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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈdɪskəʊ/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈdɪskoʊ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(dis′kō)

Inflections of 'disco' (n): npl: discos

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
dis•co /ˈdɪskoʊ/USA pronunciation   n., pl. -cos, v. 
n. 
  1. Music and Dance a discotheque:[countable]dancing at a disco all night.
  2. Music and Dance[uncountable] a style of popular dance music with electronic instrumentation and a heavy, rhythmic beat.

v. [no object]
  1. Music and Danceto dance to disco:discoing all night.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
dis•co  (dis′kō),USA pronunciation n., pl. -cos, adj., v. 
n. 
  1. Music and Dancediscotheque.
  2. Music and Dancea style of popular music for dancing, usually recorded and with complex electronic instrumentation, in which simple, repetitive lyrics are subordinated to a heavy, pulsating, rhythmic beat.
  3. Music and Danceany of various forms of dance, often improvisational, performed to such music.

adj. 
  1. Music and Danceof or pertaining to a disco or disco music.
  2. Music and Danceintended for a disco or its patrons.

v.i. 
  1. Music and Danceto dance disco, esp. at a discotheque.
  • by shortening 1960–65, American.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
disco /ˈdɪskəʊ/ n ( pl -cos)
    • an occasion at which typically young people dance to amplified pop records, usually compered by a disc jockey and featuring special lighting effects
    • (as modifier): disco dancing
  2. a nightclub or other public place where such dances take place
  3. mobile equipment, usually accompanied by a disc jockey who operates it, for providing music for a disco
Etymology: 20th Century: shortened from discotheque
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