disco ball

English

WOTD – 31 December 2007

A disco ball

Etymology

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)

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

Finnish: diskopallo
French: boule à facettes (fr) f, boule disco f
German: Spiegelkugel (de) f, Diskokugel f
Hungarian: diszkógömb

Icelandic: diskókúla f
Japanese: ミラーボール (mirā bōru)
Polish: kula dyskotekowa f
Swedish: diskokula c

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