DJ

DJ

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Djibouti since 1977.

   Synonyms: DJI (alpha-3 1977–present), AI (1974–1977, as the Afars and the Issas)

• IPA^(key): /ˈdi(ː)(.)d͡ʒeɪ/, /(ˌ)diːˈd͡ʒeɪ/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eɪ, -iːdʒeɪ

DJ (plural DJs)

1. (music) Initialism of disc jockey.

   Synonym: deejay

   Coordinate term: VJ

   • 1982, Michael Cleveland, “Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life”, performed by Indeep:

     Last night a DJ saved my life / Last night a DJ saved my life from a broken heart

   • 1986, Morrissey & Johnny Marr, “Panic”, in The World Won’t Listen, performed by The Smiths:

     Burn down the disco / Hang the blessed DJ / Because the music that they constantly play / It says nothing to me about my life

   • 1999, “Three MC’s and One DJ”, in Hello Nasty, performed by Beastie Boys:

     Three MC's and one DJ / We be getting down with no delay

   • 2023 June 8, Richard Collett, “He ran out of countries to visit, so he created his own”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     “I like to put it simply,” says Randy “R Dub!” Williams, a late-night “slow jams” DJ from San Diego who’s also known as “the Sultan of Slowjamastan.” “I ran out of countries, so I created my own.”

2. (clothing) Initialism of dinner jacket.
3. Initialism of dust jacket.

DJ (third-person singular simple present DJs or DJ's, present participle DJing or DJ'ing, simple past and past participle DJed or DJ'd or DJ'ed)

1. To act as a DJ (disc jockey); to play, cut and mix/blend recorded music.
   • 2023 August 31, Frankie de la Cretaz, “Postcard from Camp Gaylore”, in Cosmopolitan‎^[2]:

     A tattooed camp staffer DJs from a heavily stickered laptop, next to a whirling party light that scatters rainbow beams throughout the space.

DJ

1. (stock ticker symbol) Dow Jones & Company, an American publishing firm.
2. Initialism of David Jones, an Australian luxury department store.

   Synonym: DJs

   • 2010 June 17, Gwen Robinson, “Australian CEO quits over complaint”, in Financial Times‎^[3], London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 August 2025:

     DJ shares fell as much as 4.7% in Sydney after Australia’s second-biggest department-store chain said McInnes would leave his role and the board immediately and that Paul Zahra, general manager, would assume the CEO’s role.

   • 2014 July 9, Ronald Barusch, “Dealpolitik: David Jones Deal Highlights Power of Shareholders in Australia”, in The Wall Street Journal‎^[4], New York, N.Y.: Dow Jones & Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 August 2025:

     But one shareholder started building a position in DJ shares that, if it continued to grow (as it can in Australia up to 20%), could come close to blocking the deal.

   • 2022 December 17, Peter Vincent, “Inside the sad downfall of the once mighty David Jones as the 184-year-old retailer of 'the best and most exclusive goods' faces a humiliating fire sale to a new owner”, in Daily Mail‎^[5], London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 December 2022:

     DJ's bottom line net profit was just $14.5m in 2022, compared to $84.3m in 2021 – an 82.7 per cent collapse.

• J.D., JD

< English DJ

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeːˌjiː/, [ˈde̞ːˌjiː]
• Rhymes: -iː

DJ

1. disc jockey

   Synonyms: deejii, disc jockey, tiskijukka

Borrowed from English DJ.

• IPA^(key): /di.dʒe/, /di.dʒɛj/, /de.ʒi/

• Audio (France (Somain)):

  (file)

DJ m or f (plural DJ or DJs)

1. DJ, disc jockey

   Synonyms: disc jockey, platiniste

• DJette
• DJing

Borrowed from English DJ.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdiːd͡ʒɛɪ̯/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

DJ m (strong, genitive DJs, plural DJs)

1. DJ, disc jockey

• DJane

• “DJ”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[6] (in German)

From English DJ.

• (Tokyo) ディージェー [dìíjéꜜè] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [dʲiːʑe̞ː]

DJ(ディージェー) or DJ(ディージェイ) • (dījē or dījei) 

1. abbreviation of ディスクジョッキー (disuku jokkī, “disc jockey”); a DJ

Unadapted borrowing from English DJ.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdi.d͡ʐɛj/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -id͡ʐɛj
• Syllabification: D‧J

DJ m pers

1. DJ, disk jockey, deejay

   Synonyms: didżej, didżejka

• “DJ”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[7] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “DJ”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[8] (in Polish)

Unadapted borrowing from English DJ.

DJ m or f by sense (plural DJs)

1. DJ, deejay, disk jockey (person who plays or mixes recorded music at nightclubs)

• “DJ”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “DJ”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

DJ

1. abbreviation of Dolj: a county of Romania

• dejota, diyey

Borrowed from English DJ.

• IPA^(key): /ˌde ˈxota/ [ˌd̪e ˈxo.t̪a]

DJ m or f by sense (plural DJ)

1. DJ, deejay, disk jockey (person who plays or mixes recorded music at nightclubs)

   Synonyms: pinchadiscos, disyóquey

• “DJ” in Lexico, Oxford University Press.