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disk

noun · verb · 17 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • dĭsk
  • /dɪsk/
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  • rhymes with -ɪsk
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • A coin is a disk of metal.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A two-dimensional geometric region, the set of points bounded by a circle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Something resembling a disk.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

Examples

  • Venus' disk cut off light from the Sun.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

An intervertebral disc

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A vinyl phonograph/gramophone record.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated

Examples

  • Turn the disk over, after it has finished.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Ellipsis of floppy disk.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Topics: computer-hardware, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Examples

  • He still uses disks from 1979.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

Ellipsis of hard disk.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Topics: computer-hardware, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

Ellipsis of optical disk.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, nonstandard

Topics: computer-hardware, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Examples

  • She burned some disks yesterday to back up her computer.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

A type of harrow.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

A ring- or cup-shaped enlargement of the flower receptacle or ovary that bears nectar or, less commonly, the stamens.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

verb

Meaning 11

To harrow.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

verb

Meaning 12

To move towards, or operate at, zero blade pitch, orienting the propeller blades face-on to the oncoming airstream and maximizing the drag generated by the propeller.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

a flat circular plate

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: disc

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: circle, round, plate

Narrower terms: acetate disk, phonograph recording disk, brake disk, deadeye, diaphragm, discus, saucer, Frisbee, planchet, coin blank, puck, hockey puck, token

14

noun

Meaning 14

(computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: magnetic disk, magnetic disc, disc

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: memory device, storage device

Narrower terms: diskette, floppy, floppy disk, hard disc, hard disk, fixed disk

15

noun

Meaning 15

sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: phonograph record, phonograph recording, record, disc, platter

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sound recording, audio recording, audio

Narrower terms: LP, L-P, seventy-eight, 78

16

noun

Meaning 16

something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the moon's disk hung in a cloudless sky

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: disc, saucer

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: round shape

Narrower terms: intervertebral disc, intervertebral disk, point, dot

17

verb

Meaning 17

draw a harrow over (land)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: harrow

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: plow, plough, turn

History

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “a circular plate suited for hurling”), from δικέω (dikéō, “to hurl, to launch”). Doublet of dais, desk, disc, discus, dish, and diskos.

