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compact disc

compact disc noun: a kind of plastic optical disc used to store audio or digital data, read by a laser in a drive.

compact disc: a kind of plastic optical disc used to store audio or digital data, read by a laser in a drive
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Noun

compact disc (plural compact discs)

  1. A kind of plastic optical disc used to store audio or digital data, read by a laser in a drive.
    Synonyms:
    CD

compact disc meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

compact disc in Hindi

optical disc used to store data
सीडी sīḍī, कॉम्पैक्ट डिस्क kŏmpaikṭ ḍisk, काँम्पैक्ट डिस्क kā̃mpaikṭ ḍisk, कांम्पैक्ट डिस्क kā̃mpaikṭ ḍisk

compact disc in Tamil

பொதி வட்டை, குறுவட்டு

compact disc in Urdu

optical disc used to store data
سی ڈی sīḍī

compact disc in Bengali

optical disc used to store data
সিডি śiḍi, কম্প্যাক্ট ডিস্ক komppakṭo ḍisko, কমপ্যাক্ট ডিস্ক komoppakṭo ḍisko
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compact disc in Kannada
ಅಡಕ ತಟ್ಟೆ
compact disc in Arabic
سِي دِي sī dī, قُرْص مَضْغُوط qurṣ maḍḡūṭ, قُرْص سِي دِي qurṣ sī dī
compact disc in Malay
cakera padat, CD
compact disc in Indonesian
piringan padat
compact disc in Thai
ซีดี sii-dii
compact disc in Vietnamese
đĩa CD
compact disc in Myanmar
စီဒီ cidi

Synonyms of compact disc

Forms of compact disc

pluralcompact discs
alternative formcompact disk

Words formed from compact disc

Questions about compact disc

What does compact disc mean?
Compact disc means a kind of plastic optical disc used to store audio or digital data, read by a laser in a drive.
What is compact disc in Hindi?
Compact disc in Hindi is सीडी (sīḍī), कॉम्पैक्ट डिस्क (kŏmpaikṭ ḍisk), काँम्पैक्ट डिस्क (kā̃mpaikṭ ḍisk). See Compact disc meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is compact disc?
Compact disc is a noun.
What is the plural of compact disc?
The plural of compact disc is compact discs.

Words near compact disc in the dictionary

  1. compact audio cassettes
  2. compact camera
  3. compact cameras
  4. compact cassette
  5. compact cassettes
  6. compact disc
  7. compact disc drive
  8. compact disc drives
  9. compact discs
  10. compact disk
  11. compact disks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: compact disc (page history and authors); compact disc (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); compact disc (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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