diskoo

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from English disco, a clipping of discotheque, itself a borrowing of French discothèque (“record library”). The extra -o was added to differentiate from disko (“disc”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /disˈkoo/
  • Rhymes: -oo
  • Hyphenation: dis‧ko‧o

Noun

diskoo (uncountable, accusative diskoon)

  1. disco
  • diskoteko (“discotheque”)
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