disc

See also: disc., Disc., and dísc

English

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From French disque, from Latin discus, from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “disk, quoit, platter”). Doublet of dais, desk, discus, dish, disk, and diskos.

Pronunciation

• enPR: dĭsk, IPA^(key): /dɪsk/

• 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.
   • 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.

4. A vinyl phonograph / gramophone record.

   Turn the disc over, after it has finished.

5. (botany) The flat surface of an organ, as a leaf, any flat, round growth.
6. (disc sports) Ellipsis of flying disc.; Synonym of frisbee; generic name for the trademark Frisbee;

Usage notes

See usage notes at the disk entry.

Derived terms

frisbee

• disc golf (frisbee golf)
• ultimate disc (ultimate frisbee)

 

other terms

• 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

disk — see disk

Verb

disc (third-person singular simple present discs, present participle discing, simple past and past participle disced)

1. (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.

2. (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

• CD-Is, CD-is, CDIs, CIDs, DCIS, DCIs, ICDs, SCID

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin discus, originally from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “disk, quoit, platter”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈdisk/

Noun

disc m (plural discs or discos)

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

Derived terms

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

Further reading

• “disc” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *disk, from Latin discus, originally from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “disk, quoit, platter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diʃ/

Noun

disċ m

1. plate, dish

Declension

Declension of disc (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	disċ	discas
accusative	disċ	discas
genitive	disċes	disca
dative	disċe	discum

Derived terms

• hūsldisċ

Descendants

• Middle English: disch, dish, disc
  • English: dish
    • Tok Pisin: dis
  • Scots: dish
  • Yola: dishe

Old Saxon

Noun

disc m

1. Alternative spelling of disk

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French disque, from Latin discus, from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “disk, quoit, platter”).

Noun

disc n (plural discuri)

1. (technology) disk, disc
2. (music) disk
3. (sports) discus
4. (anatomy) disc

Declension

Declension of disc

	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

Borrowed from Greek δίσκος (dískos), partly through a Slavic intermediate.

Noun

disc n (plural discuri)

1. dish (flat round object), especially one used in church services to collect money

Declension

Declension of disc

	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

• placă