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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)

1. A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.

2. (figuratively) Something resembling a disk.

3. (anatomy) An intervertebral disc
4. (dated) A vinyl phonograph/gramophone record.

5. (computer hardware) Ellipsis of floppy disk - removable magnetic medium or a hard disk - fixed, persistent digital storage.

6. (computer hardware, nonstandard) A disc - either a CD-ROM, an audio CD, a DVD or similar removable storage medium.

7. (agriculture) A type of harrow.
8. (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)

1. (agriculture) To harrow.
2. (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

1. 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

1. 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)

1. (in a shop etc.) a counter
2. (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)

1. (in a shop etc.) a counter
2. (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

1. plate

Descendants

• Middle Low German:
  • German Low German: Disk, Disch

    Plautdietsch: Desch

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse diskr.

Noun

disk c

1. counter; table on which business is transacted
2. washing-up
3. dirty dishes
4. (anatomy) disc
5. 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

English

Etymology

From Middle English tape, tappe, from Old English tæppa, tæppe (“ribbon, tape”). Probably akin to Old Frisian tapia (“to pull, rip, tear”), Middle Low German tappen, t?pen (“to grab, pull, rip, tear, snatch”), Middle High German z?fen, z?ven (“to pull, tear”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /te??p/, [t?e??p]
• Rhymes: -e?p

Noun

tape (countable and uncountable, plural tapes)

1. Flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides; adhesive tape.

2. Thin and flat paper, plastic or similar flexible material, usually produced in the form of a roll.

3. Finishing tape, stretched across a track to mark the end of a race.

4. Magnetic or optical recording media in a roll; videotape or audio tape.

5. (informal, by extension) Any video or audio recording, regardless of the method used to produce it.
6. (informal) An unthinking, patterned response triggered by a particular stimulus.

7. (trading, from ticker tape) The series of prices at which a financial instrument trades.

8. (ice hockey) The wrapping of the primary puck-handling surface of a hockey stick

9. (printing, historical) A strong flexible band rotating on pulleys for directing the sheets in a printing machine.

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

Verb

tape (third-person singular simple present tapes, present participle taping, simple past and past participle taped)

1. To bind with adhesive tape.

2. To record, particularly onto magnetic tape.

3. (informal, passive) To understand, figure out.

Related terms

• roll tape
• tape off

Descendants

• ? Danish: tape
• ? Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tape, teipe

  Nynorsk: tape, teipa

Translations

Anagrams

• PETA, Paet, Pate, Peat, Peta, epta-, pate, peat, peta-, pâté, tepa

Danish

Etymology 1

From English tape (“adhesive tape”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?jp/, [t??jb?]

Noun

tape c (singular definite tapen, not used in plural form)

1. Scotch tape, adhesive tape

Usage notes

Rarely used in the sense video or audiocassette tape as a synonym to bånd. In this case it is neuter gender, singular definite tapet, plural indefinite tapes or tape, plural definite tapene.

Synonyms

• klisterbånd
• klæbestrimmel

Further reading

• tape on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Etymology 2

From English tape (“to bind with adhesive tape”).

Pronunciation

• infinitive IPA^(key): /t?jp?/, [?t??jb??]
• imperative IPA^(key): /t?jp/, [t??jb??]

Verb

tape (imperative tape, infinitive at tape, present tense taper, past tense tapede, perfect tense er/har tapet)

1. tape (to bind with adhesive tape) [from 1965]

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English tape.

Pronunciation

Noun

tape m (plural tapes, diminutive tapeje n)

1. tape

French

Etymology

From taper.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tap/

Noun

tape f (plural tapes)

1. a gentle touch
2. a pat

Verb

tape

1. first-person singular present indicative of taper
2. third-person singular present indicative of taper
3. second-person singular imperative of taper

Further reading

• “tape” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• pâte, pâté
• péta

Guaraní

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.?pe/

Noun

tape (dependent form rape, third-person possessed form hape)

1. path
2. way
3. street

Indonesian

Noun

tape (first-person possessive tapeku, second-person possessive tapemu, third-person possessive tapenya)

1. Informal form of tapai.

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English tæppa.

Noun

tape

1. Alternative form of tappe (“plug”)

Etymology 2

A back-formation from tappen.

Noun

tape

1. Alternative form of tappe (“gentle touch”)

Etymology 3

From Old English tæppa, tæppe (“ribbon, tape”); forms with a long vowel are difficult to explain.

Alternative forms

• tappe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tap(?)/, /?ta?p(?)/

Noun

tape (plural tapes)

1. (rare) band, ribbon, tape

Descendants

• English: tape (see there for further descendants)
• Scots: tape
• Yola: taape

References

• “t?pe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English tape.

Noun

tape m (definite singular tapen, indefinite plural taper, definite plural tapene)

1. alternative form of teip

Verb

tape (present tense taper, past tense tapa or tapet, past participle tapa or tapet)

1. alternative form of teipe

Etymology 2

From Old Norse tapa. Cognate with Danish tabe, Swedish tappa and Faroese tapa.

Verb

tape (present tense taper, past tense tapte, past participle tapt)

1. to lose

Related terms

• tap

References

• “tape” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English tape.

Noun

tape m (definite singular tapen, indefinite plural tapar, definite plural tapane)

1. alternative form of teip

Verb

tape (present tense tapar, past tense tapa, past participle tapa, passive infinitive tapast, present participle tapande, imperative tap)

1. alternative form of teipa

Etymology 2

Verb

tape (present tense tapar/taper, past tense tapa/tapte, past participle tapa/tapt, passive infinitive tapast, present participle tapande, imperative tap)

1. alternative form of tapa

References

• “tape” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?ta.pi/
• Hyphenation: ta?pe

Verb

tape

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of tapar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of tapar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of tapar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of tapar

Spanish

Verb

tape

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of tapar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of tapar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of tapar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of tapar.

Noun

tape m (plural tapes)

1. (Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico) Scotch tape, tape