disk en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /dɪsk/
- dĭsk
- (US) audio
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “a circular plate suited for hurling”), from δικέω (dikéō, “to hurl, to launch”). Doublet of dais, desk, disc, discus, dish, and diskos.
Meanings
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A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.
A coin is a disk of metal.
- A two-dimensional geometric region, the set of points bounded by a circle.
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(figuratively) Something resembling a disk.
Venus' disk cut off light from the Sun.
- An intervertebral disc
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(dated) A vinyl phonograph/gramophone record.
Turn the disk over, after it has finished.
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(abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of floppy disk.
alt of floppy disk
He still uses disks from 1979.
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(abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of hard disk.
alt of hard disk
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(abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, nonstandard) Ellipsis of optical disk.
alt of optical disk
She burned some disks yesterday to back up her computer.
- A type of harrow.
- A ring- or cup-shaped enlargement of the flower receptacle or ovary that bears nectar or, less commonly, the stamens.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| disc | alternative | lexicographic | |
| disks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
scattered disk · optic disk · diskcyclic · Benham's disk · diskmag · magnetodisk · disk rot · Secchi disk · stellar disk · floppy disk drive · Airy disk · diskectomy · disk owl · lip disk · nanodisk · sundisk · polydisk · disk image · unit disk · blastodisk · disk on key · Alderson disk · interdisk · ice disk · disklike · tax disk · germinal disk · flip-disk display · disk access time · photodisk · disk operating system · time disk · Jefferson disk · protoplanetary disk · accretion disk · diskspace · parking disk · Poincaré disk · circumplanetary disk · trochal disk · coverdisk · flying disk · optical disk drive · optical disk · quasidisk · diskzine · Nipkov disk · disklabel · disk buffer · tree disk · disk horse · diskette · flash disk · microdisk · disk pack · disk of confusion · disk jockey · diskery · disk wheel · diskazine · slipped disk · musicdisk · Nipkow disk · RAID · disk drive · virtual disk · subdisk · diskless · holodisk · silicon disk · fixed disk drive · circumstellar disk · semidisk · multidisk · hard disk drive · superdisk · minidisk
Descendants
disk · disg · ดิสก์ · disk · ディスク · 디스크
Hyponyms
Winchester disk · compact disk · floppy disk · RAM disk · floptical disk · fixed disk · boot disk · hard disk · Zip disk · flippy disk
Translations (244)
gd cuairt (geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius) · nso tiske (a computer's hard disk) · sh колут (a thin, flat, circular plate) · sa मण्डल (something resembling a disk) · hsb kruh (geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius) · pt disco (something resembling a disk) · it disco (a thin, flat, circular plate) · fi vinyyli (a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record) · haw pālahalaha poepoe (a thin, flat, circular plate) · pt disco (a thin, flat, circular plate) · grc κύκλος (geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius) · ota آغرشاق (a thin, flat, circular plate) · de Scheibe (something resembling a disk) · hi चक्र (geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius) · ga ciorcal (geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius) · pl dysk (a thin, flat, circular plate) · fr disque (geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius) · da cirkel (geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius) · ms cakera (a computer's hard disk) · bn চাকতি (a thin, flat, circular plate) · he דִּיסְק (a thin, flat, circular plate) · lo ຈັກກະ (a thin, flat, circular plate) · hi डिस्क (a thin, flat, circular plate) · pl winyl (a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record) · uk круг (geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius) · fi levy (a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record) · es disco duro (a computer's hard disk) · tr ağırşak (a thin, flat, circular plate) · lo ແຜ່ນສຽງ (a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record) · pt vinil (a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record) · nl plaat (a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record) · sk platňa (a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record) · uk диск (a thin, flat, circular plate) · et ketas (a thin, flat, circular plate) · fi kiekko (something resembling a disk) · be пласці́нка (a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record) · fi kiintolevy (a computer's hard disk) · ko 디스크 (a thin, flat, circular plate) · mi porotītiti (geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius) · ja 丸 (geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius) · ru диск (intervertebral disc) · kk диск (a thin, flat, circular plate) · fi kovalevy (a computer's hard disk) · io disko (a thin, flat, circular plate) · cmn 磁盤 /磁盘 (a computer's hard disk) · vi đĩa (a thin, flat, circular plate) · mn диск (a