CD

See also C.D.

Translingual

Alternative forms

• (roman numeral): cd

Symbol

CD

1. The ISO 3166-1 two-letter (alpha-2) code for Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Number

CD

1. A Roman numeral representing four hundred (400).

See also

• Previous: CCCXCIX (three hundred and ninety-nine, 399)
• Next: CDI (four hundred and one, 401)

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English

Etymology

Abbreviation of various terms and phrases.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌsiːˈdiː/
• Homophone: seedy

Noun

CD (countable and uncountable; plural CDs)

1. Compact disc; a form of digital media that is based on the use of a laser to read from a plastic disc in a reader device.
2. Certificate of deposit (from a financial institutions).
3. Creative director: head of the creative department (for example of an advertising agency).
4. Corporate design: specific design features of a company, corporate identity CI. (Can we clean up⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)
5. Collision detection (used by an Ethernet network to detect when two computers are sending frames at the same time, and also to deal with such collisions when they happen).
6. Circular Dichroism.

Translations

abbreviations of compact-disc which are actually in use; for the full term's translations, see "compact disc"

• Arabic: CD (ar) (sii dii) m
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Bengali: সিডি (bn)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: CD (cmn) (sìdì), 光盤 (cmn), 光盘 (cmn) (guāngpán), 光碟 (cmn) (guāngdié)

• Dutch: cd (nl) m (lower case)
• Esperanto: KD (eo)
• Finnish: CD (fi)
• French: CD (fr) m

• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: CD (de) f
• Greek: CD (el) (CD) n
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: シーディー (ja) (sīdī), CD (ja) (sīdī)
• Korean: 시디 (ko) (si-di)
• Macedonian: це-де (mk) (ce-de) n
• Malay: CD (ms)
• Persian: سی‌دی (fa) (sidi)
• Russian: (indeclinable) CD (ru) (si-di) m, (indeclinable) си-ди (ru) (si-di) m
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

Verb

CD

1. To cross-dress.
   • 1993 January 5, "Tierney Dhewitrei" (username), about me, is it familiar?, in alt.transgendered, Usenet:

     By now I did not feel right without a bra and panties whenever I CD'ed.

Particle

CD

1. An abbreviation found on decals of automobiles, indicating that they are used by diplomats. From the French phrase corps diplomatique (“diplomatic corps”).

Anagrams

• DC, Dc, dc

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Catalan

Noun

CD m (plural CDs)

1. CD, compact disc

Synonyms

• disc compacte

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French

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /se.de/

• CD

  (file)

Noun

CD m (invariable)

1. CD (compact disk)

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German

CD

Etymology

From English CD.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [tse(ː)ˈdeː]

Noun

CD f (genitive CD, plural CDs)

1. CD (compact disc)

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Japanese

Pronunciation

シーディー (katakana), しいでぃい (hiragana), shiidii

Abbreviation

CD (ＣＤ)

1. compact disk
   • それはヘビメタのCDです。

     それはへびめたのしーでぃーです。

     Sore ha hebimeta no CD desu.

     That is a CD of heavy metal.

2. cash dispenser; an automatic cash machine for withdrawing.
   • コンビニのCDからお金を引き出しました。

     こんびにのしーでぃーからおかねをひきだしました。

     Konbini no CD kara okane wo hikidashi mashita.

     I withdrew a money from a CD at a convenient store.

Synonyms

• (compact disk): コンパクトディスク (konpakuto disuku)
• (cash dispenser): 自動現金支払機 (jidō genkin shiharai-ki)

Related terms

• (cash dispenser): ATM, 自動現金預払機 (jidō genkin yoharai-ki)

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Mandarin

Noun

CD

1. CD, compact disk

Derived terms

• CD機, CD机 (CD-jī)

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Norwegian

Alternative forms

• cd

Initialism

CD

1. CD (disc)

Inflection

    Inflection of CD

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål m	CD	CD-en	CD-er	CD-ene
Nynorsk m	CD	CD-en	CD-ar	CD-ane

References

• Norwegian Language Council

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Spanish

Noun

CD m (plural CDs)

1. CD, compact disc

Synonyms

• disco compacto, compacto

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Turkish

Noun

CD (definite accusative CD'yi, plural CD'ler)

1. CD, compact disc

Declension

    declension of CD

	singular	plural
nominative	CD	CDler / CD'ler
accusative	CD'yi	CDleri / CD'leri
dative	CD'ye	CDlere / CD'lere
locative	CD'de	CDlerde / CD'lerde
ablative	CD'den	CDlerden / CD'lerden
genitive	CD'nin	CDlerin / CD'lerin

    possessive of CD

	singular	plural
benim (my)	CD'm	CDlerim / CD'lerim
senin (your)	CD'n	CDlerin / CD'lerin
onun (his/her/its)	CD'si	CDleri / CD'leri
bizim (our)	CD'miz	CDlerimiz / CD'lerimiz
sizin (your)	CD'niz	CDleriniz / CD'leriniz
onların (their)	CD'si / CDleri / CD'leri	CDleri / CD'leri