CD

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See also: Cd, cD, cd, .cd, and C.D.

Translingual[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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CD

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

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

CD

  1. corps diplomatique, diplomatic corps (collective body of foreign diplomats accredited to a particular country or body)

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Abbreviation of various terms and phrases.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

CD (countable and uncountable, plural CDs)

  1. Initialism of compact disc; a disc once commonly used to store data, and especially for the distribution of music and software.
    I misplaced the Windows 98 install CD.
    • 1980 April 13, Allan Kozinn, “The Future is Digital”, in The New York Times‎[1], ISSN 0362-4331:
      Called Compact Discs (CD for short) and expected to enter the market by 1983, they play an hour per side and are virtually indestructible.
    1. (metonymically, dated) An album; a collection of musical recordings (or, occasionally, other audio such as spoken word).
      Mariah Carey's new CD has some R'n'B influences.
  2. (diplomacy, now rare) Initialism of corps diplomatique, the diplomatic corps of a particular country.
    • 1955, Graham Greene, The Quiet American:
      Along the route to Tanyin flowed a fast stream of staff and C.D. cars.
    • 1978, Kingsley Amis, Jake's Thing, Vintage 2007, p. 8:
      Jake lengthened his stride and crossed the road in front of a double-parked car, large, black and with CD plates.
  3. (finance) Abbreviation of certificate of deposit.
  4. (business) Initialism of creative director, head of the creative department (for example of an advertising agency).
  5. (business) Initialism of corporate design, specific design features of a company, corporate identity CI. (Can we clean up(+) this sense?)
  6. (networking) Initialism of collision detection.
  7. (nautical) Initialism of chart datum.
  8. Initialism of cross-dresser.
  9. (chemistry, physics) Initialism of circular dichroism.
  10. (immunology, biochemistry) Initialism of cluster of differentiation.

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

abbreviation of compact disc — See also translations at compact disc

Verb[edit]

CD (third-person singular simple present CDs, present participle CDing, simple past and past participle CDed)

  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.

Anagrams[edit]

Catalan[edit]

Noun[edit]

CD m (plural CDs)

  1. CD, compact disc

Synonyms[edit]

Chinese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English CD.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

CD

  1. CD, compact disk (Classifier: 張／张 m c; 隻／只 c)

Derived terms[edit]

Cimbrian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English CD.

Noun[edit]

CD f (plural CD)

  1. (Luserna) CD (compact disc)

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Finnish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈseːˌdeː/, [ˈs̠e̞ːˌde̞ː]

Noun[edit]

CD

  1. CD, compact disc

Declension[edit]

Declension of CD (type maa)
singular plural
nominative CD CD:t
genitive CD:n CD:iden
CD:itten
partitive CD:tä CD:itä
accusative CD
CD:n 		CD:t
inessive CD:ssä CD:issä
elative CD:stä CD:istä
illative CD:hen CD:ihin
adessive CD:llä CD:illä
ablative CD:ltä CD:iltä
allative CD:lle CD:ille
essive CD:nä CD:inä
translative CD:ksi CD:iksi
instructive – CD:in
abessive CD:ttä CD:ittä
comitative – CD:ineen

French[edit]

French Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fr

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

CD m (plural CD)

  1. CD (compact disk)

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German[edit]

CD

Etymology[edit]

From English CD.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

CD f (genitive CD, plural CDs or CD or (proscribed) CD's)

  1. CD (compact disc)

Declension[edit]

Declension of CD [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die CD die CD, CDs, CD's1
genitive einer der CD der CD, CDs, CD's1
dative einer der CD den CD, CDs, CD's1
accusative eine die CD die CD, CDs, CD's1

1Nonstandard, proscribed.

Further reading[edit]

  • “CD” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English CD.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

CD (plural CD-k)

  1. CD (compact disc)

Declension[edit]

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative CD CD-k
accusative CD-t CD-ket
dative CD-nek CD-knek
instrumental CD-vel CD-kkel
causal-final CD-ért CD-kért
translative CD-vé CD-kké
terminative CD-ig CD-kig
essive-formal CD-ként CD-kként
essive-modal — —
inessive CD-ben CD-kben
superessive CD-n CD-ken
adessive CD-nél CD-knél
illative CD-be CD-kbe
sublative CD-re CD-kre
allative CD-hez CD-khez
elative CD-ből CD-kből
delative CD-ről CD-kről
ablative CD-től CD-ktől
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		CD-é CD-ké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		CD-éi CD-kéi
Possessive forms of CD
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. CD-m CD-im
2nd person sing. CD-d CD-id
3rd person sing. CD-je CD-i
1st person plural CD-nk CD-ink
2nd person plural CD-tek CD-itek
3rd person plural CD-jük CD-ik

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Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Initialism of ceirnín dlúth (“compact disc”), but simultaneously a borrowing from English CD.

Noun[edit]

CD m

  1. CD, compact disc

Japanese[edit]

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 CD (曖昧さ回避) on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology[edit]

From English CD.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

C(シー)D(ディー) • (shīdī) 

  1. Abbreviation of コンパクトディスク (konpakuto disuku, “compact disc”); a CD
    それはヘビメタのＣ(シー)Ｄ(ディー)です。
    Sore wa hebimeta no shīdī desu.
    That is a heavy metal CD.
  2. Abbreviation of キャッシュディスペンサー (kyasshu disupensā, “cash dispenser”); an ATM, cash machine
    コンビニのＣ(シー)Ｄ(ディー)からお金(かね)を引(ひ)き出(だ)しました。
    Konbini no shīdī kara o-kane o hikidashimashita.
    I withdrew money from an ATM at a convenience store.

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Mòcheno[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English CD.

Noun[edit]

CD f (plural CD)

  1. CD (compact disc)

References[edit]

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English CD

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈseːˈdeː/
  • (Standard Eastern) IPA(key): [ˈsêːˈděː]

Noun[edit]

CD m (definite singular CD-en, indefinite plural CD-er, definite plural CD-ene)

  1. a CD (compact disc)

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English CD

Noun[edit]

CD m (definite singular CD-en, indefinite plural CD-ar, definite plural CD-ane)

  1. a CD (compact disc)

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Portuguese[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English CD.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

CD m (plural CDs)

  1. CD (compact-disc: a type optical data storage disc)

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English CD.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

CD n (plural CD-uri)

  1. CD, compact disc

Declension[edit]

Declension of CD
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) CD CD-ul (niște) CD-uri CD-urile
genitive/dative (unui) CD CD-ului (unor) CD-uri CD-urilor
vocative CD-ule CD-urilor

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English CD.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /θeˈde/, [θeˈð̞e]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /seˈde/, [seˈð̞e]

Noun[edit]

CD m (plural CDs)

  1. CD, compact disc
    Synonyms: disco compacto, compacto

Further reading[edit]

Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English CD.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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

  1. CD, compact disc

Declension[edit]

    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
    Possession 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

Derived terms[edit]

Welsh[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Initialism of crynoddisg (“compact disc”), but simultaneously a borrowing from English CD.

Noun[edit]

CD m

  1. CD, compact disc
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