# discotheque

Pronunciation: US say "DIS-kuh-tek" /ˈdɪskəˌtɛk/; UK

## Noun

1. A nightclub where people gather to dance. *(dated)*
   - Simple: A club open late at night where people go to dance.
   - _They spent the whole night dancing at a crowded discotheque near the harbor._
   - _In the 1970s the empty warehouse was turned into a discotheque with mirrored walls and a lighted floor._

## Origin

Borrowed from French discothèque, meaning “record library”.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/discotheque (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).