disco

Syllables: dis·co/ˈdɪskəʊ/US/ˈdɪskoʊ/

disco noun: a genre of dance music that was popular in the 1970s, characterized by elements of soul music with a strong Latin-American beat and often accompanied by pulsating lights. Also the clipping of discotheque.

Noun (1)

disco (countable and uncountable, plural discos)

(uncountable) A genre of dance music that was popular in the 1970s, characterized by elements of soul music with a strong Latin-American beat and often accompanied by pulsating lights.
- And black music became a hot commodity in the form of disco, its lyrics and rhythm laced with a palpable (even ethnic) amiguity, helping people dance and escape their concerns. Even the cry of “burn, baby, burn”, a popular chant during many a 1960s urban rebellion, was co-opted by the times...2009, Marcus Reeves, Somebody Scream!, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN
(UK) A dance, a social gathering where dancing is the main activity.

Verb

disco (third-person singular simple present discos, present participle discoing, simple past and past participle discoed)

(intransitive) To dance disco-style dances.
- The cause of his ill health is left a little obscure, and no wonder, because shortly before his dreadful deathbed scene he's well enough to join the women in a wild night of disco dancing. You have not lived until you've seen Martin Landau discoing.2013, Roger Ebert, “B.A.P.S.”, in I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie, Andrews McMeel Publishing, →ISBN
(intransitive) To go to discotheques.
- Learning that a discoing sex appeal has returned to the runways is a little like hearing that Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb are reuniting.2009 February 16, Cathy Horyn, “Designers Square Off: Sexy vs. Classy”, in New York Times

Noun (2)

disco (plural discos)

(US, informal) discovery (pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered)
- You don't need to worry about these details at the complaint stage, we can get them in disco.
(US, informal) discovery (materials revealed to the opposing party during the pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered)
- Has the disco come in from the defendants yet? We sent them requests almost six weeks ago.

Also used as

disco is also the clipping of discotheque.

disco meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

disco in Hindi

discotheque — see also night club: डिस्को ḍisko

disco in Marathi

discotheque — see also night club: डिस्को ḍisko
type of music: डिस्को ḍisko

disco in Urdu

discotheque — see also night club: ڈسکو ḍisko

disco in Bengali

discotheque — see also night club: ডিস্কো ḍiskō

More languagesFewer languages

disco in Telugu: డిస్కో, డిస్కోకు
disco in Malayalam: ഡിസ്കോ
disco in Kannada: ಡಿಸ್ಕೋ, ಡಿಸ್ಕೊ
disco in Punjabi: ਡਿਸਕੋ, ਡਿਸਕੋ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ
disco in Gujarati: ડિસ્કો
disco in Odia: ଡିସ୍କୋ, ଡିସ୍କୋକୁ
disco in Nepali: डिस्को, डिस्को गर्न
disco in Arabic: دِيسْكُو dīskū
disco in Persian: دیسکوتک diskotek, دیسکو diskô
disco in Thai: ดิสโก dís-gôo, ดิสโก้เทค
disco in Vietnamese: vũ trường
disco in Myanmar: ဒစ္စကို dacca.kui

Examples of disco in a sentence

The streets were dark, and all that could be seen was light pulsing from the disco.
Six years later there were barely any dancehalls to supervise—it was all glitzy discos attached to pubs.
Every club wanted the seamless mix, but not every suburban disco DJ was able to beatmix.

All 40 example sentences with disco

Synonyms of disco

Forms of disco

Noun
plural	discos
Verb
third-person singular present	discos
present participle	discoing
past participle	discoed
past	discoed

Plural of disco: discos

Origin of disco

From a shortening of discotheque, from French discothèque.

Clipping of discovery.

Phrases with disco

Words that rhyme with disco

Questions about disco

What does disco mean?: Disco means a genre of dance music that was popular in the 1970s, characterized by elements of soul music with a strong Latin-American beat and often accompanied by pulsating lights.
What is disco in Hindi?: Disco in Hindi is डिस्को (ḍisko). See Disco meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is disco?: Disco can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce disco?: Disco is pronounced /ˈdɪskəʊ/ (UK).
What is the plural of disco?: The plural of disco is discos.

Words near disco in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: disco (page history and authors); disco (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disco (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disco (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disco (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disco (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disco (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disco (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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