Blu-ray

English

Alternative forms

• BluRay

Etymology

From the words blue and ray, coming from the blue laser ray having a shorter wavelength and making a higher data density possible.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [bluːˌɹeɪ]

Noun

Blu-ray (countable and uncountable; plural Blu-rays)

1. (informal) The Blu-ray Disc format.

   I've bought some of my old favourites on Blu-ray.

   • 2008, Debra Littlejohn Shinder, Michael Cross, Scene of the Cybercrime

     In 2007, Pioneer announced the release of a Blu-ray drive that can record data to Blu-ray discs, as well as DVDs and CDs.

2. (informal) A Blu-ray Disc.

Translations

format

• Arabic: بلوراي (ar) (blūrāy)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 藍光光盤 (cmn), 蓝光光盘 (cmn) (lánguāng guāngpán)

• Finnish: Blu-ray (fi), blu-ray (fi)
• German: Blu-ray (de) f, Blu-ray Disc (de) f

• Japanese: ブルーレイ (ja) (burūrei)
• Korean: 블루레이 (ko) (beullurei)
• Malay: Blu-ray (ms)
• Russian: Блю-рэй (ru) (Blju-réj) m
• Turkish: blu-ray (tr), blu-ray disk (tr)

Anagrams

• buryal

References