different between diskette vs disc

English

Etymology

disk +? -ette, by analogy with cassette.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?s?k?t/

Noun

diskette (plural diskettes)

1. (computing) A small, flexible, magnetic disk for storage and retrieval of data.
2. (computer hardware, dated) An 8-inch floppy disk.

Synonyms

• floppy
• floppy disk
• floppy diskette
• disk (Considered as a contraction in the UK)

Derived terms

• mini-diskette
• micro-diskette

Translations

Further reading

• floppy disk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English diskette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?s?k?.t?/
• Hyphenation: dis?ket?te
• Rhymes: -?t?

Noun

diskette f (plural diskettes, diminutive diskettetje n)

1. (computer hardware) floppy disk, diskette

Synonyms

• floppydisk

Derived terms

• diskettestation

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)

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, 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)

1. (agriculture) To harrow with a disc harrow.
2. (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)

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

1. plate, dish

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: disch, dish, disc
  • English: dish
    • Tok Pisin: dis
  • Scots: dish
  • Yola: dishe

Old Saxon

Noun

disc m

1. 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)

1. (technology) disk, disc
2. (music) disk
3. (sports) discus
4. (anatomy) disc

Etymology 2

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

Noun

disc n (plural discuri)

1. dish (flat round object), especially one used in church services to collect money

See also

• plac?