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/disk/

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Translation

disc, record

Word origin

From Latin discus ('quoit, disc, dish'), itself borrowed from Ancient Greek diskos ('quoit'). English 'disc', 'discus' and 'dish' all descend from the same Latin word.

Origin
Latin
Root
discus
English cognates
disc, discus, dish

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluraldisques

Examples

- grenier.

My grandfather keeps his old records in the attic.

.

The hard drive of my computer is almost full.

vendu ' .

That band has sold more than a million records.

'.

The moon looked like a silver disc.

platine .

She put the record on the turntable and turned the sound up.

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This word is part of lesson 33.