disco

A2 Topic:Art & Music

US /ˈdɪskoʊ/ UK /ˈdɪskəʊ/ See IPA manual

noun verb Freq #6583

Meanings

1

noun
A place or event where people dance to recorded pop music.

We danced all night at the disco.
2

noun
A style of dance music that was popular in the 1970s.

The radio station played classic disco all weekend.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a place or event where... club nightclub

2 noun · a style of dance music that... disco music

Word family

Forms discos

Derived forms antidiscoavant-discodisco-dancedisco-likedisco-stylediscoerdiscoeydiscofieddiscoishdiscolikediscomaniadiscowear

Etymology

From a shortening of discotheque, from French discothèque.

discothèque French

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# disco

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** ˈdɪskoʊ
**IPA (UK):** ˈdɪskəʊ
**Frequency rank:** 6583

## Meanings
1. A place or event where people dance to recorded pop music.
2. A style of dance music that was popular in the 1970s.

## Examples
- We danced all night at the disco.
- The radio station played classic disco all weekend.

## Derived Forms
- antidisco
- avant-disco
- disco-dance
- disco-like
- disco-style
- discoer
- discoey
- discofied
- discoish
- discolike
- discomania
- discowear

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: discothèque

## Etymology
From a shortening of discotheque, from French discothèque.

## AI Etymology
Disco is from a shortening of discotheque, from French discothèque. As a noun, the word names a person, thing, state, or result associated with the older form rather than introducing a separate visible root. In use as a noun, disco denotes a place or event where people dance to recorded pop music and a style of dance music that was popular in the 1970s. The same word family continues in derived forms such as antidisco, avant-disco, disco-dance, and disco-like.

## Topics
- Art & Music

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