"flash drive" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: flash drives [plural]
Etymology: So called because it is a memory drive that uses flash memory. Head templates: {{en-noun}} flash drive (plural flash drives)
  1. (computer hardware) A small electronic device used to store digital data, more portable and robust than a hard drive. Wikipedia link: en:flash drive Categories (topical): Computer hardware Translations (storage device): فِلَاشَة (filāša) [feminine] (Arabic), флашка (flaška) [feminine] (Bulgarian), llapis de memòria [masculine] (Catalan), 記憶體 (Chinese Cantonese), 记忆体 (gei³ jik¹ tai²) (Chinese Cantonese), 記憶棒 (Chinese Cantonese), 记忆棒 (gei³ jik¹ paang⁵) (Chinese Cantonese), 手指 (sau² zi²) [slang] (Chinese Cantonese), 快閃碟 (Chinese Mandarin), 快闪碟 (kuàishǎndié) (Chinese Mandarin), 閃盤 (Chinese Mandarin), 闪盘 (shǎnpán) [Mainland-China] (Chinese Mandarin), 優盤 (Chinese Mandarin), 优盘 (yōupán) [Mainland-China] (Chinese Mandarin), U盤 (Chinese Mandarin), U盘 (U-pán) [Mainland-China] (Chinese Mandarin), 閃存盤 (Chinese Mandarin), 闪存盘 (shǎncúnpán) [Mainland-China] (Chinese Mandarin), 快閃記憶體盤 (Chinese Mandarin), 快闪记忆体盘 (kuàishǎn jìyìtǐpán) [Mainland-China] (Chinese Mandarin), 大拇哥 (dàmǔgē) [Mainland-China, slang] (Chinese Mandarin), 隨身碟 (Chinese Mandarin), 随身碟 (suíshēndié) [Taiwan] (Chinese Mandarin), 快閃隨身碟 (Chinese Mandarin), 快闪随身碟 (kuàishǎn suíshēndié) [Taiwan] (Chinese Mandarin), kyv kov [masculine] (Cornish), flash disk [masculine] (Czech), fleška [colloquial, feminine] (Czech), usb-stik (Danish), USB-stik [neuter] (Danish), usb-nøgle (Danish), USB-nøgle [common-gender] (Danish), poŝmemorilo (Esperanto), memorbastoneto (Esperanto), geymi [masculine] (Faroese), muistitikku (Finnish), USB-muisti (Finnish), flash-asema (Finnish), clé USB [feminine] (French), disque flash [masculine] (French), disque à mémoire flash [masculine] (French), disque dur à mémoire flash [masculine] (French), disque dur flash [masculine] (French), memoria USB [feminine] (Galician), ფლეშ-მეხსიერება (pleš-mexsiereba) (Georgian), USB-Stick [masculine] (German), USB-Massenspeicher [masculine] (German), Flash-Laufwerk (english: a literal one, not the usual term for a USB stick) [neuter] (German), μνήμη USB (mními USB) (Greek), דיסק און קי (english: disk on key) [masculine] (Hebrew), फ़्लैश ड्राइव (flaiś ḍrāiv) (Hindi), pendrive (Hungarian), flash-meghajtó (Hungarian), minnislykill [masculine] (Icelandic), USB-minni [neuter] (Icelandic), gagnalykill [masculine] (Icelandic), þumadrif [neuter] (Icelandic), méaróg chuimhne [feminine] (Irish), méaróg USB [feminine] (Irish), pen-drive [feminine] (Italian), pen drive [feminine] (Italian), chiavetta [feminine] (Italian), penna [feminine] (Italian), pennetta [feminine] (Italian), penna USB [feminine] (Italian), chiave USB [feminine] (Italian), chiavetta USB [feminine] (Italian), フラッシュドライブ (furasshudoraibu) (Japanese), tasarut n USB [feminine] (Kabyle), ដ្រាយវ៍ពន្លឺ (alt: drayv៍pន្លឺ) (Khmer), 플래시 드라이브 (peullaesi deuraibeu) (Korean), уесбе (uesbe) [neuter] (Macedonian), badgette dé mémouaithe [Jersey, feminine] (Norman), minnepinne (Norwegian), pendrive [masculine] (Polish), pendrajw [masculine] (Polish), PenDrive [masculine] (Polish), pamięć USB [feminine] (Polish), pen-drive [masculine] (Portuguese), stick de memorie [neuter] (Romanian), stick USB [neuter] (Romanian), фле́ш-накопи́тель (fléš-nakopítelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), фле́шка (fléška) [colloquial, feminine] (Russian), memorijski ključić [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), memoria USB [feminine] (Spanish), pendrive [masculine] (Spanish), lápiz de memoria [masculine] (Spanish), lápiz USB [masculine] (Spanish), llave maya [feminine, standard] (Spanish), pincho [masculine] (Spanish), USB (Spanish), USB-minne [neuter] (Swedish), USB-sticka [common-gender] (Swedish), minnespinne [common-gender] (Swedish), minnessticka [common-gender] (Swedish), แฟลชไดรฟ์ (Thai), ทัมบ์ไดรฟ์ (tám-drái) (Thai), bellek aygıtı (Turkish), flash disk (Turkish), flaş sürücüsü (Turkish), hafıza ünitesi (Turkish), USB bellek (Turkish), USB çubuk (Turkish), USB (Vietnamese), ffon gof [feminine] (Welsh), cof bach [masculine] (Welsh), cofbin [masculine] (Welsh), gyriant fflach [masculine] (Welsh)

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          "word": "disk on key"
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        {
          "word": "jump drive"
        },
        {
          "word": "key drive"
        },
        {
          "word": "memory stick"
        },
        {
          "word": "pen drive"
        },
        {
          "word": "thumb drive"
        },
        {
          "word": "USB"
        },
        {
          "word": "USB drive"
        },
        {
          "word": "USB flash drive"
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          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "filāša",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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          "sense": "storage device"
        },
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "flaška",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "флашка"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "llapis de memòria"
        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "word": "記憶體"
        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "gei³ jik¹ tai²",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "word": "记忆体"
        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "word": "記憶棒"
        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "gei³ jik¹ paang⁵",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "word": "记忆棒"
        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "sau² zi²",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "slang"
          ],
          "word": "手指"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "word": "快閃碟"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "kuàishǎndié",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "word": "快闪碟"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "word": "閃盤"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shǎnpán",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "Mainland-China"
          ],
          "word": "闪盘"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "word": "優盤"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yōupán",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "Mainland-China"
          ],
          "word": "优盘"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "word": "U盤"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "U-pán",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "Mainland-China"
          ],
          "word": "U盘"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "word": "閃存盤"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shǎncúnpán",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "Mainland-China"
          ],
          "word": "闪存盘"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "word": "快閃記憶體盤"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "kuàishǎn jìyìtǐpán",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "Mainland-China"
          ],
          "word": "快闪记忆体盘"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "dàmǔgē",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "Mainland-China",
            "slang"
          ],
          "word": "大拇哥"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "word": "隨身碟"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "suíshēndié",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "Taiwan"
          ],
          "word": "随身碟"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "word": "快閃隨身碟"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "kuàishǎn suíshēndié",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "Taiwan"
          ],
          "word": "快闪随身碟"
        },
        {
          "code": "kw",
          "lang": "Cornish",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kyv kov"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "flash disk"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fleška"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "word": "usb-stik"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "USB-stik"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "word": "usb-nøgle"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "USB-nøgle"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "word": "poŝmemorilo"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "word": "memorbastoneto"
        },
        {
