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English

Pronunciation
dĭsk, /dɪsk/, /<tt>dIsk</tt>/
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Etymology
From Ancient Greek δί�κο� (diskos) "a circular plate suited for hurling", from δικείν (dikein) "to hurl, to launch".

Noun
en-noun

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

#:A coin is a disk of metal.

1. figurative Something resembling a disk.

#:Venus' disk cut off light from the Sun.

1. dated A vinyl phonograph / gramophone record.

#:Turn the disk over, after it has finished.

1. computing A floppy disk - removable magnetic medium or a hard disk - fixed, persistent digital storage.

#: He still uses floppy disks from 1979.

1. computing|nonstandard A disc - either a CD-ROM, an audio CD, a DVD or similar removable storage medium.

#: She burned some disks yesterday to back up her computer.

Usage notes
In International English, disk is the correct spelling for magnetic disks. If the medium is optical, the variant disc is usually preferred, although computing is a peculiar field for the term. For instance hard disk and other disk drives are always thusly spelled, yet so are terms like compact discs. 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.

Translations
trans-top|a thin, flat, circular plate
Danish: skive
Finnish: kiekko
French: disque m
German: Scheibe
Greek: δί�κο� (diskos) m, δι�κά�ιο (diskario) n
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Hungarian: lemez
Ido: disko
Italian: disco m
Portuguese: disco
Spanish: disco
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trans-top|something resembling a disk
Finnish: kiekko
Greek: δί�κο� (diskos) m
trans-mid
French: disque m
trans-bottom

trans-top|a vinyl phonograph / gramophone record
Finnish: levy, äänilevy, vinyyli, savikiekko
Greek: δί�κο� (diskos) m
trans-mid
French: disque m
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trans-top|a computer's hard disk
Finnish: kovalevy, kiintolevy
Greek: �κλη��� δί�κο� (skliros diskos) m
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Swedish

Noun
disk c
sv-noun-reg-ar

1. counter; table on which business is transacted
2. washing-up
3. dirty dishes
4. anatomy|lang=sv disc
5. disk drive

Synonyms
;disk drive
hårddisk

Derived terms
counter
bardisk

washing-up
handdisk

dirty dishes
diskare
diskbalja
diskborste
diskho
diskmaskin
diskmedel
diskställ
frukostdisk

disc (anatomy)
diskbråck

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vi:disk
zh:disk

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