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A public dance hall for dancing to recorded popular music
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discotheque
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" Discothèque " is the lead single from the Irish rock band U2 's 1997 album, Pop . It peaked at number one in many countries' charts, including the UK Singles Chart . The song received mixed reviews from critics.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a public dance hall for dancing to recorded popular music [syn: disco ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1954 as a French word in English; nativized by 1965, from French discothèque "nightclub with recorded music for dancing," also "record library," borrowed 1932 from Italian discoteca "record collection, record library," coined 1927 from disco "phonograph ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ An auto rally driver with a penchant for crashing cars, Marko Milosevic owns a discotheque and several cafes in the town. ▪ Birmingham's nightclubs offer a variety of attractions, from spectacular discotheques to small live music ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context slightly dated English) A nightclub where dancing takes place.
Usage examples of discotheque.
Some of the younger delegates and a handful of older roisterers remained spread around the city-in bars, restaurants, discotheques, strip joints.
F-111 and naval air strike against Libya in 1986 in response to the discotheque terrorist attack in Germany gave Gadhafi pause.
It was something Kafka-esque to them as they whirled past the discothèques and the psychedelic book shops and the outdoor restaurants where the slim, hungry children of the strobe age languished, turned on, grooving heavy behind meth or grass.