discotheque

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discotheque

  • /ˈdɪskəˌtɛk/
  • /ˈdɪskoʊˌtɛk/

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

noun discotheques · discothèque

  1. dated A nightclub where dancing takes place. By night, it must be admitted, the place is something of a horror, with its endless repetitive bars and strip-joints and hot-doggeries and battalions of barkers competing with the howl of the discotheques.

    Similar: disco

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noun nightclub

Españoldiscoteca
한국어디스코테크 diseukotekeu, 디스코텍 diseukotek
日本語ディスコティック disukotikku
中文迪斯科 dísīkē, 迪廳 /迪厅 dítīng, 迪斯科舞廳 /迪斯科舞厅 dísīkē wǔtīng
Kiswahilidisko
Portuguêsdiscoteca
Françaisdiscothèque
DeutschDiskothek, Disko, Disco, Tanzlokal
Italianodiscoteca
Ελληνικάντισκοτέκ ntiskoték, δισκοθήκη diskothíki
Românădiscotecă
Русскийдискоте́ка diskotéka
العربيةدِيسْكُو dīskū
עבריתדיסקוטק disqot'eq

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@misc{discotheque_2026,
  title = {discotheque},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/discotheque},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}