adj
Meaning 1
Shaped like a disc/disk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
discoid
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Pronunciation
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Canada, UK, US: /ˈdɪs.kɔɪd/
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Australian: /ˈdɪs.koɪd/
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rhymes with -ɪskɔɪd
adj
Meaning 2
Having only disk florets, without petal-like ray florets.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 3
A disk-shaped dental excavator designed to remove the carious dentin of a decayed tooth
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: dentistry, medicine, sciences
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adjective satellite
Meaning 4
having a flat circular shape
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: discoidal, disklike, disclike, disk-shaped, disc-shaped
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos)der. Latin discusbor. French disquebor. English disc Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o- Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Latin -oīdēslbor. English -oid English discoid From disc + -oid.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: дисковиден (diskoviden) — shaped like a disc/disk
- Catalan: discoide — shaped like a disc/disk
- Catalan: discoïdal — shaped like a disc/disk
- French: discoïde — shaped like a disc/disk
- Italian: discoide — shaped like a disc/disk
- Polish: dyskoidalny — shaped like a disc/disk
- Spanish: discoide — shaped like a disc/disk