Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

disc

/dɪsk/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.13 in modern English

Syllables: disc
IPA: /dɪsk/

7

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.

noun

An intervertebral disc.

noun

Something resembling a disc.

noun

A vinyl phonograph or gramophone record.

noun

The flat surface of an organ, as a leaf, any flat, round growth.

noun

Ellipsis of flying disc; synonym of frisbee; generic name for the trademark Frisbee.

noun

Alternative form of disk

verb

To harrow with a disc harrow.

Example Sentences

"A coin is a disc of metal."
"; the top one is acted on by the spindle and disc d, moved by the lever e;"
"Venus's disc cut off light from the Sun."
"[A] peculiar luminous and sinuous marking appeared on the unillumined half of the inner planet, and almost simultaneously a faint dark mark of a similar sinuous character was detected upon a photograph of the Martian disc."
"Turn the disc over, after it has finished."
"It is held that discing is as much value to lucerne as cultivation is to corn."

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos)der. Latin discusbor. French disquebor. English disc From French disque, from Latin discus, from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “disk, quoit, platter”). Doublet of dais, desk, discus, dish, disk, and diskos.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: disque, discus, δίσκος

Inflected Forms

discs (plural) disk (alternative, US) discs (present, singular) discing (participle, present) disced (participle, past) disced (past)

Derived Forms

amphidisc bidisc coverdisc discal discectomy discer discette discful disciferous discitis discless disclike

Phrases

disc golf recovery disc time disc ultimate disc abrasive disc accretion disc Airy disc Alderson disc

Synonyms

disk magnetic disk magnetic disc phonograph record phonograph recording record platter saucer

Homonyms

disk

Rhymes With

risk disk brisk whisk fisk frisk fiske bisque risc sisk fisc lisk

Questions

How do you pronounce disc?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɪsk/.
What does disc mean?: A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.
Where does disc come from?: It is traced to French.

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