flash drive

English

A flash drive

Etymology

So called because it is a memory drive that uses flash memory.

Noun

flash drive (plural flash drives)

(computer hardware) A small electronic device used to store digital data, more portable and robust than a hard drive.

Synonyms

Translations

storage device

Arabic: فِلَاشَة f (filāša), قُرْص وَامِض m (qurṣ wāmiḍ) (a literal translation prescribed by some purists, though virtually unused)
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Basque: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: флашка f (flaška)
Catalan: llapis de memòria (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 記憶體／记忆体 (gei³ jik¹ tai²), 記憶棒／记忆棒 (gei³ jik¹ paang⁵), 手指 (sau² zi²) (slang)

Mandarin: 快閃碟／快闪碟 (kuàishǎndié), 閃盤／闪盘 (shǎnpán) (mainland China), 優盤／优盘 (zh) (yōupán) (mainland China), U盤／U盘 (zh) (U-pán) (mainland China), 閃存盤／闪存盘 (zh) (shǎncúnpán) (mainland China), 快閃記憶體盤／快闪记忆体盘 (kuàishǎn jìyìtǐpán) (mainland China), 大拇哥 (zh) (dàmǔgē) (mainland China, slang), 隨身碟／随身碟 (zh) (suíshēndié) (Taiwan), 快閃隨身碟／快闪随身碟 (kuàishǎn suíshēndié) (Taiwan)
Cornish: kyv kov m
Czech: flash disk m, fleška (cs) f (colloquial)
Danish: usb-stik / USB-stik n, usb-nøgle / USB-nøgle c
Esperanto: poŝmemorilo, memorbastoneto
Faroese: geymi m
Finnish: muistitikku (fi), USB-muisti (fi), flash-asema
French: clé USB (fr) f, disque flash m, disque à mémoire flash m, disque dur à mémoire flash m, disque dur flash m
Galician: memoria USB f
Georgian: ფლეშ-მეხსიერება (pleš-mexsiereba)
German: USB-Stick (de) m, USB-Massenspeicher m, Flash-Laufwerk n (a literal one, not the usual term for a USB stick)
Greek: μνήμη USB (mními USB)
Hebrew: דיסק און קי (he) m (disk on key)
Hindi: फ़्लैश ड्राइव (flaiś ḍrāiv)
Hungarian: pendrive (hu), flash-meghajtó
Icelandic: minnislykill m, USB-minni n, gagnalykill m, þumadrif n
Irish: méaróg chuimhne f, méaróg USB f
Italian: pen-drive f, pen drive (it) f, chiavetta (it) f, penna (it) f, pennetta f, penna USB f, chiave USB f, chiavetta USB f, penna USB f, pen drive (it) f, chiavetta (it) f, penna (it) f, pennetta f, penna USB f, chiave USB f, chiavetta USB f, penna USB f
Japanese: フラッシュドライブ (furasshudoraibu)
Kabyle: tasarut n USB f
Khmer: ដ្រាយវ៍ពន្លឺ (dray~~v៍p~~ន្លឺ)
Korean: 플래시 드라이브 (peullaesi deuraibeu)
Macedonian: уесбе n (uesbe)
Maltese: please add this translation if you can
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Nepali: please add this translation if you can
Norman: badgette dé mémouaithe f (Jersey)
Norwegian: minnepinne
Persian: please add this translation if you can
Polish: pendrive (pl) m, pendrajw (pl) m, PenDrive m, pamięć USB (pl) f
Portuguese: pen-drive m
Romanian: stick de memorie n, stick USB n
Russian: фле́ш-накопи́тель m (fléš-nakopítelʹ), (colloquial) фле́шка (ru) f (fléška)
Serbo-Croatian: memorijski ključić m
Spanish: memoria USB f, pendrive (es) m, lápiz de memoria m, lápiz USB m, llave maya (es) f (standard in Costa Rica), pincho (es) m, USB (es)
Swedish: USB-minne (sv) n, USB-sticka (sv) c, minnespinne c, minnessticka c
Thai: แฟลชไดรฟ์ (th), ทัมบ์ไดรฟ์ (tám-drái)
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: bellek aygıtı, flash disk, flaş sürücüsü, hafıza ünitesi, USB bellek, USB çubuk
Vietnamese: USB
Welsh: ffon gof (cy) f, cof bach m, cofbin m, gyriant fflach m

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