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discaire

Syllables: disc·aire/dɪsˈkɛə//dɪsˈkɛɚ/

discaire is the alternative spelling of disquaire.

Meaning of disquaire

Noun

disquaire (plural disquaires)

  1. (dated) A disc jockey, especially one in a French-speaking country.
    • Some discothèques allow their patrons to suggest tunes to the disquaire, but at many such an impertinence would be unthinkable—like asking Pablo Casals to play Melancholy Baby.1963 July 5, “The Compleat Virtuosi”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Warner Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Dec 2008

Forms of discaire

pluraldiscaires

Origin of discaire

From English disc (“vinyl gramophone or phonograph record”) + French -aire (suffix forming adjectives or nouns), modelled after disquaire. Disc is derived from French disque (“disk, record”), from Latin discus (“discus, quoit; dish shaped like a discus; disc of a sundial”), from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “disc, quoit; dish; round mirror; reliquary”), probably of Pre-Greek origin.

Words that rhyme with discaire

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Questions about discaire

What is discaire the alternative spelling of?
Discaire is the alternative spelling of disquaire.
How do you pronounce discaire?
Discaire is pronounced /dɪsˈkɛə/ (UK).

Words near discaire in the dictionary

  1. discabinets
  2. discage
  3. discaged
  4. discages
  5. discaging
  6. discaire
  7. discaires
  8. discal
  9. Discala
  10. discalceate
  11. discalceated

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Adapted from Wiktionary: discaire (page history and authors); disquaire (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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