CD

See also:Cd,cD,cd,.cd,C.D.,andC&D

Translingual

Etymology 1

Symbol

CD

1. (international standards)ISO 3166-1alpha-2country codefortheDemocratic Republic of the Congosince 1997.

   Synonyms:COD(alpha-31997–present),ZR(1974–1997, asZaire)

2. (IUCN Red List,obsolete)AbbreviationofConservation 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/
• Rhymes:-iː

Noun

CD(countableanduncountable,pluralCDs)

1. Initialism ofcompact disc;a disc once commonly used to store data, and especially for the distribution ofmusicandsoftware.

   I misplaced the Windows 98 installCD.

   • 1980April 13, Allan Kozinn, “The Future is Digital”, inThe New York Times‎^[1],→ISSN:

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

   1. (metonymically,dated)Analbum;a collection of musical recordings (or, occasionally, other audio such asspoken word).

      Mariah Carey's newCDhas some R'n'B influences.

2. (diplomacy,nowrare)Initialism ofcorps diplomatique,thediplomatic corpsof a particular country.
   • 1955,Graham Greene,The Quiet American:

     Along the route to Tanyin flowed a fast stream of staff andC.D.cars.

   • 1978,Kingsley Amis,Jake's Thing,Vintage, published2007,page 8:

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

3. (finance)Abbreviationofcertificate of deposit.
   • 2023April 21, Ann Carrns, “Rates on C.D.s Are Soaring, but the High Rates May Not Last”, inThe New York Times‎^[2],→ISSN:

     Banks may offer premium rates onC.D.sto attract deposits, but once they get those deposits, they end the offers.

4. (business)Initialism ofcreative director,head of the creative department (for example of an advertising agency).
5. (business)Initialism ofcorporate design,specific design features of a company, corporate identityCI.
6. (networking)Initialism ofcollision detection.
7. (nautical)Initialism ofchart datum.
8. Initialism ofcross-dresser.
9. (physical chemistry,quantum mechanics)Initialism ofcircular dichroism.
10. (immunology,biochemistry)Initialism ofcluster of differentiation.
11. (video games)Abbreviationofcooldown.
12. (UK,law)Initialism ofcontrolled drug.
13. (medicine)AbbreviationofCrohn's disease.
14. (software engineering)Initialism ofcontinuous delivery/deployment.

    Coordinate term:CI

Derived terms

• (corps diplomatique):CD plate
• (compact disk):CD burner,CD drive,CD player,mini CD,CD-DA,CD-i,CD-R,CD-ROM,CD-RW,DDCD,MIL-CD,VCD,video CD
• (cluster of differentiation):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

abbreviation of compact disc—see alsocompact disc

• Arabic:سِي دِيm(sī dī)
• Armenian:CD
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic:ܩܘܼܪܨܵܐ ܚܠܝܼܨܵܐm(qurṣā ḥlīṣā),ܣܝܼܕܝܼm(sīdī)
• Bengali:সিডি(bn)(śiḍi)
• Burmese:စီဒီ(cidi)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese:CD(si¹di¹)

  Mandarin:CD(zh)(xīdì),Quang bàn／Quang bàn(zh)(guāngpán),Quang điệp(zh)(guāngdié)

• Classical Nahuatl:yahualtōntli
• Dutch:cd(nl)m
• Esperanto:KD
• Finnish:CD(fi)
• French:CD(fr)m
• Georgian:CD
• German:CD(de)f
• Greek:CD(el)n
• Hindi:सीडी(sīḍī)
• Italian:CD(it)m
• Japanese:シーディー(sīdī),ＣＤ(sīdī)
• Khmer:ស៊ីឌី(siidii)
• Korean:시디(ko)(sidi)
• Lao:ຊີ​ດີ(sī dī)
• Macedonian:це-деn(ce-de)
• Malay:CD(ms)
• Marathi:सीडीf(sīḍī)
• Mòcheno:CDf
• Persian:سیدی(si-di)
• Polish:CD(pl)morforn
• Portuguese:CD(pt)m
• Russian:CDm,си-ди́m(si-dí)
• Spanish:CD(es)m
• Swedish:CD(sv)c
• Thai:ซีดี(th)(sii-dii)
• Urdu:سی ڈی(sī-ḍī)
• Vietnamese:CD
• Welsh:CDm

Verb

CD(third-person singular simple presentCDs,present participleCDing,simple past and past participleCDed)

1. Tocross-dress.
   • 1993January 5, Tierney Dhewitrei, “about me, is it familiar?”, inalt.transgendered(Usenet):

     By now I did not feel right without a bra and panties whenever ICD'ed.

