STD

See also: std, and S.T.D.

Translingual

Symbol

STD

1. (international standards, historical) ISO 4217 currency code for the former first São Tomé and Príncipe dobra; a currency used from 1977 to 2018.

English

Adjective

STD

1. Alternative form of std (“standard”)

Noun

STD (countable and uncountable, plural STDs)

1. (pathology) Initialism of sexually transmitted disease.

   Synonym: STI

   • 1999, Dr. Ruth's Pregnancy Guide for Couples: Love, Sex, and Medical Facts, →ISBN:

     Some studies estimate that as many as one out of every two people might contract an STD at some point in their lives.

2. (telephony) Initialism of subscriber trunk dialling or subscriber toll dialing.
3. Initialism of short-term disability.
4. (rare, sometimes humorous) Initialism of save the date.

Synonyms

• (pathology) VD, STI

Translations

sexually transmitted disease — see also sexually transmitted disease

• Catalan: MTS f
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: soa (nl)
• Finnish: sukupuolitauti (fi) (not abbreviation), sp-tauti (uncommon, informal)
• French: MST (fr) f, IST (fr) f
• German: SÜK f (uncommon, though attested, one normally speaks and writes out a full term)
• Greek: ΣΜΝ (SMN)
• Indonesian: PMS
• Navajo: aaʼadiniih
• Portuguese: DST (pt) f
• Romanian: BTS, ITS
• Russian: ЗППП (ru) n (ZPPP)
• Spanish: ETS f, ITS (es) f
• Turkish: CYBH
• Ukrainian: ЗПСШ (ZPSŠ)

Anagrams

• DST, DT's, DTS, DTs, TDS, TDs, TSD, dst