disc
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[edit] English
[edit] Alternative spellings
- disk mainly US, or for magnetic media. See usage note.
[edit] Etymology
Latin discus through French disque
[edit] Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɪsk
[edit] Noun
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disc (plural discs)
- A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.
- A coin is a disc of metal.
- (anatomy) An intervertebral disc.
- Something resembling a disc.
- Venus' disc cut off light from the Sun.
- A vinyl phonograph / gramophone record.
- Turn the disc over, after it has finished.
[edit] Usage notes
See usage notes at the disk entry.
[edit] Translations
a thin, flat, circular plate
intervertebral disc
something resembling a disk
a vinyl phonograph / gramophone record
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[edit] Old English
[edit] Etymology
From Germanic *disk(s) < Latin discus. Cognate with Old High German tisc (German Tisch ‘table’), Old Saxon disk (Dutch dis ‘table’), Old Norse diskr ‘plate’.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /diʃ/
[edit] Noun
disc m. (plural: discas)
[edit] Descendants
- English: dish