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discotheque

[dis-kuh-tek, dis-kuh-tek] / ˈdɪs kəˌtɛk, ˌdɪs kəˈtɛk /




discothèque


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“Most of these drinks were served in clubs and discotheques… they were brightly colored. If you’re at a discotheque, you don’t want a glass of brown liquor.”

From Salon ● Nov. 30, 2025

Moments such as The Beatles dancing to their own music in a discotheque and Lennon playing with toy boats while taking a bubble bath mix with plenty of snappy dialogue.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 18, 2022

French singer, actress and self-proclaimed inventor of the discotheque Regine has died aged 92.

From BBC ● May 1, 2022

And so began Chez Régine, widely regarded as the world’s first discotheque.

From New York Times ● May 1, 2022

We called the library a discotheque, which was a joke of ours.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood

Behind an unmarked door at Wenwen, a homey Taiwanese restaurant in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, a discothèque awaits: Speakers pump out pop songs in Mandarin, Cantonese and Taiwanese.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 31, 2022

Back in 1967, Arte Povera artists in Italy, the radicals of their time, hung out at the Piper Club, a discothèque of, by and for the avant-garde in Turin.

From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 2022

That was Mike O’Harro, whose freewheeling parties — and, later, Tramps discothèque — made him the godfather of the D.C. singles scene.

From Washington Post ● May 26, 2020

Still in disguise, he turned up at a local discothèque, but was refused entry.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 28, 2020

He sold theatre tickets, washed windows, and ran a student discothèque.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 8, 2018

“Most of these drinks were served in clubs and discotheques… they were brightly colored. If you’re at a discotheque, you don’t want a glass of brown liquor.”

From Salon ● Nov. 30, 2025

Limits on discotheques and nightclubs will stand at 50% indoors and 75% outdoors.

From Reuters ● Oct. 7, 2021

The easing meant that, among other public spaces, nightclubs and discotheques were allowed to reopen for the first time in more than a year.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 12, 2021

The scene from the film Saturday Night Fever is now 44 years-old but it remains a crucial moment in the history of night clubs and discotheques.

From BBC ● May 5, 2021

As he tweeted, "Unable to do anything else today, I did this. One hour of Bowie songs I've played in discotheques over the years."

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2016




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