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compact disc

noun compact discs · compact disk

  1. A kind of plastic optical disc used to store audio or digital data, read by a laser in a drive.

    Similar: CD

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noun optical disc used to store data

Españoldisco compacto, CD
한국어컴팩트 디스크 keompaekteu diseukeu, 시디 sidi
日本語コンパクトディスク konpakutodisuku, シーディー sīdī, CD (sīdī)
中文光盤 /光盘 guāngpán, 光碟 guāngdié, CD (xīdì), 激光唱片 jīguāng chàngpiàn
हिन्दीसीडी sīḍī, कॉम्पैक्ट डिस्क kŏmpaikṭ ḍisk, काँम्पैक्ट डिस्क kā̃mpaikṭ ḍisk, कांम्पैक्ट डिस्क kā̃mpaikṭ ḍisk
Kiswahilisidii
Portuguêscedê
Françaisdisque compact, CD
DeutschCD, Kompaktplatte
Italianocompact disc, disco compatto
Ελληνικάσυμπαγής δίσκος sympagís dískos, σιντί sintí
Românăcompact-disc, disc compact, CD
Русскийкомпа́кт-ди́ск kompákt-dísk, CD, си-ди́ si-dí
Tiếng Việtđĩa CD
العربيةسِي دِي sī dī, قُرْص مَضْغُوط qurṣ maḍḡūṭ, قُرْص سِي دِي qurṣ sī dī
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@misc{compact_disc_2026,
  title = {compact disc},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/compact%20disc},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}