disc jockey

disc jockey - English

Alternative forms

discjockey
disk jockey
diskjockey

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˌdɪsk ˈdʒɒki/

Noun

disc jockey (plural disc jockeys)

(dated, radio) A person who conducts a radio program of recorded music combined with talk, news, commercials, weather, etc.
A person who plays, and sometimes mixes, recorded music at nightclubs, dances, parties, or some other social event; and/or as a backup musician for spoken word, or hip hop performers.
- Synonyms: deejay, DJ, (dated) discaire, selector

Translations

Afrikaans: platejoggie (af), diskjockey
Arabic: دِي جِي‎ m (dī jey), دِي جَاي‎ m (dī jay)
Armenian: դիջեյ (hy) (diǰey)
Catalan: discjòquei (ca) m or f
Chinese:
- Mandarin: 唱片騎師／唱片骑师 (chàngpiàn qíshī), DJ (zh)
Czech: diskžokej (cs) m
Dutch: livedj, dj (nl), DJ, diskjockey (nl), discjockey
Esperanto: diskludisto, diskĵokeo, DĴ
Estonian: DJ, diskor
Finnish: tiskijukka (fi), deejii
French: disc jockey (fr) m, DJ (fr) m, DJette (fr) f
Georgian: დისკ-ჟოკეი (disḳ-žoḳei), დიჯეი (diǯei)
Ido: disk-jokeo
German: Discjockey (de) m, Diskjockey (de) m
Hungarian: lemezlovas (hu)
Japanese: ディスクジョッキー (disukujokkī), DJ (dījei), ディージェイ (dījei), DJ
Korean: 디스크 자키 (diseukeu jaki), 디제이 (ko) (dijei)
Latin: discimpositor m, discimpositrix f
Maori: kaituku waiata
Occitan: discjòquei m or f
Polish: DJ (pl) m, didżej (pl) m, didżejka f
Portuguese: disc jockey (pt) m or f, disco-jóquei (pt) m or f
Russian: диск-жоке́й (ru) m (disk-žokéj), дидже́й (ru) m (didžéj)
Spanish: pinchadiscos m or f
Swedish: diskjockey (sv) c, DJ (sv) c
Thai: นักจัดรายการ (nák-jàt-raai-gaan), ดีเจ (th) (dii-jee)
Ukrainian: диск-жоке́й m (dysk-žokéj), дидже́й m (dydžéj)
West Frisian: diskjockey, DJ

disc jockey - Portuguese

Noun

disc jockey m or f by sense (plural disc jockeys)

disc jockey
- Synonym: disco-jóquei

Meaning and Definition of disc jockey

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