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noun
- a nightclub for dancing to live or recorded music and often featuring sophisticated sound systems, elaborate lighting, and other effects.
noun
- the full name of disco
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.”