# CD
## Translingual
### Etymology 1
#### Symbol

CD
* (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)
* (IUCN Red List, obsolete) Abbreviation of Conservation Dependent.

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

CD
* 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: /ˌsiːˈdiː/
* Rhymes: -iː

### Noun

CD (countable and uncountable, plural CDs)
* 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:Called Compact Discs (CD for short) and expected to enter the market by 1983, they play an hour per side and are virtually indestructible.
** (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.
* (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.
* (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, →ISSN:Banks may offer premium rates on C.D.s to attract deposits, but once they get those deposits, they end the offers.
* (business) Initialism of creative director, head of the creative department (for example of an advertising agency).
* (business) Initialism of corporate design, specific design features of a company, corporate identity CI.
* (networking) Initialism of collision detection.
* (nautical) Initialism of chart datum.
* Initialism of cross-dresser.
* Initialism of cross-dressing.
* (physical chemistry, quantum mechanics) Initialism of circular dichroism.
* (immunology, biochemistry) Initialism of cluster of differentiation.
* (video games) Abbreviation of cooldown.
* (UK, law) Initialism of controlled drug.
* (medicine) Abbreviation of Crohn's disease.
* (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

#### Translations
### Verb

CD (third-person singular simple present CDs, present participle CDing, simple past and past participle CDed)
* 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)
* CD, compact disc
    Synonym: disc compacte

## Chinese
### Etymology

From English CD.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xīdì, xīdī, sēidì
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄉㄧˋ, ㄒㄧ ㄉㄧ, ㄙㄟ ㄉㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): si$^1$ di$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$shi-di$_6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: CD
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄉㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sidì
*** Wade–Giles: hsi$^1$-ti$^4$
*** Yale: syī-dì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shidih
*** Palladius: сиди (sidi)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi⁵⁵ ti⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xīdī
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄉㄧ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sidi
*** Wade–Giles: hsi$^1$-ti$^1$
*** Yale: syī-dī
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shidi
*** Palladius: сиди (sidi)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi⁵⁵ ti⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: sēidì
*** Zhuyin: ㄙㄟ ㄉㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: seidì
*** Wade–Giles: sei$^1$-ti$^4$
*** Yale: sēi-dì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: seidih
*** Palladius: сэйди (sɛjdi)
*** Sinological IPA : /seɪ̯⁵⁵ ti⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: si$^1$ di$^1$
*** Yale: sī dī
*** Cantonese Pinyin: si$^1$ di$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xi$^1$ di$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /siː⁵⁵ tiː⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$shi-di$_6$
*** MiniDict: shi$^平$ di$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$xi-di$_3$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕi⁵⁵ di²¹/

### Noun

CD
* CD, compact disk (Classifier: 張／张 m c; 隻／只 c)
    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 usage example)

#### Derived terms

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

## Cimbrian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English CD.

### Noun

CD f (plural CD)
* (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: /ˈseːˌdeː/, [ˈs̠e̞ːˌde̞ː]
* Rhymes: -eː

### Noun

CD
* 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

* CD-kuvalevy
* CD-levy
* CD-soitin
* CD-standardi

### Further reading

* “CD”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /se.de/
* Audio:(file)
* Homophone: céder

### Noun

CD m (plural CD)
* CD (compact disk)

#### Derived terms

* lecteur CD/lecteur de CD

## German
### Etymology

From English CD.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tseˈdeː/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

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

#### Declension

$^1$Nonstandard, proscribed.

### Further reading

* “CD” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Hungarian
### Alternative forms

* cédé

### Etymology

From English CD.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈt͡seːdeː]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -deː

### Noun

CD (plural CD-k)
* CD (compact disc)

#### Derived terms

* 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 2024).

## Irish
### Etymology

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

### Noun

CD m
* CD, compact disc

## Japanese
### Etymology

From English CD.

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

CD(シーディー) • (shīdī)
* 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.
* 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)
* 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: /ˈseːˈdeː/
* (Standard Eastern) IPA: [ˈsêːˈděː]

### Noun

CD m (definite singular CD-en, indefinite plural CD-er, definite plural CD-ene)
* 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)
* a CD (compact disc)

#### Synonyms

* kompaktplate

### References

* “CD” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Alternative forms

* cd (less common)

### Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from English CD.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /siˈdi/
* Audio 1:(file)
* Audio 2:(file)
* Rhymes: -i
* Syllabification: C‧D

#### Noun

CD m inan or n or f (indeclinable)
* (computing, music) CD, compact disc
    Synonyms: kompakt, płyta kompaktowa

#### Noun

CD m inan or n (indeclinable)
* (computing, music) CD player

### Etymology 2

Unadapted borrowing from French CD, corps diplomatique.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡sɛˈdɛ/
* Rhymes: -ɛ
* Syllabification: C‧D

#### Noun

CD m inan or n (indeclinable)
* (diplomacy) CD, corps diplomatique

### Further reading

* CD in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* CD in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* cedê (uncommon)

### Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from English CD.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: (initialism) /ˈse ˈde/
* (Portugal) IPA: (initialism) /ˈse ˈde/ [ˈse ˈðe]

### Noun

CD m (plural CDs)
* CD (compact-disc: a type optical data storage disc)

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English CD.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /siˈdi/

### Noun

CD n (plural CD-uri)
* CD, compact disc

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* cedé

### Etymology

Borrowed from English CD.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /θeˈde/ [θeˈð̞e]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /seˈde/ [seˈð̞e]
** Rhymes: -e
* IPA: (Latin America) /siˈdi/ [siˈð̞i]
** Rhymes: -i

### Noun

CD m (plural CDs or CD)
* 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, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
* “cedé, grafía válida”, in FundéuRAE (Fundación del Español Urgente) [Foundation of Urgent Spanish] (in Spanish), Agencia EFE; Real Academia Española, 2011 February 4

## Swedish
### Alternative forms

* cd

### Etymology

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

### Noun

CD c
* A CD (compact disc).
    Synonym: CD-skiva
* 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
### References

* CD in Svensk ordbok (SO)

## Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English CD.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /siːˈdiː/

### Noun

CD (definite accusative CD'yi, plural CD'ler)
* CD, compact disc

#### Derived terms

* CD çalar
* CD kutusu

## Welsh
### Etymology

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

### Noun

CD m
* CD, compact disc