disc

See also: Disc.

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • enPR: dĭsk, IPA(key): /dɪsk/
  • (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'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 golf) A Frisbee.

Usage notes

See usage notes at the disk entry.

Translations

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.

Anagrams


Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

disc m (plural discs or discos)

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

Derived terms

Further reading


Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *diskaz, from Latin discus, originally from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, disk, quoit, platter). Cognate with Old Saxon disk, Old Dutch disc (Dutch dis (table)), Old High German tisc (German Tisch (table)), Old Norse diskr (plate).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diʃ/

Noun

disċ m

  1. plate, dish

Declension

Descendants


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

Etymology 2

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

Noun

disc n (plural discuri)

  1. disk (flat round object), especially one used in church services to collect money
See also
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.