disc jockey

== English == === Alternative forms === discjockey, disk jockey, diskjockey, DJ === Etymology === Disc refers to the flat, circular shape of the traditional medium for recorded music. Jockey refers to a diminutive of jock, the Northern English or Scots colloquial equivalent of the first name John, which is also used generically for “boy, or fellow” (compare Jack, Dick), at least since 1529. So, disc jockey / DJ etymologically refers to a young person playing (discs holding) music. Coined by journalist Walter Winchell in 1935 to describe Martin Block. Appeared in print in Variety in 1941. Previously also called record man. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌdɪsk ˈdʒɒki/ === Noun === disc jockey (plural disc jockeys) A person who plays, and sometimes mixes, recorded music at nightclubs, dances, parties, or some other social event; or as a backup musician for spoken word, or hip hop performers. Synonyms: deejay, DJ, jock, (dated) discaire, selector (dated, radio) A person who conducts a radio program of recorded music combined with talk, news, commercials, weather, etc. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === disc jockey on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Finnish == === Etymology === From English disc jockey. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdisk ˈjokːei̯/, [ˈdis̠k ˈjo̞kːe̞i̯] IPA(key): /ˈdisk ˈjoki/, [ˈdis̠k ