Complete Definition of "floppy"

wikipedia|dab=floppy
English

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-floppy.ogg|Audio (US)

Etymology
suffix|flop|y

Adjective
en-adj|floppi|er

  1. Limp, not hard, firm, or rigid; flexible.
Quotations
2005, w:Alan Hollinghurst|Alan Hollinghurst, w:The Line of Beauty|The Line of Beauty, Bloomsbury Publishing, p. 3,

Derived terms
floppy disk, floppy disc

Translations
trans-top|limp, not hard, firm or rigid; flexible
Chinese: ���, ��� (l�n s�n de)
Dutch: slap
Finnish: lerppu
French: souple m|f
German: schlaff
Greek: �λαδα��� m, �λαδα�ή f, �λαδα�� n
Icelandic: linur m
trans-mid
Italian: floscio m, floscia f
Japanese: ����� (darashinai)
Korean: ��� (neuseunhan)
Portuguese: flexível m|f
Russian: гибкий m, гибка� f, гибкое n
Spanish: flojo m, floja f
trans-bottom

Noun
en-noun|flopp|ies

  1. computing A floppy disk

Synonyms
diskette

Translations
trans-top|(computing) a floppy disk
Chinese: ��, �� (cí pán)
Finnish: (5¼-inch) (slang) lerppu, (3½-inch) (slang) korppu
French: disquette f
German: Floppy-Disc m, Diskette f
Greek: δι�κέ�α f
trans-mid
Italian: floppy disk m, floppy m, dischetto m
Japanese: ����� (furoppii)
Korean: ��� (peuropi)
Portuguese: disco flexível m
Russian: ди�ке�а m
trans-bottom

es:floppy
fr:floppy
vi:floppy
zh:floppy

Revision and Credits for"floppy"
Dictionary content provided from Wiktionary.org under the
GNU Free Documentation License
 
 

 Find:
  Words Starting With:
  Words Ending With:
  Words Containing:
  Words That Match:

 
 Translate Into:
  
Dutch   French   German
  
Italian   Spanish
    Show results per page.

Browse the Dictionary
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

   
Allwords Copyright 1998-2024 All rights reserved.