disc jockey
Etymology
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Etymology
Previously also called record man.
Pronunciation- IPA: /ˌdɪsk ˈdʒɒki/
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, jock, discaire, selector
- French: disc jockey, disc-jockey, DJ, DJette, platiniste
- German: Discjockey, Diskjockey
- Italian: disc jockey
- Portuguese: disc jockey, disco-jóquei
- Russian: диск-жоке́й
- Spanish: pinchadiscos
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