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discotheque

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dis·co·theque also dis·co·thèque  (dsk-tk, dsk-tk)
n.
A nightclub that features dancing to recorded or sometimes live music and often has showy decor and elaborate lighting.

[French, record library, discothèque, from Italian discoteca, record library : disco, disk, record (from Latin discus, quoit; see discus) + biblioteca, library (from Latin bibliothca; see bibliotheca).]

discotheque [ˈdɪskəˌtɛk]
n
(Music / Pop Music) the full name of disco
[from French discothèque, from Greek diskos disc + -o- + Greek thēkē case]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.discothequediscotheque - a public dance hall for dancing to recorded popular music
ballroom, dance hall, dance palace - large room used mainly for dancing
Translations
discotheque [ˈdɪskəʊtek] Ndiscoteca f

discotheque [ˈdɪskətɛk] n
(= place, club) → discothèque f
(= event) → soirée f disco

discotheque
nDiskothek f

discotheque [ˈdɪskəʊtɛk] ndiscoteca
discotheque [ˈdɪskəʊtɛk] ndiscoteca

discotheque
n discotheque [ˈdiskətek]
(usually abbreviated todiscoˈdiskou) a place, or a type of entertainment, at which recorded music is played for dancing. diskoteek نادٍ لَيْلي дискотека diskotéka diskotek die Diskothek ντισκοτέκ discoteca disko, diskoteek دیسکوتک؛ دیسکو disko discothèque דִיסקוֹטֶק डिस्को diskoteka diszkó diskotek diskótek discoteca ディスコ 디스코텍 diskoteka diskotēka disko discotheek diskotek dyskoteka discoteca discotecă дискотека diskotéka diskoteka diskoteka diskotek ไน้ท์คลับที่เปิดแผ่นเสียงให้แขกเต้นรำ diskotek (放流行歌曲供人跳舞的)夜總會,迪斯可舞廳 дискотека کوئی کلب یا مقام جہاں مقبول عام موسیقی پر رقص ہوتا ہے sàn nhảy,迪


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Male sex (2-5), cigarette smoking (6-8), passive exposure to smoke (8), bar patronage, discotheque visits (9), antimicrobial drug use (9,10), kissing (5), and overcrowding (11) have been associated with carriage, and many of these factors are also risk factors for meningococcal disease (12 15).
Uncle Moses is himself a semi-retired signboard painter and discotheque decorator, who in his younger days worked in neighboring Cote d'Ivoire.
On that date in Cairo, 52 gay men were arrested on the Queen Boat, a popular floating discotheque, and imprisoned for "debauchery"-there being no official law against homosexuality per se in Egypt.
 
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