A DVD is a disc on which a film or music is recorded. DVD discs are similar to compact discs but hold a lot more information. DVD is an abbreviation for 'digital video disc' or 'digital versatile disc'.
...a DVD player.
DVD in British English
abbreviation for
digital versatile or digital video disk: an optical disk used to store audio, video, or computer data, esp feature films for home viewing
DVD in American English
(ˈdiˈviˈdi)
nounWord forms: pluralDVDs
a digital disc on which images, sounds, or data may be recorded for reproduction by a player connected as to a TV, stereo, or computer; specif., such a disc on which a film is commercially recorded
Word origin
< d(igital) v(ideo) d(isc) or d(igital) v(ersatile) d(isc)
Examples of 'DVD' in a sentence
DVD
Rosie produced a portable DVD player from the bag with a set of earphones.
Mark Burnell CHAMELEON (2002)
Not the running battle she was currently having with Pat about their early-evening DVD entertainment.
Tony Parsons MAN AND WIFE (2002)
From beneath the folded raincoat, he produced the portable DVD player that Rosie Chaudhuri had taken to Zurich.
Mark Burnell CHAMELEON (2002)
In other languages
DVD
British English: DVD /diː viː diː/ NOUN
A DVD is a disc similar to a compact disc on which a film or music is recorded. DVD is an abbreviation for `digital video disc' or `digital versatile disc'.
...a DVD player.
American English: DVD
Arabic: دي في دي
Brazilian Portuguese: DVD
Chinese: DVD光盘
Croatian: DVD
Czech: DVD
Danish: dvd
Dutch: dvd
European Spanish: DVD
Finnish: DVD
French: DVD
German: DVD
Greek: δίσκος DVD
Italian: DVD
Japanese: DVD
Korean: DVD
Norwegian: DVD
Polish: DVD
European Portuguese: DVD
Romanian: DVD
Russian: DVD
Latin American Spanish: DVD
Swedish: DVD-skiva
Thai: ดีวีดี
Turkish: DVD
Ukrainian: DVD-диск
Vietnamese: đĩa DVD
Definition of 'DVD'
All related terms of 'DVD'
DVD-A
DVD-Audio
DVD-R
A DVD-R is a DVD which is capable of recording sound and images , for example from another DVD or from the internet . DVD-R is an abbreviation for ' digital video disc recordable' or 'digital versatile disc recordable'.
DVD-RW
A DVD-RW is a DVD which is capable of recording sound and images , for example from another DVD or from the internet . DVD-RW is an abbreviation for ' digital video disc rewritable ' or 'digital versatile disc rewritable'.
HD-DVD
An HD-DVD is a now obsolete DVD that could store at least twice as much information as a standard DVD. HD-DVD is an abbreviation for 'high definition DVD'.
DVD-Rom
digital versatile disc read only memory or digital video disc read only memory: a disc on which computer data can be stored
DVD burner
A DVD burner is a piece of computer equipment that you use for copying data from a computer onto a DVD.
DVD player
a device for playing DVDs
DVD writer
A DVD writer is the same as a → DVD burner .
Chinese translation of 'DVD'
DVD
(ˈdiːviːˈdiː)
n(c)
光碟 (guāngdié) (张(張), zhāng)
⇒ I've got that film on DVD.我有那部电影的光碟。 (Wǒ yǒu nà bù diànyǐng de guāngdié.)