Phrase guide

floppy disk

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A removable disk used for storing digital data, measuring between 2 and 8 inches diagonally and storing between 80 KB and 240 MB.

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: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • floppy disks are noted for their relatively slow speed and small capacity and low price

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: diskette, floppy

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: magnetic disk, magnetic disc, disk, disc

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

74 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: قُرْص مَرِن (qurṣ marin) — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Azerbaijani: disket — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Basque: diskete — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Belarusian: дыске́та (dyskjéta) — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Bulgarian: диске́та (diskéta) — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Catalan: disquet — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Catalan: disc flexible — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Cherokee: ᏩᏂᎨ ᎠᏠᏗ (wanige atlodi) — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Chinese Cantonese: 磁碟 — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Chinese Mandarin: 軟盤 /软盘 (ruǎnpán) — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Chinese Mandarin: 磁盤 /磁盘 (cípán) — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Chinese Mandarin: 磁碟 (cídié) — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Chinese Mandarin: 軟碟 /软碟 (ruǎndié) — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Czech: disketa — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Danish: diskette — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Dutch: diskette — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Dutch: floppydisk — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Esperanto: disketo — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Faroese: diskil — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Finnish: levyke — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Finnish: disketti — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Finnish: lerppu — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • French: disquette — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Georgian: დისკეტა (disḳeṭa) — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • German: Diskette — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • German: Floppy — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • German: Floppy Disk — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Greek: δισκέτα (diskéta) — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Hawaiian: pā malule — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Hindi: डिस्केट (ḍiskeṭ) — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Hungarian: hajlékonylemez — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Hungarian: flopilemez — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Hungarian: flopi — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Icelandic: disketta — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Icelandic: disklingur — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Indonesian: disket — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Italian: floppy disk — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Italian: floppy — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Italian: dischetto — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Italian: disco flessibile — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Italian: disco floscio — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Japanese: フロッピーディスク (furoppī disuku) — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Japanese: ディスケット (disuketto) — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Korean: 플로피 디스크 (peullopi diseukeu) — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Korean: 디스켓 (diseuket) — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Macedonian: диске́та (diskéta) — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Malay: cakera liut — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Māori: kōpae pīngore — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Marathi: फ्लॉपी (phlŏpī) — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Marathi: फ्लॉपी डिस्क (phlŏpī ḍiska) — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Norman: distchette — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Northern Sotho: tiske ya flopi — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Persian: فلاپی (felâpi) — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Persian: دیسکت (disket) — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Polish: dyskietka — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Polish: dysk elastyczny — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Polish: dysk miękki — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Portuguese: disquete — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Portuguese: disco flexível — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Romanian: dischetă — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Russian: диске́та (diskéta) — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Russian: ги́бкий диск (gíbkij disk) — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Serbo-Croatian: disketa — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Slovak: disketa — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Spanish: disquete — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Spanish: disco flexible — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Swedish: diskett — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Turkish: disket — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Turkmen: disket — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Turkmen: çeýe disk — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Ukrainian: диске́та (dyskéta) — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Ukrainian: гнучки́й диск (hnučkýj dysk) — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Welsh: disg hyblyg — flexible disk used for storing digital data
  • Yiddish: דיסקעט (disket) — flexible disk used for storing digital data