CD

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Translingual

Etymology 1

Symbol

CD

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

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

2. (IUCN Red List, obsolete) Abbreviation of Conservation 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/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

CD (countable and uncountable, plural CDs)

1. Initialism of compact disc.

   I misplaced the software installation CD.

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

     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. (metonymic, 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, published 2007, page 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.
   • 2023 April 21, Ann Carrns, “Rates on C.D.s Are Soaring, but the High Rates May Not Last”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN:

     Banks may offer premium rates on C.D.s to attract deposits, but once they get those deposits, they end the offers.

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.
6. (networking) Initialism of collision detection.
7. (nautical) Initialism of chart datum.
8. Initialism of cross-dresser.
9. Initialism of cross-dressing.
10. (physical chemistry, quantum mechanics) Initialism of circular dichroism.
11. (immunology, biochemistry) Initialism of cluster of differentiation.
12. (video games) Abbreviation of cooldown.
13. (UK, law) Initialism of controlled drug.
14. (medicine) Abbreviation of Crohn's disease.
15. (software engineering) Initialism of continuous 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
• (cooldown): CDR

Translations

abbreviation of compact disc — see also compact disc

• Arabic: سِي دِي m (sī dī)
• Aramaic:

  Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܩܘܼܪܨܵܐ ܚܠܝܼܨܵܐ m (qurṣā ḥlīṣā), ܣܝܼܕܝܼ m (sīdī)

• Armenian: CD
• Bengali: সিডি (bn) (śiḍi)
• Burmese: စီဒီ (cidi)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: CD (si¹ di¹)

  Mandarin: CD (zh) (xīdì), 光盤 / 光盘 (zh) (guāngpán), 光碟 (zh) (guāngdié)

• 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 (ja) (sīdī), ＣＤ (ja) (sīdī)
• Khmer: ស៊ីឌី (siidii)
• Korean: 시디 (ko) (sidi)
• Lao: ຊີ​ດີ (sī dī)
• Macedonian: це-де n (ce-de)
• Malay: CD (ms)
• Marathi: सीडी f (sīḍī)
• Mòcheno: CD f
• Nahuatl:

  Classical Nahuatl: yahualtōntli

• Persian: سی‌دی (si-di)
• Polish: CD (pl) m or f or n
• Portuguese: CD (pt) m
• Russian: CD m, си-ди́ m (si-dí)
• Spanish: CD (es) m
• Swedish: CD (sv) c
• Thai: ซีดี (th) (sii-dii)
• Urdu: سی ڈی (sī-ḍī)
• Vietnamese: CD
• Welsh: CD m

Verb

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

1. Initialism of cross-dress.
   • 1993 January 5, Tierney Dhewitrei, “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.

Anagrams

• D&C, D.C., DC, Dc, d/c, dc

Catalan

Noun

CD m (plural CDs)

1. CD, compact disc

   Synonym: disc compacte

Chinese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīdì, xīdī, sēidì

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄉㄧˋ, ㄒㄧ ㄉㄧ, ㄙㄟ ㄉㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ di¹
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹shi-di₆

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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)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ti⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīdī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄉㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sidi
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-ti¹
    • Yale: syī-dī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shidi
    • Palladius: сиди (sidi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ti⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sēidì
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄟ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: seidì
    • Wade–Giles: sei¹-ti⁴
    • Yale: sēi-dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: seidih
    • Palladius: сэйди (sɛjdi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /seɪ̯⁵⁵ ti⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si¹ di¹
    • Yale: sī dī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ di¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ di¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ tiː⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹shi-di₆
    • MiniDict: shi^平 di^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹xi-di₃
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕi⁵⁵ di²¹/

Etymology 1

From English CD.

Noun

CD

1. CD, compact disk (Classifier: 張／张 m c; 隻／只 c)
   • 2011, “因为爱情”, 柯肇雷 [Ke Zhaolei] (lyrics), 柯肇雷 [Ke Zhaolei] (music):

     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.]

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

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• CD播放器 (xìdì bōfàngqì)
• CD播放機 / CD播放机 (xìdì bōfàngjī)
• CD機 / CD机 (xìdìjī)

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of English cross-dresser.

