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discotheque

noun · 2 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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  • /ˈdɪskəˌtɛk/
  • /ˈdɪskoʊˌtɛk/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: D IH1 S K OW0 T EH2 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A nightclub where dancing takes place.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: disco

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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: disco

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: ballroom, dance hall, dance palace

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French discothèque (“record library; discotheque”).

Across languages

Translations

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: دِيسْكُو (dīskū) — nightclub
  • Armenian: դիսկոտեկ (diskotek) — nightclub
  • Chinese Mandarin: 迪斯科 (dísīkē) — nightclub
  • Chinese Mandarin: 迪廳 /迪厅 (dítīng) — nightclub
  • Chinese Mandarin: 迪斯科舞廳 /迪斯科舞厅 (dísīkē wǔtīng) — nightclub
  • Czech: diskotéka — nightclub
  • Dutch: discotheek — nightclub
  • Estonian: diskoteek — nightclub
  • Finnish: diskoteekki — nightclub
  • Finnish: disko — nightclub
  • French: discothèque — nightclub
  • Galician: discoteca — nightclub
  • Georgian: დისკოთეკა (disḳoteḳa) — nightclub
  • German: Diskothek — nightclub
  • German: Disko — nightclub
  • German: Disco — nightclub
  • German: Tanzlokal — nightclub
  • Greek: ντισκοτέκ (ntiskoték) — nightclub
  • Hebrew: דיסקוטק (disqot'eq) — nightclub
  • Hungarian: diszkó — nightclub
  • Icelandic: diskótek — nightclub
  • Italian: discoteca — nightclub
  • Japanese: ディスコティック (disukotikku) — nightclub
  • Kazakh: дискотека (diskoteka) — nightclub
  • Korean: 디스코테크 (diseukotekeu) — nightclub
  • Korean: 디스코텍 (diseukotek) — nightclub
  • Luxembourgish: Diskothéik — nightclub
  • Norwegian: diskotek — nightclub
  • Polish: dyskoteka — nightclub
  • Portuguese: discoteca — nightclub
  • Quechua: tusuna wasi — nightclub
  • Romanian: discotecă — nightclub
  • Russian: дискоте́ка (diskotéka) — nightclub
  • Serbo-Croatian: diskoteka — nightclub
  • Spanish: discoteca — nightclub
  • Swahili: disko — nightclub
  • Swedish: diskotek — nightclub
  • Ukrainian: дискоте́ка (dyskotéka) — nightclub
  • Yiddish: דיסקאָטעק (diskotek) — nightclub