CD

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Etymology

Abbreviation of various terms and phrases.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsiːˈdiː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

CD (countable and uncountable, plural CDs)

1. Initialism of compact disc; a disc once commonly used to store data, and especially for the distribution of music and software.

   I misplaced the Windows 98 install CD.

   • 1980 April 13, Allan Kozinn, “The Future is Digital”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     Called Compact Discs (CD for short) and expected to enter the market by 1983, they play an hour per side and are virtually indestructible.

   1. (metonymically, dated) An album; a collection of musical recordings (or, occasionally, other audio such as spoken word).

      Mariah Carey's new CD has some R'n'B influences.

2. (diplomacy, now rare) Initialism of corps diplomatique, the 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, published 2007, page 8:

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

3. (finance) Abbreviation of certificate of deposit.
   • 2023 April 21, Ann Carrns, “Rates on C.D.s Are Soaring, but the High Rates May Not Last”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     Banks may offer premium rates on C.D.s to attract deposits, but once they get those deposits, they end the offers.

4. (business) Initialism of creative director, head of the creative department (for example of an advertising agency).
5. (business) Initialism of corporate design, specific design features of a company, corporate identity CI.
6. (networking) Initialism of collision detection.
7. (nautical) Initialism of chart datum.
8. Initialism of cross-dresser.
9. Initialism of cross-dressing.
10. (physical chemistry, quantum mechanics) Initialism of circular dichroism.
11. (immunology, biochemistry) Initialism of cluster of differentiation.
12. (video games) Abbreviation of cooldown.
13. (UK, law) Initialism of controlled drug.
14. (medicine) Abbreviation of Crohn's disease.
15. (software engineering) Initialism of continuous delivery/deployment.

    Coordinate term: CI

Verb

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

1. Initialism of cross-dress.
   • 1993 January 5, Tierney Dhewitrei, “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, d/c, dc

Noun

CD m (plural CDs)

1. CD, compact disc

   Synonym: disc compacte

Etymology

From English CD.

Pronunciation

Noun

CD

1. CD, compact disk (Classifier: 張／张 m c; 隻／只 c)

   • 給你一張過去的CD / 聽聽那時我們的愛情 [MSC, trad.]
     给你一张过去的CD / 听听那时我们的爱情 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2011, 柯肇雷 (Ke Zhaolei) (lyrics and music), 《因为爱情》

     gěi nǐ yī zhāng guòqù de CD  /  tīng tīng nàshí wǒmen de àiqíng [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Etymology

Borrowed from English CD.

Noun

CD f (plural CD)

1. (Luserna) CD (compact disc)

References

• “CD” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

Etymology

English CD

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseːˌdeː/, [ˈs̠e̞ːˌde̞ː]
• Rhymes: -eː

Noun

CD

1. CD, compact disc

Further reading

• “CD”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se.de/

• Audio:

  (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 or (proscribed) CD's)

1. CD (compact disc)

Further reading

• “CD” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Alternative forms

• cédé

Etymology

From English CD.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡seːdeː]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -deː

Noun

CD (plural CD-k)

1. CD (compact disc)

Further reading

• CD, redirecting to cédé in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

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(シーディー) • (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Ｃ(シー)Ｄ(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”); an ATM, cash machine

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

   Konbini no shīdī kara o-kane o hikidashimashita.

   I withdrew money from an ATM at a convenience store.

See also

• C(シー)D-ROM(ディーロム) (shīdī-romu)

Etymology

Borrowed from English CD.

Noun

CD f (plural CD)

1. CD (compact disc)

References

• “CD” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

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

• cd (less common)

Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from English CD.

Etymology 2

Unadapted borrowing from French CD, corps diplomatique.

Further reading

• CD in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• CD in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Alternative forms

• cedê (uncommon)

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from English CD.

Pronunciation

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

Etymology

Borrowed from English CD.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θeˈde/ [θeˈð̞e]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /seˈde/ [seˈð̞e]
• Rhymes: -e

Noun

CD m (plural CDs)

1. CD, compact disc

   Synonyms: disco compacto, compacto

Further reading

• “CD”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Alternative forms

• cd

Etymology

Borrowed from English CD, according to SO attested since the mid-1980s.

Noun

CD c

1. A CD (compact disc).

   Synonym: CD-skiva

2. indefinite plural of CD

   Synonym: CD:ar

References

• CD in Svensk ordbok (SO)

Etymology

Borrowed from English CD.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siːˈdiː/

Noun

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

1. CD, compact disc

Etymology

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

Noun

CD m

1. CD, compact disc