Noun

CD

1. (Internet slang) cross-dresser

Cimbrian

Etymology

Borrowed from English CD.

Noun

CD f (plural CD)

1. (Luserna) CD (compact disc)

References

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

Finnish

Etymology

English CD

Pronunciation

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

Noun

CD

1. CD, compact disc

Declension

Inflection of CD (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”, in Kielitoimiston 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–, retrieved 2 July 2023

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se.de/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

• Audio (France):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

• Homophone: céder

Noun

CD m (invariable)

1. CD (compact disk)

Derived terms

• lecteur CD/lecteur de CD

German

CD

Etymology

From English CD.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tseˈdeː/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Noun

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

1. CD (compact disc)

Declension

Declension of CD [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”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[4] (in German)

Hungarian

Alternative forms

• cédé

Etymology

From English CD.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡seːdeː]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -deː

Noun

CD (plural CD-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 forms of CD

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 to cédé in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).

Irish

Etymology

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

Noun

CD m

1. CD, compact disc

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English CD.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi ˈdi/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

CD m

1. CD, compact disc

   Synonym: (rare) disco compatto

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English CD.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

CD(シーディー) • (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.

See also

• C(シー)D-ROM(ディーロム) (shīdī-romu)

Mòcheno

Etymology

Borrowed from English CD.

Noun

CD f (plural CD)

1. CD (compact disc)

References

• “CD” in Cimbrian, 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

From English CD.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. a CD (compact disc)

Synonyms

• kompaktplate

References

• “CD” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• cd

Etymology

From English CD.

Noun

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

1. a CD (compact disc)

Synonyms

• kompaktplate

References

• “CD” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

CD

Alternative forms

• cd (less common)

Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from English CD.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈdi/

• Audio 1:

  (file)

• Audio 2:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: C‧D

Noun

CD m inan or n or f (indeclinable)

1. (computing, music) CD, compact disc

   Synonyms: kompakt, płyta kompaktowa

Noun

CD m inan or n (indeclinable)

1. (computing, music) CD player

Etymology 2

Unadapted borrowing from French CD, corps diplomatique.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

CD m inan or n (indeclinable)

1. (diplomacy) CD, corps diplomatique

Further reading

• “CD”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[5] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “CD”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[6] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• cedê (uncommon)

Pronunciation

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

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

Etymology 1

Orthographic borrowing from English CD.

Noun

CD m (plural CDs)

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

Etymology 2

Noun

CD f (plural CDs)

1. initialism of crossdresser
   • 2021 April 8, 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^[7], Pinaúna Editora, →ISBN:

     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

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• CDzinha

Further reading

• “CD”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English CD.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈdi/

Noun

CD n (plural CD-uri)

1. CD, compact disc

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	CD	CD-ul	CD-uri	CD-urile
genitive-dative	CD	CD-ului	CD-uri	CD-urilor
vocative	CD-ule		CD-urilor

Spanish

Alternative forms

• cedé

Etymology

Borrowed from English CD.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

CD m (plural CDs or CD)

1. CD (compact disc)

   Synonyms: disco compacto, compacto

Further reading

• “CD”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “cedé, grafía válida”, in FundéuRAE (Fundación del Español Urgente) [Foundation of Urgent Spanish] (in Spanish), Agencia EFE; Real Academia Española, 4 February 2011

Swedish

Alternative forms

• cd

Etymology

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

Noun

CD c

1. A CD (compact disc).

   Synonym: CD-skiva

2. indefinite plural of CD

   Synonym: CD:ar

Usage notes

• The term 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

Declension of CD

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	CD	CD:s
	definite	CD:n	CD:ns
plural	indefinite	CD:ar	CD:ars
	definite	CD:arna	CD:arnas

Declension of CD

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	CD	CD:s
	definite	CD:n	CD:ns
plural	indefinite	CD	CD:s
	definite	CD:na	CD:nas

References

• “CD”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from English CD.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siːˈdiː/

Noun

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

1. CD, compact disc

Declension

Declension of CD

	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

Possessive forms of CD

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

Noun

CD m

1. CD, compact disc