CD

CD

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Democratic Republic of the Congo since 1997.

   Synonyms: COD (alpha-3 1997–present), ZR (1974–1997, as Zaire)

CD

1. corps diplomatique, diplomatic corps (collective body of foreign diplomats accredited to a particular country or body)

Abbreviation of various terms and phrases.

• IPA^(key): /ˌsiːˈdiː/
• Rhymes: -iː

CD (countable and uncountable, plural CDs)

1. Initialism of compact disc; a disc once commonly used to store data, and especially for the distribution of music and software.

   I misplaced the Windows 98 install CD.

   • 1980 April 13, Allan Kozinn, “The Future is Digital”, in The New York Times‎, ISSN 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.

   1. (metonymically, dated) An album; a collection of musical recordings (or, occasionally, other audio such as spoken word).

      Mariah Carey's new CD has some R'n'B influences.

2. (diplomacy, now rare) Initialism of corps diplomatique, the diplomatic corps of a particular country.
   • 1955, Graham Greene, The Quiet American:

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

   • 1978, Kingsley Amis, Jake's Thing, Vintage 2007, p. 8:

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

3. (finance) Abbreviation of certificate of deposit.
4. (business) Initialism of creative director, head of the creative department (for example of an advertising agency).
5. (business) Initialism of corporate design, specific design features of a company, corporate identity CI. (Can we clean up⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)
6. (networking) Initialism of collision detection.
7. (nautical) Initialism of chart datum.
8. Initialism of cross-dresser.
9. (chemistry, physics) Initialism of circular dichroism.
10. (immunology, biochemistry) Initialism of cluster of differentiation.
11. (video games) Abbreviation of cooldown.
12. (UK, law) Initialism of controlled drug.
13. (medicine) Abbreviation of Crohn's disease.

• (corps diplomatique): CD plate
• (compact disk): CD burner, CD player, CD-R, CD-ROM, CD-RW
• (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

CD (third-person singular simple present CDs, present participle CDing, simple past and past participle CDed)

1. To cross-dress.
   • 1993 January 5, "Tierney Dhewitrei" (username), about me, is it familiar?, in alt.transgendered, Usenet:

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

• D&C, D.C., DC, Dc, d/c, dc

CD m (plural CDs)

1. CD, compact disc

• disc compacte

From English CD.

CD

1. CD, compact disk (Classifier: 張／张 m c; 隻／只 c)

   • 給你一張過去的CD / 聽聽那時我們的愛情 [MSC, trad.]
     给你一张过去的CD / 听听那时我们的爱情 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2011, 柯肇雷 (Ke Zhaolei) (lyrics and music), 《因为爱情》

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

     (please add an English translation of this example)

Borrowed from English CD.

CD f (plural CD)

1. (Luserna) CD (compact disc)

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

English CD

• IPA^(key): /ˈseːˌdeː/, [ˈs̠e̞ːˌde̞ː]

CD

1. CD, compact disc

• IPA^(key): /se.de/

• Audio

  (file)

• Homophone: céder

CD m (plural CD)

1. CD (compact disk)

• lecteur CD/lecteur de CD

From English CD.

• IPA^(key): /tseˈdeː/

• Audio

  (file)

CD f (genitive CD, plural CDs or CD or (proscribed) CD's)

1. CD (compact disc)

• “CD” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

From English CD.

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡seːdeː]

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -deː

CD (plural CD-k)

1. CD (compact disc)

• cédé

• CD-lejátszó

Initialism of ceirnín dlúth (“compact disc”), but simultaneously a borrowing from English CD.

CD m

1. CD, compact disc

From English CD.

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

C(シー)D(ディー) • (shīdī) 

1. Abbreviation of コンパクトディスク (konpakuto disuku, “compact disc”); a CD

   それはヘビメタのＣ(シー)Ｄ(ディー)です。

   Sore wa hebimeta no shīdī desu.

   That is a heavy metal CD.

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

   コンビニのＣ(シー)Ｄ(ディー)からお金(かね)を引(ひ)き出(だ)しました。

   Konbini no shīdī kara o-kane o hikidashimashita.

   I withdrew money from an ATM at a convenience store.

• C(シー)D(ディー)-ROM(ロム) (shīdī-romu)

Borrowed from English CD.

CD f (plural CD)

1. CD (compact disc)

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

• cd

From English CD.

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

CD m (definite singular CD-en, indefinite plural CD-er, definite plural CD-ene)

1. a CD (compact disc)

• kompaktplate

• “CD” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• cd

From English CD.

CD m (definite singular CD-en, indefinite plural CD-ar, definite plural CD-ane)

1. a CD (compact disc)

• kompaktplate

• “CD” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• cedê (uncommon)

Unadapted borrowing from English CD.

CD m (plural CDs)

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

Borrowed from English CD.

• IPA^(key): /siˈdi/

CD n (plural CD-uri)

1. CD, compact disc

From English CD.

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

CD m (plural CDs)

1. CD, compact disc

   Synonyms: disco compacto, compacto

• “CD”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

• cd

Borrowed from English CD, according to SO attested since the mid-1980s.

CD c

1. A CD (compact disc).

   Synonym: CD-skiva

2. indefinite plural of CD.

   Synonym: CD:ar

• (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

• CD in Svensk ordbok (SO)

Borrowed from English CD.

• IPA^(key): /siːˈdiː/

CD (definite accusative CD'yi, plural CD'ler)

1. CD, compact disc

Initialism of crynoddisg (“compact disc”), but simultaneously a borrowing from English CD.

CD m

1. CD, compact disc