disk
English
/dɪsk/
noun
Definitions
- 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) - removable magnetic medium or a hard disk - fixed, persistent digital storage.
- (computer hardware) 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.
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek δίσκος (platter, quoit, disk, a circular plate suited for hurling, discus, disc, tray).
Origin
Ancient Greek
δίσκος
Gloss
platter, quoit, disk, a circular plate suited for hurling, discus, disc, tray
Concept
Semantic Field
Modern world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- blastodisk English
- cover English
- coverdisk English
- cyclic English
- diskcyclic English
- diskery English
- diskette English
- disklabel English
- diskless English
- disklessness English
- disklike English
- diskmag English
- diskos English
- diskspace English
- disky English
- diskzine English
- holodisk English
- ice English
- ice disk English
- label English
- mag English
- magnetodisk English
- microdisk English
- mini-diskette English
- minidisk English
- multidisk English
- music English
- musicdisk English
- nanodisk English
- photodisk English
- polydisk English
- quasidisk English
- space English
- subdisk English
- superdisk English
- zine English
- discum Latin
- discus Latin
- diskette Dutch, Flemish
- disquette French
- диск Russian
- disquete Spanish, Castilian
- δίσκος Ancient Greek
- diskos Norwegian Bokmål
- disquete Portuguese
- ディスケット Japanese
- dyskietka Polish
- diskos Norwegian Nynorsk
- disketta Icelandic
- ดิสก์ Thai
- δίσκος Greek (modern)
- disket Indonesian
- 디스켓 Korean
- דיסקוס Aramaic
- ice
- mag
- zine
- label
- music
- disky
- space
- cover
- cyclic
- diskos
- subdisk
- diskmag
- diskery
- diskless
- nanodisk
- polydisk
- minidisk
- disklike
- holodisk
- diskzine
- ice disk
- diskette
- quasidisk
- multidisk
- superdisk
- disklabel
- microdisk
- coverdisk
- diskspace
- photodisk
- musicdisk
- blastodisk
- diskcyclic
- magnetodisk
- disklessness
- mini-diskette