disco

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See also: Disco and discó

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From a shortening of discotheque, from French discothèque.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɪskəʊ/
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  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈdɪskoʊ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪskəʊ
  • Hyphenation: dis‧co

Noun[edit]

disco (countable and uncountable, plural discos)

  1. (countable, slightly dated) Clipping of discotheque, a nightclub for dancing.
    Synonyms: club, nightclub
    • 1986, Morrissey & Johnny Marr (lyrics and music), “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
  2. (uncountable, music) A genre of dance music that was popular in the 1970s, characterized by elements of soul music with a strong Latin-American beat and often accompanied by pulsating lights.
    • 2009, Marcus Reeves, Somebody Scream!‎[1], Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN:
      And black music became a hot commodity in the form of disco, its lyrics and rhythm laced with a palpable (even ethnic) amiguity, helping people dance and escape their concerns. Even the cry of “burn, baby, burn”, a popular chant during many a 1960s urban rebellion, was co-opted by the times, becoming the chorus for the 1977 dance hit “Disco Inferno.”

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Verb[edit]

disco (third-person singular simple present discos, present participle discoing, simple past and past participle discoed)

  1. (intransitive) To dance disco-style dances.
    • 2013, Roger Ebert, “B.A.P.S.”, in I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie‎[2], Andrews McMeel Publishing, →ISBN:
      The cause of his ill health is left a little obscure, and no wonder, because shortly before his dreadful deathbed scene he's well enough to join the women in a wild night of disco dancing. You have not lived until you've seen Martin Landau discoing.
  2. (intransitive) To go to discotheques.
    • 2009 February 16, Cathy Horyn, “Designers Square Off: Sexy vs. Classy”, in New York Times‎[3]:
      Learning that a discoing sex appeal has returned to the runways is a little like hearing that Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb are reuniting.

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English disco. Equivalent to a shortening of discotheek.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɪs.koː/
  • Hyphenation: dis‧co

Noun[edit]

disco m (plural disco's, diminutive discootje n)

  1. (countable) A discotheque, a nightclub.
    Synonym: discotheek
  2. (uncountable) Disco (genre of dance music).

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Finnish[edit]

Noun[edit]

disco

  1. Alternative form of disko

Declension[edit]

Inflection of disco (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative disco discot
genitive discon discojen
partitive discoa discoja
illative discoon discoihin
singular plural
nominative disco discot
accusative nom. disco discot
gen. discon
genitive discon discojen
partitive discoa discoja
inessive discossa discoissa
elative discosta discoista
illative discoon discoihin
adessive discolla discoilla
ablative discolta discoilta
allative discolle discoille
essive discona discoina
translative discoksi discoiksi
instructive — discoin
abessive discotta discoitta
comitative — discoineen
Possessive forms of disco (type valo)
possessor singular plural
1st person disconi discomme
2nd person discosi disconne
3rd person disconsa

Italian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin discus. Doublet of desco.

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Noun[edit]

disco m (plural dischi)

  1. disc, disk
  2. (anatomy) disc
  3. (athletics) discus

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Latin[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Italic *diskō, from Proto-Indo-European *di-dḱ-sḱe/o-, reduplicated durative form of *deḱ- (“to take”). From the same root as doceō; unrelated to discipulus.

Cognates include Ancient Greek δέχομαι (dékhomai), whereas δαῆναι (daênai) is attributed to another root, *dens-, together with δεδαώς (dedaṓs), δήνεα (dḗnea) and διδάσκω (didáskō).

Verb[edit]

discō (present infinitive discere, perfect active didicī, supine discitum); third conjugation

  1. I learn
    Aut disce aut discēde.
    Either learn or go away.
  2. (drama) I study, practice
Conjugation[edit]
   Conjugation of discō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present discō discis discit discimus discitis discunt
imperfect discēbam discēbās discēbat discēbāmus discēbātis discēbant
future discam discēs discet discēmus discētis discent
perfect didicī didicistī didicit didicimus didicistis didicērunt, didicēre
pluperfect didiceram didicerās didicerat didicerāmus didicerātis didicerant
future perfect didicerō didiceris didicerit didicerimus didiceritis didicerint
passive present discor disceris, discere discitur discimur disciminī discuntur
imperfect discēbar discēbāris, discēbāre discēbātur discēbāmur discēbāminī discēbantur
future discar discēris, discēre discētur discēmur discēminī discentur
perfect discitus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect discitus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect discitus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present discam discās discat discāmus discātis discant
imperfect discerem discerēs disceret discerēmus discerētis discerent
perfect didicerim didicerīs didicerit didicerīmus didicerītis didicerint
pluperfect didicissem didicissēs didicisset didicissēmus didicissētis didicissent
passive present discar discāris, discāre discātur discāmur discāminī discantur
imperfect discerer discerēris, discerēre discerētur discerēmur discerēminī discerentur
perfect discitus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect discitus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — disce — — discite —
future — discitō discitō — discitōte discuntō
passive present — discere — — disciminī —
future — discitor discitor — — discuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives discere didicisse discitūrum esse discī discitum esse discitum īrī
participles discēns — discitūrus — discitus discendus, discundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
discendī discendō discendum discendō discitum discitū
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Descendants[edit]
  • → Brythonic: [Term?]

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun[edit]

discō

  1. dative/ablative singular of discus

References[edit]

  • disco in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
  • disco in Charlton T. Lewis, An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1891
  • disco in Gaffiot, Félix, Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, 1934
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden, Latin Phrase-Book‎[4], London: Macmillan and Co., 1894
    • we know from experience: experti scimus, didicimus
    • to be well-informed, erudite: multa cognita, percepta habere, multa didicisse
    • to be educated by some one: litteras discere ab aliquo
    • to be absolutely ignorant of arithmetic: bis bina quot sint non didicisse
    • to learn, study music: artem musicam discere, tractare
    • to learn to play a stringed instrument: fidibus discere (De Sen. 8. 26)
    • to study a piece, of the actor); to get a piece played, rehearse it: fabulam docere (διδάσκειν) (of the writer) (opp. fabulam discere
    • to know Latin: latinam linguam scire or didicisse

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

From English disco.

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Noun[edit]

disco n (indeclinable)

  1. disco, disco music
  2. (slang) dance party
    Synonym: dyskoteka

Further reading[edit]

  • disco in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • disco in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese[edit]

Noun[edit]

disco m (plural discos)

  1. disc (a thin, flat, circular plate)
  2. (athletics) discus
  3. (uncountable) disco (type of music)

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Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈdisko/, [ˈd̪is.ko]

Etymology 1[edit]

Short for discoteca.

Noun[edit]

disco f (plural discos)

  1. club, discotheque

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Latin discus, from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos). Compare English disc, dish, discus and dais.

Noun[edit]

disco m (plural discos)

  1. disc, disk
  2. phonograph record or disc
  3. rotary dial
  4. (athletics) discus
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb[edit]

disco

  1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of discar.

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Swedish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

disco n

  1. a disco, a discotheque
  2. disco; a type of music

Declension[edit]

Declension of disco 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative disco discot discon discona
Genitive discos discots discons disconas
Declension of disco 2
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative disco discon — —
Genitive discos discons — —

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