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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
discotheque
noun
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▪ 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 venues.
▪ Men are not equipped with gorgeous ornaments or stereotyped courtship rituals, however it may look in the average discotheque.
▪ One evening, she made a rare outing to the local discotheque in her home town of Dusseldorf.
▪ S., discotheques became popular as places you danced to recorded music, just like at a house party.
▪ There is a fresh water pool, tennis court, peak season beach restaurant and sound proofed discotheque.
▪ There was a private community club, equipped with a bar and a swimming pool and a discotheque.
▪ This is sometimes done at discotheques, and it produces some dramatic effects.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
discotheque

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 record" + -teca "collection," probably on model of biblioteca "library."

Wiktionary
discotheque

n. (context slightly dated English) A nightclub where dancing takes place.

WordNet
discotheque

n. a public dance hall for dancing to recorded popular music [syn: disco]

Wikipedia
Discothèque (song)

"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.

Discotheque (Marcia Hines album)

Discothèque is the eleventh studio album by Australian singer Marcia Hines, released in Australia on 30 September 2006 (see 2006 in music). It peaked at #6 in Australia.

Discotheque (Stereo Total album)

Discotheque is a remix album released by Stereo Total in 2005. It features covers of Motormark's "I hate everybody in the discoteque", the Rolling Stones' " Mother's Little Helper", Velvet Underground's "Stephanie says" with new lyrics by Taxigirl, and Serge Gainsbourgs "Bad News from the stars". Other remixes were: Mars Rendezvous, Babystrich, Europa Neurotisch(remixed by Stereo Total), Chelsea Girls (remixed by Thieves like us) Das erste Mal (by Vredus and Justus Köhnke and four dub remixes by Mad Professor) Troglodyten (remixed by Munk)

Discothèque (disambiguation)

A discothèque is an entertainment venue or club with recorded music rather than a live band.

Discothèque may also refer to:

  • Discothèque (song), a song by U2
  • Discotheque (Stereo Total album)
  • Discotheque (Marcia Hines album)
  • Discotech (song), a song by Young Love
Discothèque (album)

Discothèque is an album by flautist Herbie Mann recorded in 1975 and released on the Atlantic label.

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.