Anagrams

• D&C,D.C.,DC,Dc,d/c,dc

Catalan

Noun

CDm(pluralCDs)

1. CD,compact disc

   Synonym:disc compacte

Chinese

Etymology

FromEnglishCD.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin):xīdì,sēidì

  (Zhuyin):ㄒㄧ ㄉㄧˋ, ㄙㄟ ㄉㄧˋ

• Cantonese(Jyutping):si¹di¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin:CD
    • Zhuyin:ㄒㄧ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin:sidì
    • Wade–Giles:hsi¹-ti⁴
    • Yale:syī-dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh:shidih
    • Palladius:сиди(sidi)
    • SinologicalIPA^(key):/ɕi⁵⁵ ti⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin:sēidì
    • Zhuyin:ㄙㄟ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin:seidì
    • Wade–Giles:sei¹-ti⁴
    • Yale:sēi-dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh:seidih
    • Palladius:сэйди(sɛjdi)
    • SinologicalIPA^(key):/seɪ̯⁵⁵ ti⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese,Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping:si¹di¹
    • Yale:sīdī
    • Cantonese Pinyin:si¹di¹
    • Guangdong Romanization:xi¹di¹
    • SinologicalIPA^(key):/siː⁵⁵tiː⁵⁵/

Noun

CD

1. CD,compact disk(Classifier:Trương／Trươngmc;Chỉ／Chỉc)

   • CấpNhĩNhấtTrươngQuá khứĐíchCD/ThínhThínhNa thờiNgã mônĐíchÁi tình[MSC,trad.]
     CấpNhĩNhấtTrươngQuá khứĐíchCD/ThínhThínhNa thờiNgã mônĐíchÁi tình[MSC,simp.]

     From:2011,Kha triệu lôi(Ke Zhaolei) (lyrics and music),《Nhân vi ái tình》

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

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

• CD bá phóng khí(xìdì bōfàngqì)
• CD bá phóng cơ／CD bá phóng cơ(xìdì bōfàngjī)
• CD cơ／CD cơ(xìdìjī)

Cimbrian

Etymology

Borrowed fromEnglishCD.

Noun

CDf(pluralCD)

1. (Luserna)CD(compact disc)

References

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

Finnish

Etymology

EnglishCD

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈseːˌdeː/,[ˈs̠e̞ːˌde̞ː]

Noun

CD

1. CD,compact disc

Declension

InflectionofCD(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

• CD-kuvalevy
• CD-levy
• CD-soitin
• CD-standardi

Further reading

• “CD”,inKielitoimiston sanakirja[Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3](in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki:Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus(Institute for the Languages of Finland),2004–,retrieved2023-07-02

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/se.de/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Homophone:céder

Noun

CDm(pluralCD)

1. CD(compact disk)

Derived terms

• lecteur CD/lecteur de CD

German

CD

Etymology

FromEnglishCD.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/tseˈdeː/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

CDf(genitiveCD,pluralCDsorCDor(proscribed)CD's)

1. CD(compact disc)

Declension

Declension ofCD[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”inDigitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hungarian

Alternative forms

• cédé

Etymology

FromEnglishCD.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[ˈt͡seːdeː]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes:-deː

Noun

CD(pluralCD-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 formsofCD
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

• CD-lejátszó

Further reading

• CD,redirecting tocédéinNóra Ittzés, editor,A magyar nyelv nagyszótára[A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó,2006–2031(work in progress; publisheda–ezas of 2024).

Irish

Etymology

Initialism ofceirnín dlúth(“compact disc”),but simultaneously a borrowing fromEnglishCD.

