disco ball

English

WOTD – 31 December 2007

A disco ball

Etymology

From disco +‎ ball.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdɪskəʊ ˌbɔːl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɪskoʊ ˌbɑːl/, /ˈdɪskoʊ ˌbɔːl/

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Noun

disco ball (plural disco balls)

1. A suspended rotating mirrored sphere which casts moving spots of light across a room when light is projected on it.

Synonyms

• (a mirrored sphere): glitter ball, glitterball, mirror ball, mirrorball

Translations

mirrored sphere

• Estonian: diskopall
• Finnish: diskopallo
• French: boule à facettes (fr) f, boule disco (fr) f
• German: Spiegelkugel (de) f, Diskokugel (de) f
• Hungarian: diszkógömb
• Icelandic: diskókúla f
• Japanese: ミラーボール (mirā bōru)
• Polish: kula dyskotekowa f
• Portuguese: bola de espelhos f
• Russian: зерка́льный шар m (zerkálʹnyj šar)
• Spanish: bola de discoteca f, bola disco f
• Swedish: diskokula (sv) c, spegelboll, discokula (sv) c
• Turkish: disko topu