LCD

See also: lcd

English

Noun

LCD (plural LCDs)

2. (electronics, computing) Initialism of liquid crystal display.

   Hypernyms: display < device

   Coordinate terms: CRT, LED, TFT, VDU

   • 2001 May 23, James Connell, “Apple to Drop CRT Monitors”, in International Herald Tribune‎^[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 7 November 2025:

     LCD monitors offer higher resolution and take up far less space than traditional PC displays.

4. (number theory) Initialism of lowest common denominator = least common denominator.

   Hypernyms: denominator < number

   Coordinate term: GCF

6. Initialism of liquor carbonis detergens, that is, coal tar solution.

   Synonym: liquor picis carbonis

   Hypernyms: solution < material, substance

Translations

liquid crystal display

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 液晶显示屏, 液晶显示器 (zh), LCD (zh)

• Finnish: LCD-näyttö, nestekidenäyttö (fi)
• French: ACL (fr)
• German: LCD (de)
• Italian: LCD (it) m
• Japanese: LCD (erushīdī), 液晶ディスプレイ (ekishō disupurei), 液晶 (ja) (ekishō)
• Macedonian: ЛЦД (LCD)
• Persian: ال‌سی‌دی (el-si-di)
• Polish: LCD (pl) n
• Russian: ЖКД m (ŽKD), ЖК-диспле́й m (ŽK-displéj)
• Spanish: LCD (es) m
• Vietnamese: màn hình tinh thể lỏng
• Xibe: ᠠᡞᠯ
  ᠰᡟᡞ
  ᡩᡞ (ail syi di)

Anagrams

• CDL, CLD, Cld., DCL, DLC, LDC

Italian

Etymology

From English.

Noun

LCD m (invariable)

1. LCD

   Synonym: schermo a cristalli liquidi

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English LCD.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [e̞ɾɯ̟ɕiːdʲiː]
• (Tokyo) エルシーディー [èrúshíídíꜜì] (Nakadaka – [5])

• (Ōsaka) エルシーディ​ー [érúshíídíꜜì] (Kōki)

Noun

LCD(エルシーディー) • (erushīdī) 

1. LCD

Synonyms

• 液(えき)晶(しょう)ディスプレイ (ekishō disupurei) (formal)
• 液(えき)晶(しょう) (ekishō) (colloquial)

Portuguese

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from English LCD.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.li ˈse ˈde/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.lɨ ˈse ˈde/ [ˈɛ.lɨ ˈse ˈðe]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.lɨ ˈse ˈde/ [ˈɛ.lɨ ˈse ˈðe]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.lɨ ˈse ˈde/

Noun

LCD m (plural LCDs)

1. (electronics, computing) LCD (liquid crystal display)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:LCD.

Further reading

• “LCD”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English LCD.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eleθeˈde/ [e.le.θeˈð̞e] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /eleseˈde/ [e.le.seˈð̞e] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -e

Noun

LCD m (plural LCDs)

1. (electronics, computing) LCD (liquid crystal display)