thin, flat, circular plate) · sh kolut (a thin, flat, circular plate) · lt diskas (a thin, flat, circular plate) · sv cirkelskiva (geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius) · he דִיסק (a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record) · hu lemez (a thin, flat, circular plate) · bg твърд диск (a computer's hard disk) · ar أُسْطُوَانَة (a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record) · uk пласти́нка (a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record) · sv cirkel (geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius) · de Kreis (geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius) · ro disc (intervertebral disc) · sl kolut (a thin, flat, circular plate) · el δισκάριο (a thin, flat, circular plate) · sh диск (a thin, flat, circular plate) · sk kruh (geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius) · fr disque (a thin, flat, circular plate) · ru круг (geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius) · gd cearcall (geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius) · vo diskud (a thin, flat, circular plate) · ar قُرْص (a thin, flat, circular plate) · de Scheibe (a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record) · ro disc (something resembling a disk) · ca disc dur (a computer's hard disk) · el δίσκος (something resembling a disk) · bg кръг (geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius) · ca disc (a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record) · ko 원 (geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius) · fi kiekko (a thin, flat, circular plate) · fi ympyräkiekko (geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius) · ota دیسك (a thin, flat, circular plate) · ja 音盤 (a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record) · gd cruinne (geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius) · zza kılor (geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius) · hi वृत्त (geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius) · ms bulatan (geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius) · tr sabit disk (a computer's hard disk) · pl krąg (geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius) · he דִיסקָה (intervertebral disc) · cmn 圓 /圆 (geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius) · kmr xeple (a thin, flat, circular plate) · ru диск (a thin, flat, circular plate) · mi porotaka (geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius) · lo ຈັກ (a thin, flat, circular plate) · pl płyta gramofonowa (a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record) · th ดวง (geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius) · pt círculo (geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius) · bg пло́ча (a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record) · nl cirkel (geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius) · nl schijf (a computer's hard disk) · grc δίσκος (something resembling a disk) · sv skiva (a thin, flat, circular plate) · gd ràth (geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius) · pl koło (geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius) · sh krug (geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius) · ar دَائِرَة (geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius) · lv disks (a thin, flat, circular plate) · el δίσκος (intervertebral disc) · ko 음반 (a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record) · gmw-rfr Krääs (geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius) · ca disc (geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius) · is diskur (a thin, flat, circular plate) · bg диск (something resembling a disk) · ga ceirnín (a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record) · ca disc (a thin, flat, circular plate) · fa دیسک (a thin, flat, circular plate) · mk плоча (a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record) · ro disc (a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record) · ko 원반 (a thin, flat, circular plate) · ru диск (a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record) · de Bandscheibe (intervertebral disc) · pdt Schiew (a thin, flat, circular plate) · de Platte (a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record) · hsb tačel (a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record) · tg диск (a thin, flat, circular plate) · cs disk (a thin, flat, circular plate) · hu korong (a thin, flat, circular plate) · da skive (a thin, flat, circular plate) · es disco intervertebral (intervertebral disc) · tl dalipay (something resembling a disk) · nl schijf (a thin, flat, circular plate) · uk диск (a computer's hard disk) · bn ডিস্ক (a thin, flat, circular plate) · yi דיסק (intervertebral disc) · ur ڈسک (a thin, flat, circular plate) · my အခွေ (a thin, flat, circular plate) · es disco (a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record) · fr disque (a computer's hard disk) · ast discu (a thin, flat, circular plate) · az qurs (a thin, flat, circular plate) · fi välilevy (intervertebral disc) · es disco (a thin, flat, circular plate) · uk диск (something resembling a disk) · be дыск (a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record) · sk disk (a thin, flat, circular plate) · th แผ่นเสียง (a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record) · bg диск (intervertebral disc) · cy disg (a computer's hard disk) · nl schijf (something resembling a