noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Australian, UK:/ˌdɪsˈkɒɡɹəfi/
US:/ˌdɪsˈkɑɡɹəfi/
US:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
rhymes with -ɒɡɹəfi
CMU ARPABET:D IH0 S K AO1 G R AH0 F IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A catalog of the total releases of a musical act (usually with release dates of, and often other information about, the releases).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A complete collection of the releases of a musical act.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
Radiography of the spine after injection of a contrast medium into a disc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
a descriptive catalog of musical recordings
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: catalog, catalogue
History
Etymology
From disco- + -graphy. First attested in 1933.
Across languages
Translations
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Basque:
diskografia
— complete collection of the releases of a musical act
Breton:
pladennoù
— complete collection of the releases of a musical act
Catalan:
discografia
— complete collection of the releases of a musical act
Corsican:
discugrafìa
— complete collection of the releases of a musical act
Corsican:
discugrafia
— complete collection of the releases of a musical act
Czech:
diskografie
— complete collection of the releases of a musical act
Estonian:
diskograafia
— complete collection of the releases of a musical act
Finnish:
diskografia
— complete collection of the releases of a musical act
French:
discographie
— complete collection of the releases of a musical act
Georgian:
დისკოგრაფია
(disḳograpia)
— complete collection of the releases of a musical act
German:
Diskografie
— complete collection of the releases of a musical act
Greek:
δισκογραφία
(diskografía)
— complete collection of the releases of a musical act
Hungarian:
diszkográfia
— complete collection of the releases of a musical act
Indonesian:
diskografi
— complete collection of the releases of a musical act
Irish:
dioscliosta
— complete collection of the releases of a musical act
Irish:
saothar taifeadta
— complete collection of the releases of a musical act
Italian:
discografia
— complete collection of the releases of a musical act
Japanese:
ディスコグラフィ
(disukogurafi)
— complete collection of the releases of a musical act
Japanese:
作品
(sakuhin)
— complete collection of the releases of a musical act
Macedonian:
дискогра́фија
(diskográfija)
— complete collection of the releases of a musical act
Norwegian:
diskografi
— complete collection of the releases of a musical act
Polish:
dyskografia
— complete collection of the releases of a musical act
Portuguese:
discografia
— complete collection of the releases of a musical act
Romanian:
discografie
— complete collection of the releases of a musical act
Russian:
дискогра́фия
(diskográfija)
— complete collection of the releases of a musical act
Serbo-Croatian:
diskografija
— complete collection of the releases of a musical act
Serbo-Croatian:
дискографија
— complete collection of the releases of a musical act
Sicilian:
discugrafìa
— complete collection of the releases of a musical act
Slovak:
diskografia
— complete collection of the releases of a musical act
Slovene:
diskografija
— complete collection of the releases of a musical act
Spanish:
discografía
— complete collection of the releases of a musical act
Turkish:
diskografi
— complete collection of the releases of a musical act
Ukrainian:
дискогра́фія
(dyskohráfija)
— complete collection of the releases of a musical act
