Phrase guide

CD player

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

noun

Meaning 1

An electronic device that plays compact discs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: consumer electronics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a stand-alone piece of electronic equipment that either has its own display or attaches to a television set

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: electronic equipment

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَشْغَل سِي دِي (mašḡal sī dī) — CD player
  • Arabic: مَشْغَل CD (mašḡal sī dī) — CD player
  • Chinese Mandarin: CD播放機 /CD播放机 (xìdì bōfàngjī) — CD player
  • Chinese Mandarin: CD機 /CD机 (xìdìjī) — CD player
  • Czech: CD přehrávač — CD player
  • Danish: CD-afspiller — CD player
  • Danish: cd-afspiller — CD player
  • Dutch: cd-speler — CD player
  • Faroese: fløguspælari — CD player
  • Finnish: CD-soitin — CD player
  • French: lecteur CD — CD player
  • French: lecteur de CD — CD player
  • Georgian: კომპაქტ-დისკების დამკვრელი (ḳomṗakṭ-disḳebis damḳvreli) — CD player
  • German: CD-Spieler — CD player
  • Greek: συσκευή CD (syskeví CD) — CD player
  • Hindi: सीडी प्लेयर (sīḍī pleyar) — CD player
  • Hungarian: CD-lejátszó — CD player
  • Irish: seinnteoir CDanna — CD player
  • Italian: lettore CD — CD player
  • Japanese: CDプレーヤー (shīdī purēyā) — CD player
  • Korean: CD 플레이어 (sidi peulleieo) — CD player
  • Norman: joueux d'CDs — CD player
  • Norwegian Bokmål: CD-spiller — CD player
  • Norwegian Bokmål: CD-speller — CD player
  • Norwegian Bokmål: cd-spiller — CD player
  • Norwegian Bokmål: cd-speller — CD player
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: CD-spelar — CD player
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: cd-spelar — CD player
  • Portuguese: CD player — CD player
  • Portuguese: diskman — CD player
  • Russian: CD-пле́ер (CD-pléjer) — CD player
  • Russian: си-ди-пле́ер (si-di-pléjer) — CD player
  • Spanish: reproductor de CD — CD player
  • Spanish: lector de CD — CD player
  • Swedish: cd-spelare — CD player
  • Thai: เครื่องเล่นซีดี (krʉ̂ʉang-lên sii-dii) — CD player
  • Welsh: chwaraewr CD — CD player