disk) · be круг (geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius) · ko 레코드 (a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record) · ru диск (something resembling a disk) · fr disque (intervertebral disc) · pl płyta (a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record) · uz disk (a thin, flat, circular plate) · ja 円形 (geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius) · gd buail (geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius) · tl disko (a thin, flat, circular plate) · hy սկավառակ (something resembling a disk) · sh disk (a thin, flat, circular plate) · grc δίσκος (a thin, flat, circular plate) · es círculo (geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius) · pl płyta winylowa (a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record) · he דיסקה (geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius) · pl dysk twardy (a computer's hard disk) · sl krog (geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius) · sq disk (a thin, flat, circular plate) · km ដួង (a thin, flat, circular plate) · uk ко́ло (geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius) · cmn 圓盤 /圆盘 (a thin, flat, circular plate) · mi porotiti (geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius) · ro placă de gramofon (a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record) · eo disko (a thin, flat, circular plate) · nb skive (a thin, flat, circular plate) · ro disc (a thin, flat, circular plate) · tk disk (a thin, flat, circular plate) · hi चक्का (a thin, flat, circular plate) · izh kruga (geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius) · id piringan hitam (a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record) · tr disk (something resembling a disk) · fi ympyrä (geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius) · el σκληρός δίσκος (a computer's hard disk) · yi דיסק (a computer's hard disk) · de Kreisfläche (a thin, flat, circular plate) · tr disk (a thin, flat, circular plate) · ja 円盤 (a thin, flat, circular plate) · br kelc'h (geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius) · sh круг (geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius) · sh disk (a computer's hard disk) · el δίσκος (a thin, flat, circular plate) · uk диск (a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record) · fr disque (something resembling a disk) · es disco (something resembling a disk) · cmn 唱片 (a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record) · cy disg (a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record) · it disco (geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius) · th จักร (a thin, flat, circular plate) · sl disk (a thin, flat, circular plate) · nl discus (intervertebral disc) · fi savikiekko (a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record) · fi äänilevy (a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record) · hsb tačel (a thin, flat, circular plate) · ky диск (a thin, flat, circular plate) · bg диск (a thin, flat, circular plate) · az disk (a thin, flat, circular plate) · mk круг (geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius) · pdt Schiew (something resembling a disk) · la circulus (geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius) · cs deska (a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record) · mk диск (a thin, flat, circular plate) · uk кружа́ло (a thin, flat, circular plate) · pt disco (a computer's hard disk) · de Schallplatte (a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record) · fi ympyrälevy (geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius) · ka წრე (geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius) · de Scheibe (a thin, flat, circular plate) · ms cakera (a thin, flat, circular plate) · yi דיסק (a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record) · de Kreisscheibe (a thin, flat, circular plate) · cs kruh (geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius) · ja ディスク (a thin, flat, circular plate) · de Festplatte (a computer's hard disk) · id piringan (a thin, flat, circular plate) · fr disque (a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record) · tl dalipay (a thin, flat, circular plate) · el κύκλος (geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius) · tr plak (a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record) · id cakram (a thin, flat, circular plate) · uk диск (intervertebral disc) · nl harde schijf (a computer's hard disk) · he עיגול (geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius) · th ดิสก์ (a thin, flat, circular plate) · ca disc (something resembling a disk) · ja 円 (geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius) · hu körlap (geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius) · id diska (a computer's hard disk) · el δίσκος (a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record) · be дыск (a thin, flat, circular plate) · hy սկավառակ (a thin, flat, circular plate) · hi चक्र (a thin, flat, circular plate) · la discus (a thin, flat, circular plate) · hy շրջան (geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius) · ka დისკი (a thin, flat, circular plate) · ru пласти́нка (a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record) · ru диск (a computer's hard disk) · kmr xeple (something resembling a disk) · cs ploténka (intervertebral disc) · ja レコード (a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record)