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CD
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Appendix:Variations of "cd"
Translingual
Etymology 1
Symbol
1 2 the Democratic Republic of the Congo 1997
mul COD ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 alpha-3 1997present ZR 19741997, as Zaire
mul IUCN Red List obsolete mul Conservation Dependent
Etymology 2
Noun
mul noun
corps diplomatique, diplomatic corps collective body of foreign diplomats accredited to a particular country or body
mul Democratic Republic of the Congo Ecology
English
Etymology
Abbreviation of various terms and phrases.
Pronunciation
en /ˌsiːˈdiː/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-CD.wav Southern England
en iː 2
Noun
~
en compact disc.
en I misplaced the software installation CD.
en Allan Kozinn The Future is Digital The New York Times 1980-04-13 https://www.nytimes.com/1980/04/13/archives/the-future-is-digital.html 0362-4331 Called Compact Discs (CD for short) and expected to enter the market by 1983, they play an hour per side and are virtually indestructible.
en metonymically dated An album; a collection of musical recordings (or, occasionally, other audio such as spoken word).
en Mariah Carey's new CD has some R'n'B influences.
en diplomacy now rare en corps diplomatique, the diplomatic corps of a particular country.
en 1955 w:Graham Greene The Quiet American Along the route to Tanyin flowed a fast stream of staff and C.D. cars.
en 1978 w:Kingsley Amis Jake's Thing 8 Vintage 2007 Jake lengthened his stride and crossed the road in front of a double-parked car, large, black and with CD plates.
en finance en certificate of deposit.
en Ann Carrns Rates on C.D.s Are Soaring, but the High Rates May Not Last The New York Times 2023-04-21 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/21/your-money/cd-bank-interest-rates.html 0362-4331 Banks may offer premium rates on C.D.s to attract deposits, but once they get those deposits, they end the offers. https://web.archive.org/web/20251028142118/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/21/your-money/cd-bank-interest-rates.html 28 October 2025
en business en creative director, head of the creative department (for example of an advertising agency).
en business en corporate design, specific design features of a company, corporate identity CI.
en networking en collision detection.
en nautical en chart datum.
en cross-dresser.
en cross-dressing.
en physical chemistry quantum mechanics en circular dichroism.
en immunology biochemistry en cluster of differentiation.
en video games en cooldown.
en UK law en controlled drug.
en medicine en Crohn's disease.
en software engineering en continuous delivery/deployment.
en CI
Derived terms
corps diplomatique en CD plate
compact disk en CD burner, en CD drive, en CD player, en mini CD, en CD-DA, en CD-i, en CD-R, en CD-ROM, en CD-RW, en DDCD, en MIL-CD, en VCD, en video CD
cluster of differentiation en CD3, en CD4, en CD7, en CD8, en CD10, en CD11, en CD13, en CD15, en CD18, en CD19, en CD20, en CD21, en CD22, en CD23, en CD30, en CD33, en CD35, en CD38, en CD43, en CD45, en CD46, en CD52, en CD54, en CD56, en CD79a, en CD103, en CD117, en CD135, en CD138, en CD150, en CD319
cooldown en CDR
others en CDer
Translations
abbreviation of compact disc compact disc
Arabic: ar سِي دِي m
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܩܘܼܪܨܵܐ ܚܠܝܼܨܵܐ m, aii ܣܝܼܕܝܼ m
Armenian: hy CD -
Bengali: bn সিডি
Burmese: my စီဒီ
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue CD si1 di1
Mandarin: cmn CD xīdì, cmn 光盤 guāngpán, cmn 光碟 guāngdié
Dutch: nl cd m
Esperanto: eo KD
Finnish: fi CD
French: fr CD m
Georgian: ka CD -
German: de CD f
Greek: el CD n
Hindi: hi सीडी
Italian: it CD m
Japanese: ja シーディー sīdī, ja CD sīdī
Khmer: km ស៊ីឌី
Korean: ko 시디
Lao: lo ຊີດີ
Macedonian: mk це-де n
Malay: ms CD
Marathi: mr सीडी f
Mòcheno: mhn CD f
Nahuatl:
Classical Nahuatl: nci yahualtōntli
Persian: fa سیدی si-di
Polish: pl CD m f n
Portuguese: pt CD m
Russian: ru m CD -, ru си-ди́ m
Spanish: es CD m
Swedish: sv CD c
Thai: th ซีดี
Urdu: ur سی ڈی sī-ḍī
Vietnamese: vi CD
Welsh: cy CD m
Verb
en cross-dress.
en January 5 1993 Tierney Dhewitrei about me, is it familiar? alt.transgendered By now I did not feel right without a bra and panties whenever I CD'ed.
Anagrams
en cd D&C D.C. DC Dc d/c dc
en 2-letter abbreviations
en Crossdressing Photochemistry
Catalan
Noun
m
en CD, compact disc
ca disc compacte
Chinese
Pronunciation
xīdì,xīdī,sēidì,py=CD si1 di1 sh:1shi di6 noun
cmn
Etymology 1
From zh en CD.
Noun
zh noun
CD, compact disk m,c:張 c:隻
zh 2011 zh:柯肇雷<t:Ke Zhaolei> zh:柯肇雷<t:Ke Zhaolei> lw:zh:因为爱情
給 你 一 張 過去 的 CD @ / 聽 聽 那時 我們 的 愛情
Derived terms
zh CD機 CD播放器 CD播放機
Etymology 2
Abbreviation of zh en cross-dresser.
Pronunciation
cmn
Noun
zh noun
zh Internet slang cross-dresser
zh Crossdressing
Cimbrian
Etymology
Borrowed from cim en CD.
