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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin discus, from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos). Doublet of deska (board, plank). Sense 4 is a semantic loan from English disk.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /dɨsk/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɨsk
  • Syllabification: dysk

Noun

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dysk m inan

  1. (sports) discus (round plate-like object that is thrown for sport)
  2. (by extension) disc (any thin, flat, circular object resembling a disc)
  3. (anatomy, colloquial) disc, intervertebral disc
    Synonym: krążek międzykręgowy
  4. (computer hardware) disk
    Hypernym: nośnik danych

Declension

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • dysk in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • dysk in Polish dictionaries at PWN