French Conversation · Level 110
59 words
French word
discal
Pronunciation
IPA/diskal/
Meaning
- adjectivedisc-shaped
Example
La sculpture a une forme discale.
The sculpture has a disc-shaped form.
More examples
La tranche du gâteau est discale.
The cake slice is disk-shaped.
Core concept
A flat, round form like a disk.
Similar words
rond: Round, with all points on the edge equally distant from the center.
circulaire: Circular in shape.
plat: Nearly without thickness and having a flat surface.
arrondi: Smoothly rounded in outline, without sharp corners.
Definition in French
Qui décrit quelque chose de plat et circulaire, semblable à un disque.
Word origin
The French adjective discal is a learned formation from disque with the suffix -al, while disque comes from Latin discus and ultimately Greek diskos.
Usage tips
- Discal is mainly technical, especially in medical and anatomical language, while the ordinary noun for a disk is disque.
Opposites
- cylindriquecylindricaladjective
Related words
- disquedisknoun
- discoïdediscoidadjective