disco
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From a shortening of discotheque, from French discothèque.
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disco (countable and uncountable; plural discos)
- (countable, slightly dated) A short form of discotheque, a place for dancing.
- (uncountable) A type of music popular in discotheques.
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to disco (third-person singular simple present discos, present participle discoing, simple past and past participle discoed)
- (intransitive) To dance disco-style dances.
- (intransitive) To go to discotheques.
- 2009 February 16, Cathy Horyn, “Designers Square Off: Sexy vs. Classy”, New York Times:
- Learning that a discoing sex appeal has returned to the runways is a little like hearing that Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb are reuniting.
- 2009 February 16, Cathy Horyn, “Designers Square Off: Sexy vs. Classy”, New York Times:
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Latin discus
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disco, /ˈdisko/, /"disko/
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disco m. (plural dischi)
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- (anatomy) disco intervertebrale
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- discale
- dischetto
- discobolo
- disco fisso
- discografia
- discoide
- discolibro
- disco orario
- disco rigido
- discoteca
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From *didscō, reduplicated form of Proto-Indo-European *deḱ-. Cognates include Ancient Greek δέχομαι (dekhomai). Also compare doceō.
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present active discō, present infinitive discere, perfect active didicī. (no passive)
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Short for discoteca.
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disco f. (plural discos)
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Latin discus, from Ancient Greek δίσκος.
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disco m. (plural discos)
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- disc
- phonograph record or disc
- rotary dial
- (sports) discus
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disco (infinitive: discar)