disco A2 Topic:Places & Geography US /ˈdɪskoʊ/ UK /ˈdɪskəʊ/ See IPA manual 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. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a place or event where... clubnightclub 2 noun · a style of dance music that... disco music Word family Forms discos Derived forms antidiscoavant-discodisco-dancedisco-likedisco-stylediscoerdiscoeydiscofieddiscoishdiscolikediscomaniadiscowear Appears in Phrases (1) See all disco music dance music with a strong regular beat associated with disco clubs Noun + noun Etymology AI details From a shortening of discotheque, from French discothèque. discothèque French View etymology graph -> Topics Places & Geography External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # disco **Type:** Word **Level:** A2 **Part of speech:** noun **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 - Places & Geography markdown