Phrase guide

compact disc

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

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: CD

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: CD-R, CD-ROM, CD-RW

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noun

Meaning 2

a digitally encoded recording on an optical disk that is smaller than a phonograph record; played back by a laser

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: compact disk, CD

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: optical disk, optical disc, recording

Narrower terms: audio CD, audio compact disc, CD-R, compact disc recordable, CD-WO, compact disc write-once, CD-ROM, compact disc read-only memory

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

94 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سِي دِي (sī dī) — optical disc used to store data
  • Arabic: قُرْص مَضْغُوط (qurṣ maḍḡūṭ) — optical disc used to store data
  • Arabic: قُرْص سِي دِي (qurṣ sī dī) — optical disc used to store data
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܩܘܼܪܨܵܐ ܚܠܝܼܨܵܐ (qurṣā ḥlīṣā) — optical disc used to store data
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܣܝܼܕܝܼ (sīdī) — optical disc used to store data
  • Armenian: սիդի (sidi) — optical disc used to store data
  • Armenian: սեղմասկավառակ (seġmaskavaṙak) — optical disc used to store data
  • Belarusian: кампа́кт-ды́ск (kampákt-dýsk) — optical disc used to store data
  • Bengali: সিডি (śiḍi) — optical disc used to store data
  • Bengali: কম্প্যাক্ট ডিস্ক (komppakṭo ḍisko) — optical disc used to store data
  • Bengali: কমপ্যাক্ট ডিস্ক (komoppakṭo ḍisko) — optical disc used to store data
  • Burmese: စီဒီ (cidi) — optical disc used to store data
  • Catalan: disc compacte — optical disc used to store data
  • Chinese Cantonese: 光碟 — optical disc used to store data
  • Hakka Chinese: 光碟 (kông-thia̍p) — optical disc used to store data
  • Chinese: 光碟 (zh-min-nan) — optical disc used to store data
  • Chinese Mandarin: 光盤 /光盘 (guāngpán) — optical disc used to store data
  • Chinese Mandarin: 光碟 (guāngdié) — optical disc used to store data
  • Chinese Mandarin: CD (xīdì) — optical disc used to store data
  • Chinese Mandarin: 激光唱片 (jīguāng chàngpiàn) — optical disc used to store data
  • Dutch: cd — optical disc used to store data
  • Esperanto: kodisko — optical disc used to store data
  • Esperanto: lumdisko (eble tro ĝenerala) — optical disc used to store data
  • Esperanto: KD — optical disc used to store data
  • Esperanto: kompakta disko — optical disc used to store data
  • Finnish: CD-levy — optical disc used to store data
  • Finnish: CD — optical disc used to store data
  • French: disque compact — optical disc used to store data
  • French: CD — optical disc used to store data
  • Georgian: კომპაქტური დისკი (ḳomṗakṭuri disḳi) — optical disc used to store data
  • Georgian: კომპაქტ-დისკი (ḳomṗakṭ-disḳi) — optical disc used to store data
  • German: CD — optical disc used to store data
  • German: Kompaktplatte — optical disc used to store data
  • Greek: συμπαγής δίσκος (sympagís dískos) — optical disc used to store data
  • Greek: σιντί (sintí) — optical disc used to store data
  • Hebrew: תַּקְלִיטוֹר (taklitór) — optical disc used to store data
  • Hindi: सीडी (sīḍī) — optical disc used to store data
  • Hindi: कॉम्पैक्ट डिस्क (kŏmpaikṭ ḍisk) — optical disc used to store data
  • Hindi: काँम्पैक्ट डिस्क (kā̃mpaikṭ ḍisk) — optical disc used to store data
  • Hindi: कांम्पैक्ट डिस्क (kā̃mpaikṭ ḍisk) — optical disc used to store data
  • Hungarian: CD — optical disc used to store data
  • Hungarian: CD-lemez — optical disc used to store data
  • Hungarian: kompaktlemez — optical disc used to store data
  • Icelandic: geisladiskur — optical disc used to store data
  • Indonesian: piringan padat — optical disc used to store data
  • Irish: dlúthdhiosca — optical disc used to store data
  • Irish: dlúthcheirnín — optical disc used to store data
  • Irish: ceirnín dlúth — optical disc used to store data
  • Italian: compact disc — optical disc used to store data
  • Italian: disco compatto — optical disc used to store data
  • Japanese: コンパクトディスク (konpakutodisuku) — optical disc used to store data
  • Japanese: シーディー (sīdī) — optical disc used to store data
  • Japanese: CD (sīdī) — optical disc used to store data
  • Khmer: ស៊ីឌី (siidii) — optical disc used to store data
  • Korean: 컴팩트 디스크 (keompaekteu diseukeu) — optical disc used to store data
  • Korean: 시디 (sidi) — optical disc used to store data
  • Lao: ຊີດີ (sī dī) — optical disc used to store data
  • Latin: disculus compactus — optical disc used to store data
  • Macedonian: ко́мпакт-ди́ск (kómpakt-dísk) — optical disc used to store data
  • Macedonian: це-де (ce-de) — optical disc used to store data
  • Malay: cakera padat — optical disc used to store data
  • Malay: CD — optical disc used to store data
  • Māori: kōpae — optical disc used to store data
  • Māori: kōpaepae — optical disc used to store data
  • Māori: kōpae kiato — optical disc used to store data
  • Classical Nahuatl: yahualtōntli — optical disc used to store data
  • Norwegian Bokmål: CD — optical disc used to store data
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kompaktplate — optical disc used to store data
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: CD — optical disc used to store data
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kompaktplate — optical disc used to store data
  • Polish: CD — optical disc used to store data
  • Polish: kompakt — optical disc used to store data
  • Polish: płyta kompaktowa — optical disc used to store data
  • Portuguese: cedê — optical disc used to store data
  • Romanian: compact-disc — optical disc used to store data
  • Romanian: disc compact — optical disc used to store data
  • Romanian: CD — optical disc used to store data
  • Russian: компа́кт-ди́ск (kompákt-dísk) — optical disc used to store data
  • Russian: CD — optical disc used to store data
  • Russian: си-ди́ (si-dí) — optical disc used to store data
  • Scottish Gaelic: meanbh-chlàr — optical disc used to store data
  • Spanish: disco compacto — optical disc used to store data
  • Spanish: CD — optical disc used to store data
  • Swahili: sidii — optical disc used to store data
  • Thai: ซีดี (sii-dii) — optical disc used to store data
  • Tibetan: འོད་སྡེར Literally ('od sder) — optical disc used to store data
  • Tibetan: “light saucer” — optical disc used to store data
  • Turkish: yoğun disk — optical disc used to store data
  • Ukrainian: компа́кт-ди́ск (kompákt-dýsk) — optical disc used to store data
  • Urdu: سی ڈی (sīḍī) — optical disc used to store data
  • Vietnamese: đĩa CD — optical disc used to store data
  • Volapük: diskud densitik — optical disc used to store data
  • Welsh: crynoddisg — optical disc used to store data
  • Xibe: ᠰᡟᡞ ᡩᡞ (syi di) — optical disc used to store data