disc
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- disk (mainly US, or for magnetic media. See usage note.)
Etymology[edit]
From French disque, from Latin discus, from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “disk, quoit, platter”). Doublet of dais, desk, discus, dish, disk, and diskos.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
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.
- 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 300:
- [A] peculiar luminous and sinuous marking appeared on the unillumined half of the inner planet, and almost simultaneously a faint dark mark of a similar sinuous character was detected upon a photograph of the Martian disc.
- Venus's disc cut off light from the Sun.
- A vinyl phonograph / gramophone record.
- Turn the disc over, after it has finished.
- (botany) The flat surface of an organ, as a leaf, any flat, round growth.
- (disc sports) Ellipsis of flying disc.; Synonym of frisbee; generic name for the trademark Frisbee;
Usage notes[edit]
See usage notes at the disk entry.
Derived terms[edit]
- abrasive disc
- accretion disc
- Alderson disc
- compact disc
- compact disc drive
- disc brake
- disc drive
- disciferous
- disc jockey
- disc number
- disc rot
- disc-tongued frog
- fixed disc
- fixed disc drive
- Flexi disc
- flippy disc
- floppy disc
- floppy disc drive
- germinal disc
- hard disc
- hard disc drive
- ice disc
- imaginal disc
- intervertebral disc
- laser disc
- Nipkov disc
- Nipkow disc
- optical disc
- optical disc drive
- optic disc
- parking disc
- picture disc
- protoplanetary disc
- scattered disc
- scattered disc object
- Secchi disc
- separating disc
- slipped disc
- slot-loading disc drive
- spinal disc herniation
- sun disc
- tax disc
Translations[edit]
Verb[edit]
disc (third-person singular simple present discs, present participle discing, simple past and past participle disced)
- (agriculture) To harrow with a disc harrow.
- 1901 October 11, “Discing Lucerne”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record[1], volume 4, number 16, page 488:
- It is held that discing is as much value to lucerne as cultivation is to corn.
- (aviation, of a propeller) To move towards, or operate at, zero blade pitch, orienting the propeller blades face-on to the oncoming airflow and maximising the drag generated by the propeller.
- In the air, the asymmetric drag generated by a discing propeller can result in loss of control of the airplane.
Anagrams[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin discus, originally from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “disk, quoit, platter”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
disc m (plural discs or discos)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “disc” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Old English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *disk, from Latin discus, originally from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “disk, quoit, platter”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
disċ m
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Old Saxon[edit]
Noun[edit]
disc m
- Alternative spelling of disk
Romanian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from French disque, from Latin discus, from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “disk, quoit, platter”).
Noun[edit]
disc n (plural discuri)
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) disc | discul | (niște) discuri | discurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) disc | discului | (unor) discuri | discurilor |
vocative | discule | discurilor |
Etymology 2[edit]
From Greek δίσκος (dískos), partly through a Slavic intermediate.
Noun[edit]
disc n (plural discuri)
- dish (flat round object), especially one used in church services to collect money
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) disc | discul | (niște) discuri | discurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) disc | discului | (unor) discuri | discurilor |
vocative | discule | discurilor |
See also[edit]
- English terms borrowed from French
- English terms derived from French
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English doublets
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/ɪsk
- Rhymes:English/ɪsk/1 syllable
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Anatomy
- English terms with quotations
- en:Botany
- English ellipses
- English verbs
- en:Agriculture
- en:Aviation
- English terms with usage examples
- en:Ultimate
- Catalan terms borrowed from Latin
- Catalan terms derived from Latin
- Catalan terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Catalan 1-syllable words
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan nouns
- Catalan countable nouns
- Catalan nouns with multiple plurals
- Catalan masculine nouns
- ca:Computing
- ca:Sports
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Latin
- Old English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Old English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old English lemmas
- Old English nouns
- Old English masculine nouns
- Old English masculine a-stem nouns
- ang:Containers
- Old Saxon lemmas
- Old Saxon nouns
- Old Saxon masculine nouns
- Romanian terms borrowed from French
- Romanian terms derived from French
- Romanian terms derived from Latin
- Romanian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian countable nouns
- Romanian neuter nouns
- ro:Technology
- ro:Music
- ro:Sports
- ro:Anatomy
- Romanian terms borrowed from Greek
- Romanian terms derived from Greek
- Romanian terms derived from Slavic languages