disc

English

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

Latin discus through French disque

Pronunciation

• enPR: dĭsk, IPA: /dɪsk/, SAMPA: /dIsk/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪsk

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.

Usage notes

See usage notes at the disk entry.

Translations

a thin, flat, circular plate

Armenian: սկավառակ (hy) (skavaṙak) Bulgarian: диск (bg) m. Dutch: schijf (nl) f. Finnish: kiekko (fi) French: disque (fr) m. German: Scheibe (de) Greek: δίσκος (diskos) m. Hungarian: lemez (hu)

Ido: disko Italian: disco (it) m. Malay: cakera (ms) Portuguese: disco (pt) Romanian: disc (ro) n. Russian: диск (disk) m. Spanish: disco (es) Swedish: skiva (sv)

intervertebral disc

Czech: ploténka (cs) f. Dutch: discus (nl) m. Finnish: välilevy (fi) French: disque (fr) m.

German: Bandscheibe (de) Greek: δίσκος (el) (dískos) m. Romanian: disc (ro) n. Russian: диск (disk) m.

something resembling a disk

Armenian: սկավառակ (hy) (skavaṙak) Dutch: schijf (nl) f. Finnish: kiekko (fi) French: disque (fr) m.

Greek: δίσκος (el) (dískos) m. Romanian: disc (ro) n. Russian: диск (disk) m.

a vinyl phonograph / gramophone record

Bulgarian: плоча (bg) f. Dutch: plaat (nl) f. Finnish: levy (fi) French: disque (fr) m.

Greek: δίσκος (el) (dískos) m. Romanian: disc (ro) n., placă de gramofon (ro) f. Russian: диск (disk) m., пластинка (plastínka) f.

Anagrams

• DCIs, DCIS

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin discus.

Noun

disc m. (plural discs)

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

Derived terms

• disc compacte
• disc d'arranc
• disc dur
• disc flexible

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Old English

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /diʃ/

Noun

disc m. (nominative plural discas)

1. plate, bowl

Descendants

• English: dish