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discothèque

discothèque is the alternative form of discotheque.

Meaning of discotheque

Noun

discotheque (plural discotheques)

  1. (dated) A nightclub where dancing takes place.
    • By night, it must be admitted, the place is something of a horror, with its endless repetitive bars and strip-joints and hot-doggeries and battalions of barkers competing with the howl of the discotheques.1969, the editors of Time-Life Books, “New Orleans”, in The USA: A Visitor’s Handbook, Amsterdam: Time-Life Books, →LCCN, →OCLC, chapter 2 (Famous Cities), page 160
    Synonyms:
    disco

Forms of discothèque

pluraldiscothèques

Questions about discothèque

What is discothèque the alternative form of?
Discothèque is the alternative form of discotheque.

Words near discothèque in the dictionary

  1. discosts
  2. discoteque
  3. discoteques
  4. discotheque
  5. discotheques
  6. discothèque
  7. discothèques
  8. discotic
  9. discotomies
  10. discotomy
  11. discouered

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