Phrase guide

flash drive

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A small electronic device used to store digital data, more portable and robust than a hard drive.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: data stick, disk on key, flash drive /flashdrive, jump drive /jumpdrive, key drive, memory drive, memory stick, pen drive /pendrive, thumb drive, USB, USB drive, USB key, USB stick

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

So called because it is a storage device that uses flash memory.

Across languages

Translations

100 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: فِلَاشَة (filāša) — storage device
  • Bulgarian: флашка (flaška) — storage device
  • Catalan: llapis de memòria — storage device
  • Chinese Cantonese: 記憶體 /记忆体 (gei3 jik1 tai2) — storage device
  • Chinese Cantonese: 記憶棒 /记忆棒 (gei3 jik1 paang5) — storage device
  • Chinese Cantonese: 手指 (sau2 zi2) — storage device
  • Chinese Mandarin: 快閃碟 /快闪碟 (kuàishǎndié) — storage device
  • Chinese Mandarin: 閃盤 /闪盘 (shǎnpán) — storage device
  • Chinese Mandarin: 優盤 /优盘 (yōupán) — storage device
  • Chinese Mandarin: U盤 /U盘 (U-pán) — storage device
  • Chinese Mandarin: 閃存盤 /闪存盘 (shǎncúnpán) — storage device
  • Chinese Mandarin: 快閃記憶體盤 /快闪记忆体盘 (kuàishǎn jìyìtǐpán) — storage device
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大拇哥 (dàmǔgē) — storage device
  • Chinese Mandarin: 隨身碟 /随身碟 (suíshēndié) — storage device
  • Chinese Mandarin: 快閃隨身碟 /快闪随身碟 (kuàishǎn suíshēndié) — storage device
  • Cornish: kyv kov — storage device
  • Czech: flash disk — storage device
  • Czech: fleška — storage device
  • Danish: usb-stik — storage device
  • Danish: USB-stik — storage device
  • Danish: usb-nøgle — storage device
  • Danish: USB-nøgle — storage device
  • Esperanto: poŝmemorilo — storage device
  • Esperanto: memorbastoneto — storage device
  • Faroese: geymi — storage device
  • Finnish: muistitikku — storage device
  • Finnish: USB-muisti — storage device
  • Finnish: flash-asema — storage device
  • French: clé USB — storage device
  • French: disque flash — storage device
  • French: disque à mémoire flash — storage device
  • French: disque dur à mémoire flash — storage device
  • French: disque dur flash — storage device
  • Galician: memoria USB — storage device
  • Georgian: ფლეშ-მეხსიერება (pleš-mexsiereba) — storage device
  • German: USB-Stick — storage device
  • German: USB-Massenspeicher — storage device
  • German: Flash-Laufwerk — storage device
  • Greek: μνήμη USB (mními USB) — storage device
  • Hebrew: דיסק און קי — storage device
  • Hindi: फ़्लैश ड्राइव (flaiś ḍrāiv) — storage device
  • Hungarian: pendrive — storage device
  • Hungarian: flash-meghajtó — storage device
  • Icelandic: minnislykill — storage device
  • Icelandic: USB-minni — storage device
  • Icelandic: gagnalykill — storage device
  • Icelandic: þumadrif — storage device
  • Irish: méaróg chuimhne — storage device
  • Irish: méaróg USB — storage device
  • Italian: pen-drive — storage device
  • Italian: pen drive — storage device
  • Italian: chiavetta — storage device
  • Italian: penna — storage device
  • Italian: pennetta — storage device
  • Italian: penna USB — storage device
  • Italian: chiave USB — storage device
  • Italian: chiavetta USB — storage device
  • Japanese: フラッシュドライブ (furasshudoraibu) — storage device
  • Kabyle: tasarut n USB — storage device
  • Khmer: ដ្រាយវ៍ពន្លឺ — storage device
  • Korean: 플래시 드라이브 (peullaesi deuraibeu) — storage device
  • Macedonian: уесбе (uesbe) — storage device
  • Norman: badgette dé mémouaithe — storage device
  • Norwegian: minnepinne — storage device
  • Polish: pendrive — storage device
  • Polish: pendrajw — storage device
  • Polish: PenDrive — storage device
  • Polish: pamięć USB — storage device
  • Portuguese: pen-drive — storage device
  • Portuguese: pen — storage device
  • Romanian: stick de memorie — storage device
  • Romanian: stick USB — storage device
  • Russian: фле́ш-накопи́тель (fléš-nakopítelʹ) — storage device
  • Russian: фле́шка (fléška) — storage device
  • Serbo-Croatian: memorijski ključić — storage device
  • Spanish: memoria USB — storage device
  • Spanish: pendrive (péndraiv) — storage device
  • Spanish: lápiz de memoria — storage device
  • Spanish: lápiz USB — storage device
  • Spanish: llave maya — storage device
  • Spanish: pincho — storage device
  • Spanish: USB — storage device
  • Spanish: memoria flash — storage device
  • Swedish: USB-minne — storage device
  • Swedish: USB-sticka — storage device
  • Swedish: minnespinne — storage device
  • Swedish: minnessticka — storage device
  • Thai: แฟลชไดรฟ์ — storage device
  • Thai: ทัมบ์ไดรฟ์ (tám-drái) — storage device
  • Turkish: bellek aygıtı — storage device
  • Turkish: flash disk — storage device
  • Turkish: flaş sürücüsü — storage device
  • Turkish: hafıza ünitesi — storage device
  • Turkish: USB bellek — storage device
  • Turkish: USB çubuk — storage device
  • Vietnamese: USB — storage device
  • Welsh: ffon gof — storage device
  • Welsh: cof bach — storage device
  • Welsh: cofbin — storage device
  • Welsh: gyriant fflach — storage device