CD

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Translingual

Etymology 1

Symbol

CD

  1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 1997.
    Synonyms: COD (alpha-3 1997–present), ZR (1974–1997, as Zaire)
  2. (IUCN Red List, obsolete) Abbreviation of Conservation Dependent

Etymology 2

Noun

CD

  1. corps diplomatique, diplomatic corps (collective body of foreign diplomats accredited to a particular country or body)

English

Etymology

Abbreviation of various terms and phrases.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌsiːˈdiː/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -iː

Noun

CD (countable and uncountable, plural CDs)

  1. Initialism of compact disc.
    I misplaced the software installation CD.
    1. (metonymic, 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.
  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

Derived terms

Translations

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

Catalan

Noun

CD m (plural CDs)

  1. CD, compact disc
    Synonym: disc compacte

Chinese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From English CD.

Noun

CD

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

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of English cross-dresser.

Pronunciation

Noun

CD

  1. (Internet slang) cross-dresser

Cimbrian

Etymology

Borrowed from English CD.

Noun

CD f (plural CD)

  1. (Luserna) CD (compact disc)

References

Finnish

Etymology

English CD

Pronunciation

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

Noun

CD

  1. CD, compact disc

Declension

Inflection of CD (Kotus type 18/maa)
singular plural
nominative CD CD:t
genitive CD:n CD:iden
CD:itten
partitive CD:tä CD:itä
accusative CD
CD:n 		CD:t
inessive CD:ssä CD:issä
elative CD:stä CD:istä
illative CD:hen CD:ihin
adessive CD:llä CD:illä
ablative CD:ltä CD:iltä
allative CD:lle CD:ille
essive CD:nä CD:inä
translative CD:ksi CD:iksi
abessive CD:ttä CD:ittä
instructive – CD:in
comitative – CD:ineen

Derived terms

compounds

Further reading

French

Pronunciation

Noun

CD m (invariable)

  1. CD (compact disk)

Derived terms

German

CD

Etymology

From English CD.

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. CD (compact disc)

Declension

Declension of CD [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die CD die CD, CDs, CD's1
genitive einer der CD der CD, CDs, CD's1
dative einer der CD den CD, CDs, CD's1
accusative eine die CD die CD, CDs, CD's1

1Nonstandard, proscribed.

Further reading

  • “CD”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[4] (in German)

Hungarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English CD.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡seːdeː]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -deː

Noun

CD (plural CD-k)

  1. CD (compact disc)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative CD CD-k
accusative CD-t CD-ket
dative CD-nek CD-knek
instrumental CD-vel CD-kkel
causal-final CD-ért CD-kért
translative CD-vé CD-kké
terminative CD-ig CD-kig
essive-formal CD-ként CD-kként
essive-modal — —
inessive CD-ben CD-kben
superessive CD-n CD-ken
adessive CD-nél CD-knél
illative CD-be CD-kbe
sublative CD-re CD-kre
allative CD-hez CD-khez
elative CD-ből CD-kből
delative CD-ről CD-kről
ablative CD-től CD-ktől
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		CD-é CD-ké
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		CD-éi CD-kéi
Possessive forms of CD
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. CD-m CD-im
2nd person sing. CD-d CD-id
3rd person sing. CD-je CD-i
1st person plural CD-nk CD-ink
2nd person plural CD-tek CD-itek
3rd person plural CD-jük CD-ik

Derived terms

Compound words

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 2026).

Irish

Etymology

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

Noun

CD m

  1. CD, compact disc

Italian

Etymology

    Borrowed from English CD.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃi ˈdi/
    • Audio:(file)

    Noun

    CD m

    1. CD, compact disc
      Synonym: (rare) disco compatto

    Japanese

    Etymology

    Borrowed from English CD.

    Pronunciation

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

    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

    Mòcheno

    Etymology

    Borrowed from English CD.

    Noun

    CD f (plural CD)

    1. CD (compact disc)

    References

    Norwegian Bokmål

    Alternative forms

    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)

    Synonyms

    • kompaktplate

    References

    Norwegian Nynorsk

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    From English CD.