Noun

CDm

1. CD,compact disc

Japanese

Etymology

FromEnglishCD.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

CD(シーディー)•(shīdī)

1. Abbreviationofコンパクトディスク(konpakuto disuku,“compact disc”);aCD

   それはヘビメタのＣ(シー)Ｄ(ディー)です.

   Sore wa hebimeta noshīdīdesu.

   That is a heavy metalCD.

2. Abbreviationofキャッシュディスペンサー(kyasshu disupensā,“cash dispenser”);anATM,cash machine

   コンビニのＣ(シー)Ｄ(ディー)からおKim(かね)をDẫn(ひ)きXuất(だ)しました.

   Konbini noshīdīkara o-kane o hikidashimashita.

   I withdrew money from anATMat a convenience store.

See also

• C(シー)D&(ディー&)#45;ROM(ロム)(shīdī-romu)

Mòcheno

Etymology

Borrowed fromEnglishCD.

Noun

CDf(pluralCD)

1. CD(compact disc)

References

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• cd

Etymology

FromEnglishCD.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈseːˈdeː/
• (Standard Eastern)IPA^(key):[ˈsêːˈděː]

Noun

CDm(definite singularCD-en,indefinite pluralCD-er,definite pluralCD-ene)

1. aCD(compact disc)

Synonyms

• kompaktplate

References

• “CD”inThe Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• cd

Etymology

FromEnglishCD.

Noun

CDm(definite singularCD-en,indefinite pluralCD-ar,definite pluralCD-ane)

1. aCD(compact disc)

Synonyms

• kompaktplate

References

• “CD”inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

CD

Alternative forms

• cd(less common)

Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowingfromEnglishCD.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/siˈdi/

• Audio 1:

  (file)

• Audio 2:

  (file)

• Rhymes:-i
• Syllabification:C‧D

Noun

CDminanornorf(indeclinable)

1. (computing,music)CD,compact disc

   Synonyms:kompakt,płyta kompaktowa

Noun

CDminanorn(indeclinable)

1. (computing,music)CD player

Etymology 2

Unadapted borrowingfromFrenchCD,corps diplomatique.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

CDminanorn(indeclinable)

1. (diplomacy)CD,corps diplomatique

Further reading

• CDinWielki słownik języka polskiego,Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• CDin Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• cedê(uncommon)

Etymology

Orthographic borrowingfromEnglishCD.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil)IPA^(key):(initialism)/ˈse ˈde/

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

Noun

CDm(pluralCDs)

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

Romanian

Etymology

BorrowedfromEnglishCD.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/siˈdi/

Noun

CDn(pluralCD-uri)

1. CD,compact disc

Declension

Declension ofCD

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un)CD	CD-ul	(niște)CD-uri	CD-urile
genitive/dative	(unui)CD	CD-ului	(unor)CD-uri	CD-urilor
vocative	CD-ule		CD-urilor

Spanish

Etymology

BorrowedfromEnglishCD.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

CDm(pluralCDs)

1. CD,compact disc

   Synonyms:disco compacto,compacto

Further reading

• “CD”,inDiccionario de la lengua española[Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition,Royal Spanish Academy,2014 October 16

Swedish

Alternative forms

• cd

Etymology

BorrowedfromEnglishCD,according to SO attested since the mid-1980s.

Noun

CDc

1. ACD(compact disc).

   Synonym:CD-skiva

2. indefinitepluralofCD

   Synonym:CD:ar

Declension

• (singular indefinite nominative)CD
• (singular indefinite genitive)CD:s
• (singular definite nominative)CD:n
• (singular definite genitive)CD:ns
• (plural indefinite nominative)CD:ar;CD
• (plural indefinite genitive)CD:s;CD:ars
• (plural definite nominative)CD:arna;CD:na
• (plural definite genitive)CD:arnas;CD:nas

References

• CDinSvensk ordbok(SO)

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed fromEnglishCD.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/siːˈdiː/

Noun

CD(definite accusativeCD'yi,pluralCD'ler)

1. CD,compact disc

Declension

Declension ofCD

	singular	plural
nominative	CD	CDler/CD'ler
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

Possession ofCD

	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 ofcrynoddisg(“compact disc”),but simultaneously a borrowing fromEnglishCD.

Noun

CDm

1. CD,compact disc