Added 9 October 2026
disc
/dɪsk/ noun
Latin root: discus Wiktionary
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about disc at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- Sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove.
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Something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate.
the moon's disk hung in a cloudless sky
- (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored.
Origin
From French disque, from Latin discus, from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “disk, quoit, platter”). Doublet of dais, desk, discus, dish, disk, and diskos.
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