Recent Examples on the WebAn antique store turned novelty store Evangeline’s began as an antique and gift store, which shared a building space with a discotheque.—Emma Hall, Sacramento Bee, 13 July 2024 The second intifada’s grisly campaign of terrorist attacks directed against cafés, pizza parlors, discotheques, and other civilian gathering places killed over 1,000 Israelis and injured many thousands more, leaving deep scars in Israel’s national psyche.—Michael Scott Doran, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2019 Conversely, the modular beach area aft can be used as a cinema, a discotheque, or a tranquil lounge by the water’s edge.—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 July 2024 Bust a move Nightlife in Paris for Gueye means hitting the city's discotheques.—Jennifer Padjemi, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for discotheque
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Word History
Etymology
French discothèque, from disque disk, record + -o- + -thèque (as in bibliothèque library)
from French discothèque "nightclub with music for dancing," from disque "phonograph record, disk" and -thèque (the same ending as in French bibliothèque "library")
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