English Explanatory Dictionary

discaire

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative spelling of disquaire (“disc jockey”).

Pronunciation

/dɪsˈkɛə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-discaire.wav /dɪsˈkɛɚ/ En-us-discaire.oga

Word forms

discaire discaires

Etymology

From English disc (“vinyl gramophone or phonograph record”) + French -aire (suffix forming adjectives or nouns), modelled after disquaire. Disc is derived from French disque (“disk, record”), from Latin discus (“discus, quoit; dish shaped like a discus; disc of a sundial”), from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “disc, quoit; dish; round mirror; reliquary”), probably of Pre-Greek origin.

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