Across languages

Translations

244 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: disk — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Arabic: قُرْص (qurṣ) — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Armenian: սկավառակ (skavaṙak) — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Asturian: discu — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Azerbaijani: disk — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Azerbaijani: qurs — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Belarusian: дыск (dysk) — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Bengali: ডিস্ক (ḍisko) — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Bengali: চাকতি (cakti) — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Bulgarian: диск (disk) — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Burmese: အခွေ (a.hkwe) — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Catalan: disc — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Chinese Mandarin: 圓盤 /圆盘 (yuánpán) — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Czech: disk — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Danish: skive — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Dutch: schijf — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Esperanto: disko — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Estonian: ketas — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Finnish: kiekko — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • French: disque — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Georgian: დისკი (disḳi) — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • German: Scheibe — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • German: Kreisscheibe — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • German: Kreisfläche — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Greek: δίσκος (dískos) — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Greek: δισκάριο (diskário) — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Ancient Greek: δίσκος (dískos) — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Hawaiian: pālahalaha poepoe — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Hebrew: דִּיסְק (disk) — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Hindi: डिस्क (ḍisk) — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Hindi: चक्र (cakra) — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Hindi: चक्का (cakkā) — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Hungarian: lemez — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Hungarian: korong — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Icelandic: diskur — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Ido: disko — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Indonesian: cakram — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Indonesian: piringan — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Italian: disco — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Japanese: ディスク (disuku) — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Japanese: 円盤 (enban) — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Kazakh: диск (disk) — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Khmer: ដួង (duəŋ) — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Korean: 디스크 (diseukeu) — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Korean: 원반 (wonban) — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Northern Kurdish: xeple — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Kyrgyz: диск (disk) — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Lao: ຈັກ (chak) — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Lao: ຈັກກະ (chak ka) — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Latin: discus — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Latvian: disks — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Lithuanian: diskas — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Macedonian: диск (disk) — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Malay: cakera — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Mongolian: диск (disk) — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skive — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Persian: دیسک (disk) — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Plautdietsch: Schiew — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Polish: dysk — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Portuguese: disco — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Romanian: disc — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Russian: диск (disk) — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Serbo-Croatian: диск — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Serbo-Croatian: колут — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Serbo-Croatian: disk — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Serbo-Croatian: kolut — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Slovak: disk — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Slovene: disk — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Slovene: kolut — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Upper Sorbian: tačel — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Spanish: disco — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Swedish: skiva — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Tagalog: disko — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Tagalog: dalipay — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Tajik: диск (disk) — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Thai: ดิสก์ (dìt) — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Thai: จักร (jàk) — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Turkish: disk — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Turkish: ağırşak — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Ottoman Turkish: آغرشاق (ağırşak) — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Ottoman Turkish: دیسك (disk) — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Turkmen: disk — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Ukrainian: диск (dysk) — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Ukrainian: кружа́ло (kružálo) — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Urdu: ڈسک (ḍisk) — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Uzbek: disk — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Vietnamese: đĩa — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Volapük: diskud — a thin, flat, circular plate
  • Arabic: دَائِرَة (dāʔira) — geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius
  • Armenian: շրջան (šrǰan) — geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius
  • Belarusian: круг (kruh) — geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius
  • Breton: kelc'h — geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius
  • Bulgarian: кръг (krǎg) — geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius
  • Catalan: disc — geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius
  • Chinese Mandarin: 圓 /圆 (yuán) — geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius
  • Czech: kruh — geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius
  • Danish: cirkel — geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius
  • Dutch: cirkel — geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius
  • Finnish: ympyrä — geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius
  • Finnish: ympyräkiekko — geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius
  • Finnish: ympyrälevy — geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius
  • French: disque — geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius
  • Georgian: წრე (c̣re) — geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius
  • German: Kreis — geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius
  • German: Krääs — geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius
  • Greek: κύκλος (kýklos) — geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius
  • Ancient Greek: κύκλος (kúklos) — geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius
  • Hebrew: עיגול (igúl) — geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius
  • Hebrew: דיסקה (díska) — geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius
  • Hindi: चक्र (cakra) — geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius
  • Hindi: वृत्त (vŕtt) — geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius
  • Hungarian: körlap — geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius
  • Ingrian: kruga — geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius
  • Irish: ciorcal — geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius
  • Italian: disco — geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius
  • Japanese: 円 (en) — geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius
  • Japanese: 丸 (maru) — geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius
