CD

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Etymology

Abbreviation of various terms and phrases.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsiːˈdiː/

Noun

CD (countable and uncountable, plural CDs)

1. (now rare) The corps diplomatique, or diplomatic corps of a particular country.
   • 1955, Graham Greene, The Quiet American:

     Along the route to Tanyin flowed a fast stream of staff and C.D. cars.

   • 1978, Kingsley Amis, Jake's Thing, Vintage 2007, p. 8:

     Jake lengthened his stride and crossed the road in front of a double-parked car, large, black and with CD plates.

2. Compact disc; a form of digital media that is based on the use of a laser to read from a plastic disc in a reader device.
3. Certificate of deposit (from a financial institutions).
4. Creative director: head of the creative department (for example of an advertising agency).
5. Corporate design: specific design features of a company, corporate identity CI. (Can we clean up⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)
6. Collision detection (used by an Ethernet network to detect when two computers are sending frames at the same time, and also to deal with such collisions when they happen).
7. Circular dichroism.
8. chart datum
9. cross-dresser
10. (biochemistry) Initialism of cluster of differentiation.

Verb

CD (third-person singular simple present CDs, present participle CDing, simple past and past participle CDed)

1. To cross-dress.
   • 1993 January 5, "Tierney Dhewitrei" (username), about me, is it familiar?, in alt.transgendered, Usenet:

     By now I did not feel right without a bra and panties whenever I CD'ed.

Anagrams

• D&C, D.C., DC, Dc, dc

Noun

CD m (plural CDs)

1. CD, compact disc

Etymology

From English CD.

Pronunciation

Noun

CD

1. CD, compact disk (Classifier: 張／张 m)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se.de/

• CD

  (file)

• Homophone: céder

Noun

CD m (plural CD)

1. CD (compact disk)

Etymology

From English CD.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tseˈdeː/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

CD f (genitive CD, plural CDs or CD's or CD)

1. CD (compact disc)

Etymology

From English CD.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡seːdeː]

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

CD (plural CD-k)

1. CD (compact disc)

Etymology

Initialism of ceirnín dlúth (“compact disc”), but simultaneously a borrowing from English CD.

Noun

CD m

1. CD, compact disc

Etymology

From English CD.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) シーディ​ー [shìídíꜜì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ɕiːdʲiː]

Noun

CD (katakana シーディー, rōmaji shīdī)

1. Abbreviation of コンパクトディスク (konpakuto disuku, “compact disc”); a CD

   それはヘビメタのCD (シーディー)です。

   Sore wa hebimeta no shīdī desu.

   That is a heavy metal CD.

2. Abbreviation of キャッシュディスペンサー (kyasshu disupensā, “cash dispenser”).

   コンビニのCD (シーディー)からお金 (かね)を引 (ひ)き出 (だ)しました。

   Konbini no shīdī kara okane o hikidashimashita.

   I withdrew money from a CD at a convenient store.

See also

• CD-ROM

Alternative forms

• cd

Etymology

From English CD

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseːˈdeː/
• (Standard Eastern) IPA^(key): [ˈsêːˈděː]

Noun

CD m (definite singular CD-en, indefinite plural CD-er, definite plural CD-ene)

1. a CD (compact disc)

References

• “CD” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Alternative forms

• cd

Etymology

From English CD

Noun

CD m (definite singular CD-en, indefinite plural CD-ar, definite plural CD-ane)

1. a CD (compact disc)

References

• “CD” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Alternative forms

• cedê (uncommon)

Etymology

Borrowed from English CD.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌse.ˈde/

Noun

CD m (plural CDs)

1. CD (compact-disc: a type optical data storage disc)

Etymology

Borrowed from English CD.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈdi/

Noun

CD n (plural CD-uri)

1. CD, compact disc

Noun

CD m (plural CDs)

1. CD, compact disc

Noun

CD (definite accusative CD'yi, plural CD'ler)

1. CD, compact disc