disc

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[edit] English

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Latin discus through French disque

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disc (plural discs)

  1. A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.
    A coin is a disc of metal.
  2. (anatomy) An intervertebral disc.
  3. Something resembling a disc.
    Venus' disc cut off light from the Sun.
  4. A vinyl phonograph / gramophone record.
    Turn the disc over, after it has finished.

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See usage notes at the disk entry.

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From Latin discus.

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disc m. (plural discs)

  1. disc
  2. (computing) disk
  3. (sports) discus

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From Proto-Germanic *disk-, from Latin discus. Cognate with Old Saxon disk, Old Dutch disc (Dutch dis (table)), Old High German tisc (German Tisch (table)), Old Norse diskr (plate).

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disc m. (nominative plural discas)

  1. plate, bowl

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