Noun
f CD
cim Luserna CD compact disc
References
cim Music
Finnish
Etymology
fi en CD
Pronunciation
see-dee
Noun
CD, compact disc
Declension
CD e ä
Derived terms
fi compounds CD-kuvalevy CD-levy CD-soitin CD-standardi
Further reading
2023-07-02
fi initialisms
fi 2-letter abbreviations
French
fr:
Pronunciation
cédé
fr Fr-CD.ogg
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-CD.wav <<France>> (<<Toulouse>>)
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-CD.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>)
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-CD.wav France
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-CD.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>)
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-CD.wav <<France>> (<<Lyon>>)
fr céder
Noun
m #
en CD (compact disk)
Derived terms
fr lecteur CD/fr lecteur de CD
German
thumb|CD
Etymology
From de en CD.
Pronunciation
de /tseˈdeː/
de De-CD.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
f,s:-:'s[proscribed]
CD (compact disc)
Declension
f,-:s:'s[nonstandard, proscribed]
Further reading
Hungarian
Alternative forms
hu cédé
Etymology
From hu en CD.
Pronunciation
cédé
hu Hu-cédé.ogg
hu deː 2
Noun
-k
en CD (compact disc)
Declension
CD- eCD-
Derived terms
hu Compound words CD-lejátszó
Further reading
y, redirecting to cédé
Irish
Etymology
Initialism of ga ceirnín dlúth compact disc, but simultaneously a borrowing from ga en CD.
Noun
ga noun m initialisms
CD, compact disc
Italian
Etymology
it :bor en:CD
it en CD.
Pronunciation
cì dì
it LL-Q652 (ita)-DanielParoliere-CD.wav
Noun
it noun m initialisms
CD, compact disc
it disco compatto<q:rare>
Japanese
ja:CD (曖昧さ回避)
Etymology
ja en CD しいでぃい.
Pronunciation
シーディー 3
Noun
シーディー
ja しいでぃい コンパクトディスク konpakuto disuku compact disc; a en CD
それはヘビメタのC%Dです。 それ は ヘビメタ の シー%ディー です。 That is a heavy metal CD.
ja キャッシュディスペンサー kyasshu disupensā cash dispenser しいでぃい; an ATM, cash machine
コンビニのC%Dからお金を引き出しました。 コンビニ の シー%ディー から お-かね を ひきだしました。 I withdrew money from an ATM at a convenience store.
See also
C%D-ROM シー%ディー-ロム
ja terms written in foreign scripts
Mòcheno
Etymology
Borrowed from mhn en CD.
Noun
f CD
CD compact disc
References
mhn Art Technology
Norwegian Bokmål
no:
Alternative forms
nb cd
Etymology
From nb en CD.
Pronunciation
nb /ˈseːˈdeː/
nb [ˈsêːˈděː] Standard Eastern
Noun
CD- CD- CD-
a en CD compact disc
Synonyms
nb kompaktplate
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
nn:Kompaktplate
Alternative forms
nn cd
Etymology
From nn en CD.
Noun
CD-
a en CD compact disc
Synonyms
nn kompaktplate
References
Polish
pl:
thumb|CD
Alternative forms
pl cd less common
Etymology 1
pl :ubor en:CD + 1
Pronunciation
s-i'd-i Pl-CD.ogg;LL-Q809 (pol)-Gower-CD.wav C.D
Noun
m-in,n,f 1
pl computing music en CD, compact disc
pl kompakt płyta kompaktowa
Noun
m-in,n 1
pl computing music CD player
Etymology 2
pl fr CD, fr corps diplomatique.
Pronunciation
ce'de C.D
Noun
m-in,n 1
pl diplomacy en CD, corps diplomatique
Further reading
pl Consumer electronics
Portuguese
Alternative forms
pt cedê uncommon
Pronunciation
cê dê<q:initialism>
Etymology 1
pt :obor en:CD + 1
Noun
m #s
en CD compact-disc: a type optical data storage disc
Etymology 2
Noun
f #s
pt crossdresser
pt-BR 2021-04-08 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 Pinaúna Editora 9786586319200 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 https://books.google.com/books?id=n7k0EAAAQBAJ&pg=PT165&hl=en
Derived terms
pt CDzinha
Further reading
pt Computing Crossdressing
Romanian
Etymology
ro :bor en:CD + 1
Pronunciation
ro /siˈdi/
Noun
n CD-uri
en CD, compact disc
Declension
1
Spanish
Alternative forms
es cedé
Etymology
es :bor en:CD + 1
Pronunciation
cedé sidí<q:Latin America>
Noun
m +,#
en CD compact disc
es disco compacto compacto
es grammar es complemento directo
Further reading
cedé, grafía válida https://www.fundeu.es/recomendacion/cd-2 2011-02-04
Swedish
Alternative forms
sv cd
Etymology
sv en CD, according to SO attested since the mid-1980s.
Noun
c
A en CD (compact disc).
sv CD-skiva
sv CD indef p
sv CD:ar
Usage notes
The term sv 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
CD CD:n CD:ar CD:arna CD:s
CD CD:n CD CD:na CD:s CD:ns CD:s
References
SO
Turkish
Etymology
tr :bor en:CD + 1
Pronunciation
tr /siːˈdiː/
Noun
CD'yi CD'ler
en CD, compact disc
Declension
Derived terms
tr CD çalar CD kutusu
Welsh
Etymology
Initialism of cy crynoddisg compact disc, but simultaneously a borrowing from cy en CD.
Noun
cy noun m initialisms
CD, compact disc