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10 Language-to-English DictionariesScheibe
Pronunciation / Transliteration: shaɪbə
"Die Scheibe wird für die Speicherung von Informationen verwendet."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A flat, circular object or surface.
"The frisbee is a popular disk used for outdoor games." - 2
A storage medium for digital data, typically in the form of a hard disk or floppy disk.
"He saved the document on a USB disk for backup."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The word 'disk' originates from the Latin 'discus', which came from the Greek 'diskos', meaning 'a flat, round object'. The term evolved through Old French before entering Middle English, where it referred to circular objects, particularly in the context of music records and computer storage.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Disk" is said worldwide
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disque
Transliteration: disk
"Le disque est utilisé pour stocker des données."
Scheibe
Transliteration: shaɪbə
"Die Scheibe wird für die Speicherung von Informationen verwendet."
disco
Transliteration: dis-ko
"Il disco è un supporto per la musica."
disco
Transliteration: dis-ko
"El disco se utiliza para almacenar datos."
disco
Transliteration: dis-ku
"O disco é usado para armazenar informações."
डिस्क
Transliteration: ḍisk
"डिस्क डेटा संग्रहीत करने के लिए उपयोग की जाती है।"
磁盘
Transliteration: cí pán
"磁盘用于存储数据。"
디스크
Transliteration: diseukeu
"디스크는 데이터를 저장하는 데 사용됩니다."
ディスク
Transliteration: disuku
"ディスクはデータを保存するために使用されます。"
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