noun · verb · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK:/ˈdɪskəʊ/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
US:/ˈdɪskoʊ/
rhymes with -ɪskəʊ
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Clipping of discotheque (“nightclub for dancing”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: club, nightclub
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A genre of dance music that was popular in the 1970s, characterized by elements of soul music with a strong Latin-American beat and often accompanied by pulsating lights.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A dance, a social gathering where dancing is the main activity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
discovery (pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, informal
Topics: law
Examples
You don't need to worry about these details at the complaint stage, we can get them in disco.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
discovery (materials revealed to the opposing party during the pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, informal
Topics: law
Examples
Has the disco come in from the defendants yet? We sent them requests almost six weeks ago.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
verb
Meaning 6
To dance disco-style dances.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
verb
Meaning 7
To go to discotheques.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
8
noun
Meaning 8
a public dance hall for dancing to recorded popular music
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: discotheque
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ballroom, dance hall, dance palace
9
noun
Meaning 9
popular dance music (especially in the late 1970s); melodic with a regular bass beat; intended mainly for dancing at discotheques
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: disco music
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: popular music, popular music genre
10
verb
Meaning 10
dance to disco music
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe
History
Etymology
From a shortening of discotheque, from French discothèque.
Clipping of discovery.
Across languages
Translations
107 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
diskoteek
— discotheque — see also night club
Albanian:
diskotekë
— discotheque — see also night club
Arabic:
دِيسْكُو
(dīskū)
— discotheque — see also night club
Armenian:
դիսկոտեկ
(diskotek)
— discotheque — see also night club
Armenian:
դիսկո
(disko)
— discotheque — see also night club
Azerbaijani:
diskoteka
— discotheque — see also night club
Belarusian:
дыскатэ́ка
(dyskatéka)
— discotheque — see also night club
Bengali:
ডিস্কো
(ḍiskō)
— discotheque — see also night club
Bulgarian:
дискоте́ка
(diskotéka)
— discotheque — see also night club
Burmese:
ဒစ္စကို
(dacca.kui)
— discotheque — see also night club
Chinese Cantonese:
的士高
(dik1 si6 gou1)
— discotheque — see also night club
Chinese Mandarin:
迪斯科
(dísīkē)
— discotheque — see also night club
Chinese Mandarin:
迪廳 /迪厅
(dítīng)
— discotheque — see also night club
Chinese Mandarin:
迪吧
(díbā)
— discotheque — see also night club
Chinese Mandarin:
迪斯科舞廳 /迪斯科舞厅
(dísīkē wǔtīng)
— discotheque — see also night club
Chinese Mandarin:
迪斯科廳 /迪斯科厅
(dísīkētīng)
— discotheque — see also night club
Wu Chinese:
迪科
(8diq-ku)
— discotheque — see also night club
Czech:
diskotéka
— discotheque — see also night club
Danish:
diskotek
— discotheque — see also night club
Dutch:
discotheek
— discotheque — see also night club
Dutch:
disco
— discotheque — see also night club
Esperanto:
diskoteko
— discotheque — see also night club
Estonian:
diskoteek
— discotheque — see also night club
Finnish:
disko
— discotheque — see also night club
French:
discothèque
— discotheque — see also night club
French:
boîte de nuit
— discotheque — see also night club
Georgian:
დისკოთეკა
(disḳoteḳa)
— discotheque — see also night club
German:
Diskothek
— discotheque — see also night club
German:
Disco
— discotheque — see also night club
Greek:
ντίσκο
(ntísko)
— discotheque — see also night club
Greek:
ντισκοτέκ
(ntiskoték)
— discotheque — see also night club
Greek:
δισκοθήκη
(diskothíki)
— discotheque — see also night club
Hebrew:
דִּיסְקוֹטֶק
(diskoték)
— discotheque — see also night club
Hindi:
डिस्को
(ḍisko)
— discotheque — see also night club
Hungarian:
diszkó
— discotheque — see also night club
Icelandic:
diskó
— discotheque — see also night club
Icelandic:
diskótek
— discotheque — see also night club
Irish:
dioscó
— discotheque — see also night club
Italian:
discoteca
— discotheque — see also night club
Japanese:
ディスコ
(disuko)
— discotheque — see also night club
Kazakh:
дискотека
(diskoteka)
— discotheque — see also night club
Khmer:
ឌីស្កូ
(diiskou)
— discotheque — see also night club
Korean:
디스코
(diseuko)
— discotheque — see also night club
Northern Kurdish:
dîsko
— discotheque — see also night club
Northern Kurdish:
dîskotek
— discotheque — see also night club
Kyrgyz:
дискотека
(diskoteka)
— discotheque — see also night club
Latin:
discothēca
— discotheque — see also night club
Latvian:
diskotēka
— discotheque — see also night club
Lithuanian:
diskoteka
— discotheque — see also night club
Macedonian:
дискоте́ка
(diskotéka)
— discotheque — see also night club
Macedonian:
диско
(disko)
— discotheque — see also night club
Marathi:
डिस्को
(ḍisko)
— discotheque — see also night club
Mongolian:
дискотек
(diskotek)
— discotheque — see also night club
Norwegian Bokmål:
diskotek
— discotheque — see also night club
Norwegian Nynorsk:
diskotek
— discotheque — see also night club
Persian:
دیسکوتک
(diskotek)
— discotheque — see also night club
Persian:
دیسکو
(diskô)
— discotheque — see also night club
Polish:
dyskoteka
— discotheque — see also night club
Portuguese:
discoteca
— discotheque — see also night club
Romanian:
discotecă
— discotheque — see also night club
Russian:
дискоте́ка
(diskotéka)
— discotheque — see also night club
Serbo-Croatian:
ди̏ско
— discotheque — see also night club
Serbo-Croatian:
дискоте́ка
— discotheque — see also night club
Serbo-Croatian:
dȉsko
— discotheque — see also night club
Serbo-Croatian:
diskotéka
— discotheque — see also night club
Slovak:
diskotéka
— discotheque — see also night club
Slovene:
disko
— discotheque — see also night club
Spanish:
discoteca
— discotheque — see also night club
Swedish:
disko
— discotheque — see also night club
Swedish:
diskotek
— discotheque — see also night club
Tajik:
дискотека
(diskoteka)
— discotheque — see also night club
Thai:
ดิสโก
(dís-gôo)
— discotheque — see also night club
Thai:
ดิสโก้เทค
— discotheque — see also night club
Turkish:
disko
— discotheque — see also night club
Turkish:
diskotek
— discotheque — see also night club
Turkmen:
diskoteka
— discotheque — see also night club
Ukrainian:
дискоте́ка
(dyskotéka)
— discotheque — see also night club
Urdu:
ڈسکو
(ḍisko)
— discotheque — see also night club
Uzbek:
diskoteka
— discotheque — see also night club
Vietnamese:
vũ trường
— discotheque — see also night club
Yiddish:
דיסקאָטעק
(diskotek)
— discotheque — see also night club
Afrikaans:
diskomusiek
— type of music
Chinese Mandarin:
迪斯科
(dísīkē)
— type of music
Chinese Mandarin:
迪斯科音樂 /迪斯科音乐
(dísīkē yīnyuè)
— type of music
Danish:
disko
— type of music
Danish:
diskomusik
— type of music
Esperanto:
diskoo
— type of music
Finnish:
disko
— type of music
Finnish:
diskomusa
— type of music
Georgian:
დისკო
(disḳo)
— type of music
Georgian:
დისკო-მუსიკა
(disḳo-musiḳa)
— type of music