discotheque
pronunciation
How to pronounce discotheque in British English:
UK [ˈdɪskətek]
How to pronounce discotheque in American English:
US [ˌdɪskəˈtɛk]
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- Noun:
- a public dance hall for dancing to recorded popular music
Word Origin
- discotheque (n.)
- 1954 as a French word in English; nativized by 1965, from French discothèque "nightclub with recorded music for dancing," also "record library," borrowed 1932 from Italian discoteca "record collection, record library," coined 1927 from disco "phonograph record" + -teca "collection," probably on model of biblioteca "library."
Example
- 1. You brought a cripple toa discotheque , to dance ?
- 2. Which discotheque is the most popular in new york ?
- 3. We have a discotheque at the far end of this corridor .
- 4. And in april of nineteen eighty-six , a bomb exploded at a west berlin discotheque popular with american troops .
- 5. In 1986 reagan sent jets to bomb targets in libya in retaliation for libya 's suspected involvement in bombing a discotheque in west berlin frequented by us servicemen .