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "geymi"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "word": "muistitikku"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "word": "USB-muisti"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "word": "flash-asema"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "clé USB"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "disque flash"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "disque à mémoire flash"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "disque dur à mémoire flash"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "disque dur flash"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "memoria USB"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "pleš-mexsiereba",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "word": "ფლეშ-მეხსიერება"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "USB-Stick"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "USB-Massenspeicher"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "english": "a literal one, not the usual term for a USB stick",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Flash-Laufwerk"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "mními USB",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "word": "μνήμη USB"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "english": "disk on key",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "דיסק און קי"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "flaiś ḍrāiv",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "word": "फ़्लैश ड्राइव"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "word": "pendrive"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "word": "flash-meghajtó"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "minnislykill"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "USB-minni"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gagnalykill"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "þumadrif"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "méaróg chuimhne"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "méaróg USB"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pen-drive"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pen drive"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "chiavetta"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "penna"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pennetta"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "penna USB"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "chiave USB"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "chiavetta USB"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "furasshudoraibu",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "word": "フラッシュドライブ"
        },
        {
          "code": "kab",
          "lang": "Kabyle",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tasarut n USB"
        },
        {
          "alt": "drayv៍pន្លឺ",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "word": "ដ្រាយវ៍ពន្លឺ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "peullaesi deuraibeu",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "word": "플래시 드라이브"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "uesbe",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "уесбе"
        },
        {
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "Jersey",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "badgette dé mémouaithe"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "word": "minnepinne"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pendrive"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pendrajw"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "PenDrive"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pamięć USB"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pen-drive"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "stick de memorie"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "stick USB"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "fléš-nakopítelʹ",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "фле́ш-накопи́тель"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "fléška",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "фле́шка"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "memorijski ključić"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "memoria USB"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pendrive"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lápiz de memoria"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lápiz USB"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "raw_tags": [
            "in Costa Rica"
          ],
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "standard"
          ],
          "word": "llave maya"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pincho"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "word": "USB"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "USB-minne"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "USB-sticka"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "minnespinne"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "minnessticka"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "word": "แฟลชไดรฟ์"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "tám-drái",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "word": "ทัมบ์ไดรฟ์"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "word": "bellek aygıtı"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "word": "flash disk"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "word": "flaş sürücüsü"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "word": "hafıza ünitesi"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "word": "USB bellek"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "word": "USB çubuk"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "word": "USB"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ffon gof"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cof bach"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cofbin"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "storage device",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gyriant fflach"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "en:flash drive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "flash drive"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "So called because it is a memory drive that uses flash memory.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "flash drives",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "flash drive (plural flash drives)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
        "Mandarin terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "en:Computer hardware"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A small electronic device used to store digital data, more portable and robust than a hard drive."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computer",
          "computer"
        ],
        [
          "hardware",
          "hardware"
        ],
        [
          "electronic",
          "electronic"
        ],
        [
          "digital",
          "digital"
        ],
        [
          "data",
          "data"
        ],
        [
          "portable",
          "portable"
        ],
        [
          "robust",
          "robust"
        ],
        [
          "hard drive",
          "hard drive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computer hardware) A small electronic device used to store digital data, more portable and robust than a hard drive."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computer-hardware",
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "en:flash drive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "disk on key"
    },
    {
      "word": "jump drive"
    },
    {
      "word": "key drive"
    },
    {
      "word": "memory stick"
    },
    {
      "word": "pen drive"
    },
    {
      "word": "thumb drive"
    },
    {
      "word": "USB"
    },
    {
      "word": "USB drive"
    },
    {
      "word": "USB flash drive"
    },
    {
      "word": "USB key"
    },
    {
      "word": "USB stick"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "filāša",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "فِلَاشَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "note": "قُرْص وَامِض m (qurṣ wāmiḍ) (a literal translation prescribed by some purists, though virtually unused)",
      "sense": "storage device"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "flaška",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "флашка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "llapis de memòria"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "word": "記憶體"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "gei³ jik¹ tai²",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "word": "记忆体"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "word": "記憶棒"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "gei³ jik¹ paang⁵",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "word": "记忆棒"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "sau² zi²",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "手指"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "word": "快閃碟"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kuàishǎndié",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "word": "快闪碟"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "word": "閃盤"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shǎnpán",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China"