    Noun

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

    1. a CD (compact disc)

    Synonyms

    • kompaktplate

    References

    Polish

    CD

    Alternative forms

    • cd (less common)

    Etymology 1

      Unadapted borrowing from English CD.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /siˈdi/
      • Audio 1:(file)
      • Audio 2:(file)
      • Rhymes: -i
      • Syllabification: C‧D

      Noun

      CD m inan or n or f (indeclinable)

      1. (computing, music) CD, compact disc
        Synonyms: kompakt, płyta kompaktowa

      Noun

      CD m inan or n (indeclinable)

      1. (computing, music) CD player

      Etymology 2

      Unadapted borrowing from French CD, corps diplomatique.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /t͡sɛˈdɛ/
      • Rhymes: -ɛ
      • Syllabification: C‧D

      Noun

      CD m inan or n (indeclinable)

      1. (diplomacy) CD, corps diplomatique

      Further reading

      • “CD”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[5] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
      • “CD”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[6] (in Polish)

      Portuguese

      Alternative forms

      Pronunciation

      • (Brazil) IPA(key): (initialism) /ˈse ˈde/
       
      • (Portugal) IPA(key): (initialism) /ˈse ˈde/ [ˈse ˈðe]
        • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): (initialism) /ˈse ˈde/

      Etymology 1

        Orthographic borrowing from English CD.

        Noun

        CD m (plural CDs)

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

        Etymology 2

        Noun

        CD f (plural CDs)

        1. initialism of crossdresser
          • 2021 April 8, Beatriz Bastos, Bia Mathieu, Carolina Dantas, Carol Dia, Stéfane Souto, Luana Souza, Joice Araújo, Sara Mariano, Sofia, Controversas: Perspectivas de Mulheres em Cultura e Sociedade‎[7], Pinaúna Editora, →ISBN:
            Certo dia, eu li que meninos que se vestiam de meninas sem ter como objetivo a cena, eram chamados de crossdressing e a sigla utilizada era CD. Estava aí, então, a pista para o nome com o qual eu me identificaria em salas de bate papo, Lili CDzinha, uma alusão à personagem Lili Bolero, interpretada pela saudosa atriz Consuelo
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        Derived terms
        • CDzinha

        Further reading

        Romanian

        Etymology

          Borrowed from English CD.

          Pronunciation

          • IPA(key): /siˈdi/

          Noun

          CD n (plural CD-uri)

          1. CD, compact disc

          Declension

          singular plural
          indefinite definite indefinite definite
          nominative-accusative CD CD-ul CD-uri CD-urile
          genitive-dative CD CD-ului CD-uri CD-urilor
          vocative CD-ule CD-urilor

          Spanish

          Alternative forms

          Etymology

            Borrowed from English CD.

            Pronunciation

            Noun

            CD m (plural CDs or CD)

            1. CD (compact disc)
              Synonyms: disco compacto, compacto
            2. (grammar) initialism of complemento directo

            Further reading


            Swedish

            Alternative forms

            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

            Usage notes

            • The term CD in Swedish can be declined in two ways, possibly due to its status as a loanword. Both declensions are generally considered acceptable, although specific style guides may dictate otherwise.

            Declension

            Declension of CD
            nominative genitive
            singular indefinite CD CD:s
            definite CD:n CD:ns
            plural indefinite CD:ar CD:ars
            definite CD:arna CD:arnas
            Declension of CD
            nominative genitive
            singular indefinite CD CD:s
            definite CD:n CD:ns
            plural indefinite CD CD:s
            definite CD:na CD:nas

            References

            • “CD”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)

            Turkish

            Etymology

              Borrowed from English CD.

              Pronunciation

              • IPA(key): /siːˈdiː/

              Noun

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

              1. CD, compact disc

              Declension

              Declension of CD
              singular plural
              nominative CD CDler / CD'ler
              definite accusative CD'yi CDleri / CD'leri
              dative CD'ye CDlere / CD'lere
              locative CD'de CDlerde / CD'lerde
              ablative CD'den CDlerden / CD'lerden
              genitive CD'nin CDlerin / CD'lerin
              Possessive forms of CD
              singular plural
              benim (my) CD'm CDlerim
              CD'lerim
              senin (your) CD'n CDlerin
              CD'lerin
              onun (his/her/its) CD'si CDleri
              CD'leri
              bizim (our) CD'miz CDlerimiz
              CD'lerimiz
              sizin (your) CD'niz CDleriniz
              CD'leriniz
              onların (their) CD'si
              CDleri
              CD'leri               		CDleri
              CD'leri

              Derived terms

              • CD çalar
              • CD kutusu

              Welsh

              Etymology

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

              Noun

              CD m

              1. CD, compact disc
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