Meanings
noundisco ball (plural disco balls)
plural disco balls
- A suspended rotating mirrored sphere which casts moving spots of light across a room when light is projected on it.
Synonyms: glitter ball, glitterball, mirror ball, mirrorball
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA suspended rotating mirrored sphere which casts moving spots of light across a room when light is projected on it.
Origin
From disco + ball. Gained popularity towards the end of the 20th century.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Estonian diskopall
- diskopallmirrored sphere
Finnish diskopallo
- diskopallomirrored sphere
French boule à facettes, boule disco
- boule à facettesmirrored sphere
- boule discomirrored sphere
German Spiegelkugel, Diskokugel
- Spiegelkugelmirrored sphere
- Diskokugelmirrored sphere
Hungarian diszkógömb
- diszkógömbmirrored sphere
Icelandic diskókúla
- diskókúlamirrored sphere
Japanese ミラーボール
- ミラーボール (mirā bōru)mirrored sphere
Polish kula dyskotekowa
- kula dyskotekowamirrored sphere
Portuguese bola de espelhos
- bola de espelhosmirrored sphere
Russian зерка́льный шар
- зерка́льный шар (zerkálʹnyj šar)mirrored sphere
Spanish bola de discoteca, bola disco
- bola de discotecamirrored sphere
- bola discomirrored sphere
Swedish diskokula, spegelboll
- diskokulamirrored sphere
- spegelbollmirrored sphere
- discokulamirrored sphere
Turkish disko topu
- disko topumirrored sphere
Cite this entry
APA
disco ball. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disco%20ball
MLA
“disco ball.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disco%20ball. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disco ball,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disco%20ball.
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