disco

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See also: discó

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From a shortening of discotheque, from French discothèque.

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Noun[edit]

disco (countable and uncountable, plural discos)

  1. (countable, slightly dated) Clipping of discotheque., a nightclub for dancing.
  2. (uncountable) 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.

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Terms derived from disco

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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.
  2. (intransitive) To go to discotheques.
    • 2009 February 16, Cathy Horyn, “Designers Square Off: Sexy vs. Classy”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      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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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

Italian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin discus, whence also Italian desco (an inherited doublet).

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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]

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Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Italic *dikskō, reduplicated form of Proto-Indo-European *deḱ-. From the same root as doceō.

Cognates include Ancient Greek διδάσκω (didáskō), δεδαώς (dedaṓs), δαῆναι (daênai), δέχομαι (dékhomai).

Verb[edit]

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

  1. I learn
    Aut disce aut discede.
    Either learn or go away.
  2. (drama) I study, practice
Inflection[edit]
   Conjugation of disco (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 discitūrus esse discī discitus esse discitum īrī
participles discēns — discitūrus — discitus discendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
discere discendī discendō discendum discitum discitū
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Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun[edit]

discō

  1. dative singular of discus
  2. ablative singular of discus

References[edit]

  • disco in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • disco in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • disco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • 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

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/, [ˈd̪isko]

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).

Noun[edit]

disco m (plural discos)

  1. disc
  2. phonograph record or disc
  3. rotary dial
  4. (athletics) discus

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 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative disco discon — —
Genitive discos discons — —

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