disc

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Pronunciation 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Usage notes 1.4.2 Translations 2 Old English 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Descendants

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• disk mainly US, or for magnetic media. See usage note.

[edit] Etymology

Latin discus through French disque

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: dĭsk, IPA: /dɪsk/, SAMPA: /dIsk/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

• Rhymes: -ɪsk

[edit] Noun

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.

[edit] Usage notes

See usage notes at the disk entry.

[edit] Translations

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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)

1. plate, bowl

[edit] Descendants

• English: dish