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disk
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ?????? (dískos, “a circular plate suited for hurling”), from ????? (diké?, “to hurl, to launch”). Doublet of dais, desk, disc, discus, and dish.
Pronunciation
- enPR: d?sk, IPA(key): /d?sk/
- Rhymes: -?sk
Noun
disk (plural disks)
- A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.
- (figuratively) Something resembling a disk.
- (anatomy) An intervertebral disc
- (dated) A vinyl phonograph/gramophone record.
- (computer hardware) Ellipsis of floppy disk - removable magnetic medium or a hard disk - fixed, persistent digital storage.
- (computer hardware, nonstandard) A disc - either a CD-ROM, an audio CD, a DVD or similar removable storage medium.
- (agriculture) A type of harrow.
- (botany) A ring- or cup-shaped enlargement of the flower receptacle or ovary that bears nectar or, less commonly, the stamens.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ???? (disuku)
- ? Korean: ??? (diseukeu)
- ? Norwegian Bokmål: disk
- ? Thai: ????? (dìt)
- ? Turkish: disk
Usage notes
In most varieties of English, disk is the correct spelling for magnetic media (hence hard disk or disk drive), whereas the variant disc is usually preferred with optical media (hence compact disc or disc film). Thus, if referring to a physical drive or older media (3" or 5.25" diskettes) the k is used, but c is used for newer (optical based) media. For all other uses, disc is standard in Commonwealth English and disk in American English.
Less commonly, in British English, disc has been used for magnetic disks, as in floppy disc and discette. Such usage may be considered nonstandard.
Translations
Further reading
- disk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Verb
disk (third-person singular simple present disks, present participle disking, simple past and past participle disked)
- (agriculture) To harrow.
- (aviation, of an aircraft's propeller) To move towards, or operate at, zero blade pitch, orienting the propeller blades face-on to the oncoming airstream and maximising the drag generated by the propeller.
Anagrams
- kids, ski'd, skid
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?d?sk]
Noun
disk m
- disc, disk (thin, flat, circular plate or similar object)
- hod diskem
Declension
Derived terms
- diskový
Related terms
- disketa
- diskotéka
Further reading
- disk in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- disk in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Icelandic
Noun
disk
- indefinite accusative singular of diskur
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse diskr (sense 1), and English disc, disk (sense 2).
Noun
disk m (definite singular disken, indefinite plural disker, definite plural diskene)
- (in a shop etc.) a counter
- (computing) a disc or disk
Derived terms
- harddisk
References
- “disk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse diskr (sense 1), and English disc, disk (sense 2).
Noun
disk m (definite singular disken, indefinite plural diskar, definite plural diskane)
- (in a shop etc.) a counter
- (computing) a disc or disk
Derived terms
- harddisk
References
- “disk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *disk.
Noun
disk m
- plate
Descendants
- Middle Low German:
- German Low German: Disk, Disch
- Plautdietsch: Desch
- German Low German: Disk, Disch
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse diskr.
Noun
disk c
- counter; table on which business is transacted
- washing-up
- dirty dishes
- (anatomy) disc
- disk drive
Declension
Synonyms
- (disk drive): hårddisk
Derived terms
- (counter): bardisk
- (washing-up): handdisk
- (dirty dishes): diskare, diskbalja, diskborste, diskho, diskmaskin, diskmedel, diskställ, frukostdisk
- (disc (anatomy)): diskbråck
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platter
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -æt?(?)
Etymology 1
From Middle English plater, from Anglo-Norman plater, Old French plater, from Old French plate (“metal plate”). See plate.
Noun
platter (plural platters)
- A tray for serving foods.
- 1765, Oliver Goldsmith, The Traveller, or, A Prospect of Society
- While his lov'd partner boastful of her hoard,
- Displays the cleanly platter on the board;
- 1765, Oliver Goldsmith, The Traveller, or, A Prospect of Society
- A main dish and side dishes served together on one plate.
- The hard surface of a turntable on which a gramophone record rests when being played.
- (computing) One of possibly many disks on which data is stored in a mechanical hard drive.
Translations
See also
- platter lift
- on a silver platter
- silver platter
Etymology 2
plat +? -er
Noun
platter (plural platters)
- One who plats/plaits or braids.
Anagrams
- partlet, prattle
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
platter
- inflection of platt:
- strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
- strong genitive/dative feminine singular
- strong genitive plural
Luxembourgish
Adjective
platter
- feminine dative of platt
platter From the web:
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