      ],
      "word": "闪盘"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "word": "優盤"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yōupán",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China"
      ],
      "word": "优盘"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "word": "U盤"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "U-pán",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China"
      ],
      "word": "U盘"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "word": "閃存盤"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shǎncúnpán",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China"
      ],
      "word": "闪存盘"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "word": "快閃記憶體盤"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kuàishǎn jìyìtǐpán",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China"
      ],
      "word": "快闪记忆体盘"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dàmǔgē",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China",
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "大拇哥"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "word": "隨身碟"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "suíshēndié",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "word": "随身碟"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "word": "快閃隨身碟"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kuàishǎn suíshēndié",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "word": "快闪随身碟"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kyv kov"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "flash disk"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fleška"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "word": "usb-stik"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "USB-stik"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "word": "usb-nøgle"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "USB-nøgle"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "word": "poŝmemorilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "word": "memorbastoneto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "geymi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "word": "muistitikku"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "word": "USB-muisti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "word": "flash-asema"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "clé USB"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "disque flash"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "disque à mémoire flash"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "disque dur à mémoire flash"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "disque dur flash"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "memoria USB"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "pleš-mexsiereba",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "word": "ფლეშ-მეხსიერება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "USB-Stick"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "USB-Massenspeicher"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "a literal one, not the usual term for a USB stick",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Flash-Laufwerk"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "mními USB",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "word": "μνήμη USB"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "english": "disk on key",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "דיסק און קי"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "flaiś ḍrāiv",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "word": "फ़्लैश ड्राइव"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "word": "pendrive"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "word": "flash-meghajtó"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "minnislykill"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "USB-minni"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gagnalykill"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "þumadrif"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "méaróg chuimhne"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "méaróg USB"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pen-drive"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pen drive"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chiavetta"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "penna"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pennetta"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "penna USB"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chiave USB"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chiavetta USB"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "penna USB"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pen drive"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chiavetta"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "penna"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pennetta"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "penna USB"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chiave USB"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chiavetta USB"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "penna USB"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "furasshudoraibu",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "word": "フラッシュドライブ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kab",
      "lang": "Kabyle",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tasarut n USB"
    },
    {
      "alt": "drayv៍pន្លឺ",
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "word": "ដ្រាយវ៍ពន្លឺ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "peullaesi deuraibeu",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "word": "플래시 드라이브"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "uesbe",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "уесбе"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "Jersey",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "badgette dé mémouaithe"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "word": "minnepinne"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pendrive"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pendrajw"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "PenDrive"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pamięć USB"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pen-drive"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "stick de memorie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "stick USB"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fléš-nakopítelʹ",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фле́ш-накопи́тель"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fléška",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "фле́шка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "memorijski ključić"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "memoria USB"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pendrive"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lápiz de memoria"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lápiz USB"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "raw_tags": [
        "in Costa Rica"
      ],
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "standard"
      ],
      "word": "llave maya"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pincho"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "word": "USB"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "USB-minne"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "USB-sticka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "minnespinne"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "minnessticka"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "word": "แฟลชไดรฟ์"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "tám-drái",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "word": "ทัมบ์ไดรฟ์"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "word": "bellek aygıtı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "word": "flash disk"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "word": "flaş sürücüsü"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "word": "hafıza ünitesi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "word": "USB bellek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "word": "USB çubuk"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "word": "USB"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ffon gof"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cof bach"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cofbin"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "storage device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gyriant fflach"
    }
  ],
  "word": "flash drive"
}

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