisbee,
 * Russian: лета́ющий диск,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Slovak: frisbee
 * Spanish: frisbee
 * Swedish: frisbee
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: frizbi
 * Ukrainian: фрісбі
 * Vietnamese:


 * Finnish:, liitokiekkoilu
 * Polish:

Verb

 * 1) To throw something in the manner of a Frisbee.
 * The bartender Frisbeed a cardboard coaster to the patron at the end of the bar. 

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) frisbee