Phrase guide

hard drive

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

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noun

Meaning 1

An electromechanical data storage device that stores and retrieves digital data using magnetic storage with one or more rigid, rapidly rotating platters coated with magnetic material.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

computer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: disk drive, disc drive, Winchester drive

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: drive

History

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Across languages

Translations

96 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: hardeskyf — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Albanian: hard disk — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Arabic: قُرْص صُلْب (qurṣ ṣulb) — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Aragonese: disco duro — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Armenian: կոշտ սկավառակ (košt skavaṙak) — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Asturian: discu duru — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Basque: disko gogor — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Belarusian: цвёрды дыск (cvjórdy dysk) — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Bengali: হার্ড ডিস্ক (harḍo ḍisko) — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Breton: pladenn galet — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Bulgarian: твърд диск (tvǎrd disk) — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Catalan: disc dur — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Chinese Mandarin: 硬碟 (yìngdié) — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Chinese Mandarin: 硬盤 /硬盘 (yìngpán) — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Czech: pevný disk — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Danish: harddisk — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Dutch: harde schijf — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Esperanto: malmola disko — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Esperanto: durdisko — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Estonian: kõvaketas — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Faroese: harðdiskur — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Finnish: kiintolevy — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Finnish: kovalevy — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • French: disque dur — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • West-Frisian: fêste skiif — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Friulian: disc dûr — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Galician: disco ríxido — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Georgian: მყარი დისკი (mq̇ari disḳi) — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Georgian: ხისტი დისკი (xisṭi disḳi) — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • German: Festplatte — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Greek: σκληρός δίσκος (sklirós dískos) — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Hawaiian: kakena paʻaloko — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Hebrew: כונן קשיח — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Hungarian: merevlemez — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Icelandic: harður diskur — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Icelandic: harðdiskur — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Indonesian: cakram keras — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Indonesian: diska keras — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Interlingua: disco dur — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Irish: tiomántán crua — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Italian: disco rigido — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Japanese: ハードディスク (hādodisuku) — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Kabyle: aḍebsi aquran — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Kazakh: тұрғылықты дискі (tūrğylyqty diskı) — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Khmer: ថាសរឹង (thaahrɨng) — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Korean: 하드 디스크 (hadeu diseukeu) — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Latgalian: cītdiskys — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Latvian: cietais disks — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Latvian: cietnis — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Lingala: diski ebómbelo enéne — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Lithuanian: standusis diskas — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Lombard: disch dür — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Low German: Fastplaat — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Luxembourgish: Festplack — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Macedonian: тврд диск — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Macedonian: хард диск — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Malay: cakera keras — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Malayalam: ഹാർഡ് ഡിസ്ക് ഡ്രൈവ് (hāṟḍŭ ḍiskŭ ḍraivŭ) — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Northern Mansi: сурум диск — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Marathi: हार्ड ड्राइव्ह (hārḍa ḍrāivha) — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Marathi: हार्ड डिस्क (hārḍa ḍiska) — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Mongolian: хатуу диск — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Norman: disque dû — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Norwegian: platelager — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Persian: دیسک سخت — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Persian: هارد (hârd) — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Polish: dysk twardy — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Portuguese: disco rígido — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Portuguese: disco duro — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Romanian: hard disk — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Romanian: disc dur — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Russian: жёсткий диск (žóstkij disk) — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Russian: винче́стер (vinčéster) — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Russian: ха́рддиск (xárddisk) — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Northern Sami: garraskearru — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Serbo-Croatian: тврди диск — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Serbo-Croatian: tvrdi disk — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Sicilian: hard disk — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Slovak: pevný disk — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Slovene: trdi disk — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Lower Sorbian: twarda plata — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Lower Sorbian: kšuta plata — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Spanish: disco duro — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Swahili: kiendeshi diski kuu — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Swedish: hårddisk — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Tagalog: hard disk drayb — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Tamil: ஹார்ட் டிரைவ் (hārṭ ṭiraiv) — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Telugu: హార్డ్ డిస్క్ డ్రైవు (hārḍ ḍisk ḍraivu) — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Thai: ฮาร์ดดิสก์ (hâat-dìt) — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Turkish: sabit disk — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Ukrainian: тве́рдий диск (tvérdyj dysk) — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Urdu: قرص کثیفی قیادہ — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Venetan: disco duro — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Vietnamese: ổ đĩa cứng — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Yakut: кытаанах диск (kïtaanaq disk) — device used for storing large amounts of data
  • Yiddish: האַרטער דיסק — device used for storing large amounts of data