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The basement, meanwhile, serves as a discotheque and games room dedicated to the concept of Play.—Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 4 Dec. 2024 Pitched up between the city's Central Business District and the green expanse of Lumpini Park, the 23-story modernist tower was Thailand's tallest building at the time, and the hotel drew in a high-society clientele with novelties such as a discotheque, ballrooms, and a top-floor restaurant.—Chris Schalkx, Travel + Leisure, 8 Jan. 2025 No discotheques, no recognizable brands or Michelin stars, and no chain hotels.—Simon Mills, airmail.news, 10 Aug. 2024 The basement, meanwhile, serves as a discotheque and games room dedicated to the concept of Play.—Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 4 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for discotheque
Word History
Etymology
French discothèque, from disque disk, record + -o- + -thèque (as in bibliothèque library)
from French discothèque "nightclub with music for dancing," from disque "phonograph record, disk" and -thèque (the same ending as in French bibliothèque "library")
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