English Explanatory Dictionary

CD

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Initialism of compact disc.
  2. An album; a collection of musical recordings (or, occasionally, other audio such as spoken word).
  3. Initialism of corps diplomatique, the diplomatic corps of a particular country.
  4. Abbreviation of certificate of deposit.
  5. Initialism of creative director, head of the creative department (for example of an advertising agency).
  6. Initialism of corporate design, specific design features of a company, corporate identity CI.
  7. Initialism of collision detection.
  8. Initialism of chart datum.
  9. Initialism of cross-dresser.
  10. Initialism of cross-dressing.
  11. Initialism of circular dichroism.
  12. Initialism of cluster of differentiation.
verb
  1. Initialism of cross-dress.
verb
  1. Abbreviation of could.
noun
  1. a type of giant elliptical galaxy

Pronunciation

/ˌsiːˈdiː/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-CD.wav

Word forms

CD CDs CDing CDed

Etymology

Abbreviation of various terms and phrases.

Derived words

CD burner CD drive CD player mini CD CD-DA CD-i CD-R CD-ROM CD-RW DDCD MIL-CD VCD video CD CDR CD plate CD3 CD4 CD7 CD8 CD10 CD11 CD13 CD15 CD18 CD19 CD20 CD21 CD22 CD23 CD30 CD33 CD35 CD38 CD43 CD45 CD46 CD52 CD54 CD56 CD79a CD103 CD117 CD135 CD138 CD150 CD319

Translations

Arabic: سِي دِي Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܩܘܼܪܨܵܐ ܚܠܝܼܨܵܐ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܣܝܼܕܝܼ Armenian: CD Bengali: সিডি Burmese: စီဒီ Chinese Cantonese: CD (si¹ di¹) Chinese Mandarin: CD (xīdì) Chinese Mandarin: 光盤 /光盘 Chinese Mandarin: 光碟 Dutch: cd Esperanto: KD Finnish: CD French: CD Georgian: CD German: CD Greek: CD Hindi: सीडी Italian: CD Japanese: シーディー Japanese: ＣＤ (sīdī) Khmer: ស៊ីឌី Korean: 시디 Lao: ຊີດີ Macedonian: це-де Malay: CD Marathi: सीडी Mòcheno: CD Classical Nahuatl: yahualtōntli Persian: سیدی Polish: CD Portuguese: CD Russian: CD Russian: си-ди́ Spanish: CD Swedish: CD Thai: ซีดี Urdu: سی ڈی Vietnamese: CD Welsh: CD
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