  • Japanese: 円形 (enkei) — geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius
  • Korean: 원 (won) — geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius
  • Latin: circulus — geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius
  • Macedonian: круг (krug) — geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius
  • Malay: bulatan — geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius
  • Māori: porotītiti — geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius
  • Māori: porotiti — geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius
  • Māori: porotaka — geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius
  • Polish: koło — geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius
  • Polish: krąg — geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius
  • Portuguese: círculo — geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius
  • Russian: круг (krug) — geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius
  • Scottish Gaelic: cruinne — geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius
  • Scottish Gaelic: cuairt — geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius
  • Scottish Gaelic: buail — geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius
  • Scottish Gaelic: ràth — geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius
  • Scottish Gaelic: cearcall — geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius
  • Serbo-Croatian: круг — geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius
  • Serbo-Croatian: krug — geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius
  • Slovak: kruh — geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius
  • Slovene: krog — geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius
  • Upper Sorbian: kruh — geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius
  • Spanish: círculo — geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius
  • Swedish: cirkel — geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius
  • Swedish: cirkelskiva — geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius
  • Thai: ดวง (duuang) — geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius
  • Ukrainian: круг (kruh) — geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius
  • Ukrainian: ко́ло (kólo) — geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius
  • Zazaki: kılor — geometry: set of all points in a plane within a radius
  • Armenian: սկավառակ (skavaṙak) — something resembling a disk
  • Bulgarian: диск (disk) — something resembling a disk
  • Catalan: disc — something resembling a disk
  • Dutch: schijf — something resembling a disk
  • Finnish: kiekko — something resembling a disk
  • French: disque — something resembling a disk
  • German: Scheibe — something resembling a disk
  • Greek: δίσκος (dískos) — something resembling a disk
  • Ancient Greek: δίσκος (dískos) — something resembling a disk
  • Northern Kurdish: xeple — something resembling a disk
  • Plautdietsch: Schiew — something resembling a disk
  • Portuguese: disco — something resembling a disk
  • Romanian: disc — something resembling a disk
  • Russian: диск (disk) — something resembling a disk
  • Sanskrit: मण्डल (maṇḍala) — something resembling a disk
  • Spanish: disco — something resembling a disk
  • Tagalog: dalipay — something resembling a disk
  • Turkish: disk — something resembling a disk
  • Ukrainian: диск (dysk) — something resembling a disk
  • Bulgarian: диск (disk) — intervertebral disc
  • Czech: ploténka — intervertebral disc
  • Dutch: discus — intervertebral disc
  • Finnish: välilevy — intervertebral disc
  • French: disque — intervertebral disc
  • German: Bandscheibe — intervertebral disc
  • Greek: δίσκος (dískos) — intervertebral disc
  • Hebrew: דִיסקָה (dískus) — intervertebral disc
  • Romanian: disc — intervertebral disc
  • Russian: диск (disk) — intervertebral disc
  • Spanish: disco intervertebral — intervertebral disc
  • Ukrainian: диск (dysk) — intervertebral disc
  • Yiddish: דיסק (disk) — intervertebral disc
  • Arabic: أُسْطُوَانَة (ʔusṭuwāna) — a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record
  • Belarusian: пласці́нка (plascínka) — a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record
  • Belarusian: дыск (dysk) — a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record
  • Bulgarian: пло́ча (plóča) — a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record
  • Catalan: disc — a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record
  • Chinese Mandarin: 唱片 (chàngpiàn) — a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record
  • Czech: deska — a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record
  • Dutch: plaat — a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record
  • Finnish: levy — a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record
  • Finnish: äänilevy — a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record
  • Finnish: vinyyli — a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record
  • Finnish: savikiekko — a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record
  • French: disque — a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record
  • German: Schallplatte — a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record
  • German: Platte — a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record
  • German: Scheibe — a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record
  • Greek: δίσκος (dískos) — a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record
  • Hebrew: דִיסק (disk) — a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record
  • Indonesian: piringan hitam — a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record
  • Irish: ceirnín — a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record
  • Japanese: 音盤 (onban) — a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record
  • Japanese: レコード (rekōdo) — a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record
  • Korean: 음반 (eumban) — a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record
  • Korean: 레코드 (rekodeu) — a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record
  • Lao: ແຜ່ນສຽງ (phǣn sīang) — a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record
  • Macedonian: плоча (ploča) — a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record
  • Polish: płyta gramofonowa — a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record
  • Polish: płyta winylowa — a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record
  • Polish: płyta — a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record
  • Polish: winyl — a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record
  • Portuguese: vinil — a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record
  • Romanian: disc — a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record
  • Romanian: placă de gramofon — a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record
  • Russian: пласти́нка (plastínka) — a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record
  • Russian: диск (disk) — a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record
  • Slovak: platňa — a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record
  • Upper Sorbian: tačel — a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record
  • Spanish: disco — a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record
  • Thai: แผ่นเสียง (pɛ̀n-sǐiang) — a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record
  • Turkish: plak — a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record
  • Ukrainian: пласти́нка (plastýnka) — a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record
  • Ukrainian: диск (dysk) — a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record
  • Welsh: disg — a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record
  • Yiddish: דיסק (disk) — a vinyl phonograph/gramophone record
  • Bulgarian: твърд диск (tvǎrd disk) — a computer's hard disk
  • Catalan: disc dur — a computer's hard disk
  • Chinese Mandarin: 磁盤 /磁盘 (cípán) — a computer's hard disk
  • Dutch: harde schijf — a computer's hard disk
  • Dutch: schijf — a computer's hard disk
  • Finnish: kovalevy — a computer's hard disk
  • Finnish: kiintolevy — a computer's hard disk
  • French: disque — a computer's hard disk
  • German: Festplatte — a computer's hard disk
  • Greek: σκληρός δίσκος (sklirós dískos) — a computer's hard disk
  • Indonesian: diska — a computer's hard disk
  • Malay: cakera — a computer's hard disk
  • Northern Sotho: tiske — a computer's hard disk
  • Polish: dysk twardy — a computer's hard disk
  • Portuguese: disco — a computer's hard disk
  • Russian: диск (disk) — a computer's hard disk
  • Serbo-Croatian: disk — a computer's hard disk
  • Spanish: disco duro — a computer's hard disk
  • Turkish: sabit disk — a computer's hard disk
  • Ukrainian: диск (dysk) — a computer's hard disk
  • Welsh: disg — a computer's hard disk
  • Yiddish: דיסק (disk) — a computer's hard disk