disc jockey

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• /ˌdɪsk ˈdʒɒki/
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Disc refers to the flat, circular shape of the traditional medium for recorded music. Jockey refers to a diminutive of jock, the Northern English or Scots colloquial equivalent of the first name John, which is also used generically for “boy, or fellow” (compare Jack, Dick), at least since 1529. So, disc jockey / DJ etymologically refers to a young person playing (discs holding) music. Coined by journalist Walter Winchell in 1935 to describe Martin Block. Appeared in print in Variety in 1941. Previously also called record man.

84 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: levyjuontaja — person who conducts a radio program with recorded music
• Finnish: juontaja — person who conducts a radio program with recorded music
• Polish: DJ — person who conducts a radio program with recorded music
• Polish: didżej — person who conducts a radio program with recorded music
• Polish: didżejka — person who conducts a radio program with recorded music
• Afrikaans: platejoggie — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Afrikaans: diskjockey — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Arabic: دِي جِي (dī jey) — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Arabic: دي جيه (dī jīh) — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Arabic: دِسْك جَوكِي — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Armenian: դիջեյ (diǰey) — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Catalan: discjòquei — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Catalan: DJ — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Chinese Mandarin: 唱片騎師 /唱片骑师 (chàngpiàn qíshī) — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Chinese Mandarin: DJ — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Czech: diskžokej — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Czech: dýdžej — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Dutch: livedj — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Dutch: dj — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Dutch: DJ — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Dutch: diskjockey — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Dutch: discjockey — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Esperanto: diskludisto — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Esperanto: diskĵokeo — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Esperanto: DĴ — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Estonian: DJ — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Estonian: diskor — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Finnish: DJ — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Finnish: deejii — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Finnish: disc jockey — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Finnish: tiskijukka — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• French: disc jockey — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• French: disc-jockey — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• French: DJ — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• French: DJette — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• French: platiniste — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• West-Frisian: diskjockey — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• West-Frisian: DJ — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Georgian: დისკ-ჟოკეი (disḳ-žoḳei) — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Georgian: დიჯეი (diǯei) — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• German: Discjockey — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• German: Diskjockey — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Greek: ντισκ τζόκεϊ (ntisk tzókeï) — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Greek: ντιτζέι (ntitzéi) — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Haitian Creole: deje — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Hebrew: תַּקְלִיטָן (taqlitán) — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Hebrew: דִּי גֵ׳יי (di jey) — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Hungarian: lemezlovas — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Icelandic: skífuþeytari — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Icelandic: plötusnúður — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Ido: disk-jokeo — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Italian: disc jockey — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Italian: discoliere — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Italian: graffiadischi — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Italian: pungidischi — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Japanese: ディスクジョッキー (disukujokkī) — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Japanese: DJ (dījei) — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Japanese: ディージェイ (dījei) — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Korean: 디스크 자키 (diseukeu jaki) — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Korean: 디제이 (dijei) — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Latin: discimpositor — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Latin: discimpositrix — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Lithuanian: didžė̃jus — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Lithuanian: didžė̃jė — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Māori: kaituku waiata — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Occitan: discjòquei — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Occitan: DJ — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Polish: DJ — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Polish: didżej — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Polish: didżejka — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Portuguese: disc jockey — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Portuguese: disco-jóquei — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Russian: диск-жоке́й (disk-žokéj) — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Russian: дидже́й (didžéj) — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Spanish: pinchadiscos — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Spanish: disyóquey — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Swahili: mcheza santuri — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Swedish: diskjockey — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Swedish: DJ — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Thai: นักจัดรายการ (nák-jàt-raai-gaan) — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Thai: ดีเจ (dii-jee) — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Ukrainian: диск-жоке́й (dysk-žokéj) — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Ukrainian: дидже́й (dydžéj) — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.
• Yiddish: דיסקזשאָקיי (diskzhokey) — person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.