discotheque

discotheque

See also: discothèque

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French discothèquebor.
English discotheque

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

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈdɪskəˌtɛk/, /ˈdɪskoʊˌtɛk/
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    Noun

    discotheque (plural discotheques)

    1. (dated) A nightclub where dancing takes place.
      Synonym: disco
      • 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:
        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.

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