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disco

noun · verb · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈdɪskəʊ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈdɪskoʊ/
  • rhymes with -ɪskəʊ
  • CMU ARPABET: D IH1 S K OW0 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

Usage: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable

Qualifier: slightly dated

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
  • German: Discomusik — type of music
  • Greek: ντίσκο (ntísko) — type of music
  • Hebrew: דִּיסְקוֹ (disko) — type of music
  • Hungarian: disco — type of music
  • Icelandic: diskó — type of music
  • Māori: puoro pekerangi — type of music
  • Marathi: डिस्को (ḍisko) — type of music
  • Polish: disco — type of music
  • Portuguese: disco — type of music
  • Russian: ди́ско (dísko) — type of music
  • Serbo-Croatian: ди̏ско — type of music
  • Serbo-Croatian: dȉsko — type of music
  • Serbo-Croatian: disco — type of music
  • Spanish: disco — type of music
  • Swedish: disko — type of music
  • Swedish: diskomusik — type of music
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