discotheque

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/ˈdɪskəˌtɛk//ˈdɪskoʊˌtɛk/

noun

A nightclub where dancing takes place.

Similar
disco
OriginFrench discothèque →
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Meanings

noundiscotheque (plural discotheques)

plural discotheques · alternative discothèque

  1. datedA 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.

    1969, the editors of Time-Life Books, “New Orleans”, in The USA: A Visitor’s Handbook, Amsterdam: Time-Life Books, →LCCN, →OCLC, chapter 2 (Famous Cities), page 160

    Synonyms: disco

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA nightclub where dancing takes place.

Similar
disco

More synonyms by meaning

nouna public dance hall for dancing to recorded popular music

Similar
disco
Broader
ballroomdance halldance palace
Also see
disco

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Frenchdiscothèque
  2. Frenchdiscothèque
  3. Englishdiscotheque

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

More words from French

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Arabic دِيسْكُو
  • دِيسْكُو (dīskū)nightclub
Chinese Mandarin 迪斯科, 迪廳 /迪厅
  • 迪斯科 (dísīkē)nightclub
  • 迪廳 /迪厅 (dítīng)nightclub
  • 迪斯科舞廳 /迪斯科舞厅 (dísīkē wǔtīng)nightclub
Czech diskotéka
  • diskotékanightclub
Dutch discotheek
  • discotheeknightclub
Estonian diskoteek
  • diskoteeknightclub
Finnish diskoteekki, disko
  • diskoteekkinightclub
  • diskonightclub
French discothèque
  • discothèquenightclub
German Diskothek, Disko
  • Diskotheknightclub
  • Diskonightclub
  • Disconightclub
  • Tanzlokalnightclub
Greek ντισκοτέκ, δισκοθήκη
  • ντισκοτέκ (ntiskoték)nightclub
  • δισκοθήκη (diskothíki)nightclub
Hebrew דיסקוטק
  • דיסקוטק (disqot'eq)nightclub
Hungarian diszkó
  • diszkónightclub
Icelandic diskótek
  • diskóteknightclub
Italian discoteca
  • discotecanightclub
Japanese ディスコティック
  • ディスコティック (disukotikku)nightclub
Korean 디스코테크, 디스코텍
  • 디스코테크 (diseukotekeu)nightclub
  • 디스코텍 (diseukotek)nightclub
Norwegian diskotek
  • diskoteknightclub
Polish dyskoteka
  • dyskotekanightclub
Portuguese discoteca
  • discotecanightclub
Romanian discotecă
  • discotecănightclub
Russian дискоте́ка
  • дискоте́ка (diskotéka)nightclub
Spanish discoteca
  • discotecanightclub
Swahili disko
  • diskonightclub
Swedish diskotek
  • diskoteknightclub
Ukrainian дискоте́ка
  • дискоте́ка (dyskotéka)nightclub
Yiddish דיסקאָטעק
  • דיסקאָטעק (diskotek)nightclub
Cite this entry
APA

discotheque. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/discotheque

MLA

“discotheque.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/discotheque. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “discotheque,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/discotheque.

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