English

Noun

disco ‎(countable and uncountable, plural discos)

1. (countable, slightly dated) A short form of discotheque, a nightclub for dancing.
2. (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.

Synonyms

• (place for dancing): club, nightclub

Derived terms

• disco-like

Translations

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) To dance disco-style dances.
2. (intransitive) To go to discotheques.
   • 2009 February 16, Cathy Horyn, “Designers Square Off: Sexy vs. Classy”, in New York Times:

     Learning that a discoing sex appeal has returned to the runways is a little like hearing that Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb are reuniting.

Anagrams

• sodic

Finnish

Noun

disco

1. Alternative form of disko

Declension

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin discus, whence also Italian desco (an inherited doublet).

Pronunciation

• disco
• IPA^(key): /ˈdisko/

Noun

disco m ‎(plural dischi)

1. disc, disk
2. (anatomy) disc

Synonyms

• (anatomy) disco intervertebrale

Related terms

• discale
• dischetto
• discobolo
• disco fisso
• discografia
• discoide
• discolibro
• disco orario
• disco rigido
• discoteca

Anagrams

• scodi

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *dikskō, reduplicated form of Proto-Indo-European *deḱ-. From the same root as doceō.

Cognates include Ancient Greek διδάσκω ‎(didáskō), δεδαώς ‎(dedaṓs), δαῆναι ‎(daênai), δέχομαι ‎(dékhomai).

Verb

discō ‎(present infinitive discere, perfect active didicī, supine discitum); third conjugation

1. I learn

   Aut disce aut discede.

   Either learn or go away.

2. (drama) I study, practice

Inflection

Derived terms

• dēdiscō
• ēdiscō

Related terms

• disciplīna
• discipulus

Descendants

• English: disciple

Etymology 2

Non-lemma forms.

Noun

discō

1. dative singular of discus
2. ablative singular of discus

References

• disco in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• disco in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “disco”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • we know from experience: experti scimus, didicimus
    
  • to be well-informed, erudite: multa cognita, percepta habere, multa didicisse
    
  • to be educated by some one: litteras discere ab aliquo
    
  • to be absolutely ignorant of arithmetic: bis bina quot sint non didicisse
    
  • to learn, study music: artem musicam discere, tractare
    
  • to learn to play a stringed instrument: fidibus discere (De Sen. 8. 26)
    
  • to study a piece, of the actor); to get a piece played, rehearse it: fabulam docere (διδάσκειν) (of the writer) (opp. fabulam discere
    
  • to know Latin: latinam linguam scire or didicisse
    

Portuguese

Noun

disco m (plural discos)

1. disc (a thin, flat, circular plate)
2. (uncountable) disco (type of music)

Related terms

• disquete

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈðisko̞/

Etymology 1

Short for discoteca.

Noun

disco f ‎(plural discos)

1. club, discotheque

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin discus, from Ancient Greek δίσκος ‎(dískos).

Noun

disco m ‎(plural discos)

1. disc
2. phonograph record or disc
3. rotary dial
4. (sports) discus

Related terms

• discar

Verb

disco

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of discar.

Swedish

Alternative forms

• disko

Noun

disco n

1. a disco, a discotheque
2. disco; a type of music

Declension

Synonyms

• diskotek

Related terms

• diskotek, diskomusik, discomusik