disco

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun popular dance music (especially in the late 1970s); melodic with a regular bass beat; intended mainly for dancing at discotheques
  2. noun a public dance hall for dancing to recorded popular music
  3. verb dance to disco music

Etymology

From a shortening of discotheque, from French discothèque.

In classic literature

Synonyms

disco music

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