English Explanatory Dictionary

disco

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Clipping of discotheque (“nightclub for dancing”).
  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.
  3. A dance, a social gathering where dancing is the main activity.
verb
  1. To dance disco-style dances.
  2. To go to discotheques.
noun
  1. discovery (pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered)
  2. discovery (materials revealed to the opposing party during the pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered)

Pronunciation

/ˈdɪskəʊ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-disco.wav /ˈdɪskoʊ/

Word forms

disco discos discoing discoed

Etymology

From a shortening of discotheque, from French discothèque.

Synonyms

club nightclub

Derived words

antidisco avant-disco blue light disco cosmic disco deader than disco disco ball disco biscuit disco bunny disco-dance disco dancing discoer discoey discofied disco fries disco funk discoish discolike disco-like discomania disco matanga disco nap disco perm disco polo disco rice disco stick disco-style discowear Eurodisco Italo disco mutant disco nondisco nu-disco postdisco post-disco predisco pre-disco roller disco silent disco space disco Thai disco
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on D Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary