Download the app
educalingo
Search
Disco is just pop music you can dance to.
Sheena Easton

Meaning of "disco" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DISCO

Shortened from discotheque.
info
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp
section

PRONUNCIATION OF DISCO

disco  [ˈdɪskəʊ] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DISCO

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Disco is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DISCO MEAN IN ENGLISH?

disco

Disco

Disco is a genre of music that was popular in the 1970s, though it has since enjoyed brief resurgences including the present day.[10] The term is derived from discothèque. Its initial audiences were club-goers from the African American, GLBTQ,[nb 1] Italian American, Latino, and psychedelic communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Disco also was a reaction against both the domination of rock music and the stigmatization of dance music by the counterculture during this period. Women embraced disco as well, and the music eventually expanded to several other popular groups of the time.[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] In what is considered a forerunner to disco-style clubs, New York City DJ David Mancuso opened The Loft, a members-only private dance club set in his own home, in February 1970.[20][21] AllMusic claims some have argued that Isaac Hayes and Barry White were playing what would be called disco music as early as 1971. According to the music guide, there is disagreement as to what the first disco song was.

Definition of disco in the English dictionary

The first definition of disco in the dictionary is an occasion at which typically young people dance to amplified pop records, usually compered by a disc jockey and featuring special lighting effects. Other definition of disco is a nightclub or other public place where such dances take place. Disco is also mobile equipment, usually accompanied by a disc jockey who operates it, for providing music for a disco.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DISCO


alfresco
ælˈfrɛskəʊ
brasco
ˈbræskəʊ
casco
ˈkæskəʊ
chubasco
tʃʊˈbæskəʊ
cisco
ˈsɪskəʊ
Disko
ˈdɪskəʊ
Enesco
ɛˈnɛskəʊ
fiasco
fɪˈæskəʊ
fresco
ˈfrɛskəʊ
gauchesco
ɡaʊˈtʃɛskəʊ
Ionesco
ˌiːəˈnɛskəʊ
Kosciusko
ˌkɒsɪˈʌskəʊ
Kosciuszko
ˌkɒsɪˈʌskəʊ
Lambrusco
læmˈbrʊskəʊ
Moresco
məˈrɛskəʊ
Morisco
məˈrɪskəʊ
Moscow
ˈmɒskəʊ
pisco
ˈpɪskəʊ
Tabasco
təˈbæskəʊ
UNESCO
juːˈnɛskəʊ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DISCO

disco dancing
disco lights
disco music
discoboli
discobolos
discobolus
discoer
discographer
discographic
discographical
discography
discoid
discoidal
discologist
discology
discolor
discoloration
discolored
discolorment

WORDS THAT END LIKE DISCO

atamasco
ayahuasco
banco
Blanco
Cerro de Pasco
chico
churrigueresco
co
coco
Cusco
eco
Franco
Jalisco
loco
Mexico
Monaco
morocco
poco
Puerto Rico
San Francisco

Synonyms and antonyms of disco in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DISCO»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «disco» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of disco

Translation of «disco» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF DISCO

Find out the translation of disco to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of disco from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «disco» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

迪斯科
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

discoteca
570 millions of speakers

English

disco
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

डिस्को
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ديسكو
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

диско
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

discoteca
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ডীস্কো
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

boîte
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Disko
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Disco
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ディスコ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

디스코
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Disko
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

điệu nhảy disco
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

டிஸ்கோ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

डिस्को
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

disko
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

discoteca
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dyskoteka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дискотека
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

discotecă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ντίσκο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

disco
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

disco
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

diskotek
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of disco

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DISCO»

The term «disco» is very widely used and occupies the 3.713 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Very widely used
98
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «disco» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of disco
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «disco».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DISCO» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «disco» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «disco» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about disco

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «DISCO»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word disco.
1
Steven Adler
GN'R was five guys who were all into different things. I liked pop and disco, Izzy was into New York rock, Slash loved Aerosmith and Led Zeppelin, Axl was into Genesis and Elton John, and Duff was a punk rocker. We all blended that stuff together.
2
Fred Astaire
Disco is just jitterbug.
3
Guy Berryman
At school, there was an annual school disco and I'd be standing in my bedroom wondering what to wear for hours on end. Eventually I'd arrive at a decision that was just the most ridiculous costume you could have ever devised - I think it was probably knitted Christmas jumpers on top of buttoned-up white shirts.
4
Juan Campodonico
I started buying records in the '80s. I listened to everything new wave, disco, funk synth-pop, rock, but in my house we were listening to bossa nova, tango, and folk.
5
Don Cornelius
There was no match for Barry White. His music is just going to live forever. It's not limited to disco or soul or hip-hop or anything.
6
Sheena Easton
Disco is just pop music you can dance to.
7
Sheena Easton
When I was working with David Cassidy at the Rio, I made an album of updated versions of some 1970s disco tunes. I had a blast.
8
Grandmaster Flash
Disco was brand new then and there were a few jocks that had monstrous sound systems but they wouldn't dare play this kind of music. They would never play a record where only two minutes of the song was all it was worth. They wouldn't buy those types of records.
9
Grandmaster Flash
Disco B still rolls with me now. He's still doing his thing. He does clubs in different places. He was very instrumental in helping me perfect my craft.
10
David Foster
I told Celine Dion not to record that 'Titanic' song. That's about as big as you can get. 'Flashdance?' I thought, 'Welder by day, disco dancer by night - who wants to see that?'

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DISCO»

Discover the use of disco in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to disco and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Turn the Beat Around: The Secret History of Disco
Journalist Shapiro traces the history of disco music, describing it as a shotgun marriage between a newly out and proud gay sexuality and the first generation of post-civil rights African Americans, all to the serenade of the synthesizer.
Peter Shapiro, 2006
2
Hot Stuff: Disco and the Remaking of American Culture
"Echols's love of music, her acumen about popular culture, and her gifts as a leading cultural historian come together in this remarkable book. The book is fascinating, carried along by prose that is as sleek and slinky as its subject.
Alice Echols, 2011
3
Bar Mitzvah disco: the music may have stopped, but the ...
A nostalgic collection of hilarious pictures and reminiscences based on the popular Web site, BarMitzvahDisco.com, celebrates the Jewish-American coming-of-age phenomenon in all its ritualistic, excessive, awkward glory, with essays on ...
Roger Bennett, Jules Shell, Nick Kroll, 2005
4
The disco files 1973-78: New York's underground, week by week
"The records, the charts, the clubs, the stories"--Cover.
Vince Aletti, 2009
5
The Last Days of Disco: With Cocktails at Petrossian ...
During the last days of the disco era, in the early 1980s, a popular dance club becomes the center of nightlife for a group of not-quite innocent young people new to Manhattan.
Whit Stillman, 2000
6
Disco Dance
Disco Dance explains why disco was more than just a dance form or a fad, describing many of the clubs—in New York City especially—where the disco subculture thrived.
Lori Ortiz, 2011
7
Disco: The Music, The Times, The Era
A guide to the disco phenomenon, featuring photographs and memorabilia from the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, pays tribute to the performers and portrays the lifestyle that influenced everything from music and dancing to movies and fashion.
Johnny Morgan, 2011
8
Kabul Disco
Honest and perceptive, inquisitive and unsettling, this book casts an ironic yet affectionate look at the realities of a country that never strays far from the headlines.
Nicolas Wild, 2009
9
Le Freak: An Upside Down Story of Family, Disco, and Destiny
The influential pop music performer and songwriter shares the story of his career, describing his formative experiences in the evolving music scene beside such contemporaries as Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie, and Madonna.
Nile Rodgers, 2011
10
Disco Years
Disco Years brings viewers the high life, literally and figuratively. It takes people back to a time when skiing was an indoor activity, velvet ropes were high security, and incredible style was the only requirement.
‎2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DISCO»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term disco is used in the context of the following news items.
1
dave murrays latest forecast and disco…thursday … - FOX2now.com
JULY 9, 2015. DAVE-MURRAY'S-FORECAST-LIGHTNING. Dave Murray's Latest STL forecast and weather disco…THURSDAY…July 9, 2015:. «fox2now.com, Jul 15»
2
Iain Duncan Smith like an old geezer at a disco as George Osborne …
IDS bounced around like an old geezer at a disco, shaking his fists: QUENTIN LETTS on Osborne's monocle-popping Budget Day ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
3
Treasure Fingers Drops 'Koolaid' On Psycho Disco - LessThan3
Altanta's Treasure Fingers debuts his brand new label Psycho Disco and unveils the first release off the imprint, his funkified cut called Koolaid. «LessThan3, Jul 15»
4
Mangano Welcomes Disco Unlimited And Dark Lady To Lakeside …
Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano today announced that Disco Unlimited and Dark Lady, a Cher Tribute, will perform at ... «LongIsland.com, Jul 15»
5
I was flattered, but embarrassed, by Disco Pants chart hit - Quinn …
The song Niall Quinn's Disco Pants was unveiled as a chant in 1992 by his fans when he played for Manchester City and was adopted by ... «Herald, Jul 15»
6
Panic! at the Disco's new 'Hallelujah' music video: See it here first
for Panic! at the Disco's brand new music video. The pop-punkers' "Hallelujah" video is a dialogue between an impassioned preacher and a ... «Mashable, Jul 15»
7
The Bee Gees perfected fraternal harmonies way before going disco
The Bee Gees became worldwide celebrities as the godfathers of disco, the band behind the mega-selling soundtrack to Saturday Night Fever. «A.V. Club Denver/Boulder, Jul 15»
8
Abuja Disco Fined N8bn in 18 Months
Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) has paid total penalties of N8 billion to the Market Operator (MO) for imbalance electricity take ... «THISDAY Live, Jul 15»
9
Nightclub's teenage disco 'breached licensing laws'
A COOKSTOWN hotel breached licensing laws by holding a teenage disco in its nightclub, the Court of Appeal has ruled. Senior judges upheld ... «The Ulster Herald, Jul 15»
10
Police officer stabbed in Tavira disco brawl
Police officer stabbed in Tavira disco brawl ... three others injured following a fight that broke out on the doorstep of the Mood disco in Tavira. «The Portugal News, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Disco [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/disco>. Apr 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z