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disc
English
Alternative forms
- disk (mainly US, or for magnetic media. See usage note.)
Etymology
From French disque, from Latin discus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (dískos, “disk, quoit, platter”). Doublet of dais, desk, discus, dish, and disk.
Pronunciation
- enPR: d?sk, IPA(key): /d?sk/
- Rhymes: -?sk
Noun
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.
- 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 golf, ultimate frisbee) 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)
- (agriculture) To harrow with a disc harrow.
- (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.
Anagrams
- CDIs, CIDs, DCIS, DCIs, ICDs, SCID
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin discus, originally from Ancient Greek ?????? (dískos, “disk, quoit, platter”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /?disk/
Noun
disc m (plural discs or discos)
- disc
- (computing) disk
- (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 ?????? (dískos, “disk, quoit, platter”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di?/
Noun
dis? m
- plate, dish
Declension
Descendants
- Middle English: disch, dish, disc
- English: dish
- Tok Pisin: dis
- Scots: dish
- Yola: dishe
- English: dish
Old Saxon
Noun
disc m
- Alternative spelling of disk
Romanian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French disque, from Latin discus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (dískos, “disk, quoit, platter”).
Noun
disc n (plural discuri)
- (technology) disk, disc
- (music) disk
- (sports) discus
- (anatomy) disc
Etymology 2
From Greek ?????? (dískos), partly through a Slavic intermediate.
Noun
disc n (plural discuri)
- dish (flat round object), especially one used in church services to collect money
See also
- plac?
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frisbee
English
Noun
frisbee (plural frisbees)
- Alternative form of Frisbee
Verb
frisbee (third-person singular simple present frisbees, present participle frisbeeing, simple past and past participle frisbeed)
- Alternative form of Frisbee
- 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 59:
- Adrian went up to the stereo, took off the record and frisbee'd it out the open window. Gary watched it skim across the court.
- 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 59:
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?frisbi?/, [?fris?bi?]
Noun
frisbee
- Frisbee, frisbee (toy and sport)
Declension
Synonyms
- liitokiekko
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English. Genericized trademark.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?is.bi/
Noun
frisbee m (plural frisbees)
- Frisbee (a disk thrown for recreation)
- Frisbee (sport)
Further reading
- “frisbee” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Polish
Etymology
From English Frisbee.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fr?iz.b?i/
Noun
frisbee n (indeclinable)
- Frisbee (sport)
- Frisbee (disk)
Further reading
- frisbee in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- frisbee in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Noun
frisbee m (plural frisbees)
- Frisbee (a disk thrown for recreation)
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