DVD

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DVD

(dē′vē-dē′)

A high-density optical disc for storing large amounts of data, especially high-resolution audio-visual material.

[d(igital) v(ideo)d(isc) and d(igital) v(ersatile) d(isc).]

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DVD

abbreviation for

(Communications & Information) digital versatile or digital video disk: an optical disk used to store audio, video, or computer data, esp feature films for home viewing

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DVD

an optical disc that can store a very large amount of digital data, as text, music, or images.

[1990–95; orig. d(igital) v(ideo) d(isc); then d(igital) v(ersatile) d(isc); now an abbreviation only]

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Noun

DVD - a digital recording (as of a movie) on an optical disk that can be played on a computer or a television set

videodisc, videodisk

optical disc, optical disk - a disk coated with plastic that can store digital data as tiny pits etched in the surface; is read with a laser that scans the surface

Translations

دي في دي

DVD

dvd

DVD

DVD

DVD

DVD

digitalna videoplošča

DVD-skiva

ดีวีดี

DVD

đĩa DVD

DVD光盘

DVD

A. N ABBR =digital versatile or video disc → DVD m, disco m de vídeo digital, disco digital polivalente

B. CPD DVD burner N → grabadora f de DVDs
DVD player N → lector m de DVDs
DVD-Rom N → DVD-Rom m
DVD writer N → grabadora f de DVDs

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

DVD

[ˌdiːviːˈdiː] n abbr (=digital versatile disc) → DVD m
on DVD → en DVD
I've got that film on DVD → J'ai ce film en DVD.

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

DVD

n abbr of digital versatileorvideo disc → DVD f

DVD

DVD burner

n → DVD-Brenner m

DVD player

n → DVD-Player m

DVD recorder

n → DVD-Rekorder m

DVD-Rom

n → DVD-Rom f

DVD writer

n → DVD-Brenner m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

dvd

→ دي في دي DVD dvd DVD δίσκος DVD DVD DVD DVD DVD DVD DVD DVD dvd DVD DVD DVD DVD DVD-skiva ดีวีดี DVD đĩa DVD DVD光盘

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