disquete
Galician
Etymology
Noun
disquete m (plural disquetes)
- (dated) diskette (small, flexible, magnetic disk for storage and retrieval of data)
Derived terms
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English diskette.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒisˈkɛ.t͡ʃi/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /d͡ʒiʃˈkɛ.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒisˈkɛ.te/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /diʃˈkɛ.tɨ/
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ɛtɨ
- Hyphenation: dis‧que‧te
Noun
disquete (Brazil) m or (Portugal) f (plural disquetes)
- diskette, floppy disk (small, flexible, magnetic disk for storage and retrieval of data)
Related terms
- disco
- fita cassete
Further reading
- “disquete”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “disquete”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English diskette.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /disˈkete/ [d̪isˈke.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ete
- Syllabification: dis‧que‧te
Noun
disquete m (plural disquetes)
- (dated) diskette (small, flexible, magnetic disk for storage and retrieval of data)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “disquete”, 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