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disk
- /dɪsk/
Rhymes with -ɪsk
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “a circular plate suited for hurling”), from δικέω (dikéō, “to hurl, to launch”). Doublet of dais, desk, disc, discus, dish, and diskos.
noun disks · disc
- A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object. A coin is a disk of metal.
- A two-dimensional geometric region, the set of points bounded by a circle.
- Something resembling a disk. Venus' disk cut off light from the Sun.
- An intervertebral disc
- A vinyl phonograph/gramophone record. Turn the disk over, after it has finished.
- Ellipsis of floppy disk He still uses disks from 1979.
- Ellipsis of hard disk
- Ellipsis of optical disk She burned some disks yesterday to back up her computer.
- A type of harrow.
- A ring- or cup-shaped enlargement of the flower receptacle or ovary that bears nectar or, less commonly, the stamens.
verb disks · disking · disked · disc
- To harrow. That is alkali. Mr. Kochendorfer: I have a ten-year apple orchard that I disked last year and kept it tolerably clean this spring.
- To move towards, or operate at, zero blade pitch, orienting the propeller blades face-on to the oncoming airstream and maximizing the drag generated by the propeller.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: disc, record, phonograph record, harrow, platter, saucer, magnetic disc, magnetic disk, phonograph recording, tablet, tape, recording, rotary, rotor, girder, wedge
Translations
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noun a thin, flat, circular plate
| Español | disco |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 디스크 diseukeu, 원반 wonban |
| 日本語 | ディスク disuku, 円盤 enban |
| 中文 | 圓盤 /圆盘 yuánpán |
| हिन्दी | डिस्क ḍisk, चक्र cakra, चक्का cakkā |
| Português | disco |
| Français | disque |
| Deutsch | Scheibe, Kreisscheibe, Kreisfläche |
| Italiano | disco |
| Ελληνικά | δίσκος dískos, δισκάριο diskário |
| Română | disc |
| Русский | диск disk |
| Tiếng Việt | đĩa |
| العربية | قُرْص qurṣ |
| עברית | דִּיסְק disk |
noun geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius
| Español | círculo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 원 won |
| 日本語 | 円 en, 丸 maru, 円形 enkei |
| 中文 | 圓 /圆 yuán |
| हिन्दी | चक्र cakra, वृत्त vŕtt |
| Português | círculo |
| Français | disque |
| Deutsch | Kreis |
| Italiano | disco |
| Ελληνικά | κύκλος kýklos |
| Русский | круг krug |
| العربية | دَائِرَة dāʔira |
| עברית | עיגול igúl, דיסקה díska |
noun something resembling a disk
| Español | disco |
|---|---|
| Português | disco |
| Français | disque |
| Deutsch | Scheibe |
| Ελληνικά | δίσκος dískos |
| Română | disc |
| Русский | диск disk |
noun intervertebral disc
| Español | disco intervertebral |
|---|---|
| Français | disque |
| Deutsch | Bandscheibe |
| Ελληνικά | δίσκος dískos |
| Română | disc |
| Русский | диск disk |
| עברית | דִיסקָה dískus |
noun a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record
| Español | disco |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 음반 eumban, 레코드 rekodeu |
| 日本語 | 音盤 onban, レコード rekōdo |
| 中文 | 唱片 chàngpiàn |
| Português | vinil |
| Français | disque |
| Deutsch | Schallplatte, Platte, Scheibe |
| Ελληνικά | δίσκος dískos |
| Română | disc, placă de gramofon |
| Русский | пласти́нка plastínka, диск disk |
| العربية | أُسْطُوَانَة ʔusṭuwāna |
| עברית | דִיסק disk |
noun a computer's hard disk
| Español | disco duro |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 磁盤 /磁盘 cípán |
| Português | disco |
| Français | disque |
| Deutsch | Festplatte |
| Ελληνικά | σκληρός δίσκος sklirós dískos |
| Русский | диск disk |
Talk about this word "disk." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/disk. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. disk. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/disk "disk." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/disk.Cite this
@misc{disk_2026,
title = {disk},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/disk},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
