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disco

dis·co

Today it means: 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. Full definition →

French discothèque

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disco · noun, verb¹

French · derived fromdiscothèque
English todaydisco

From a shortening of discotheque, from French discothèque.

disco · noun²

Clipping of discovery.

Words from the same roots

Frenchdiscothèque all →

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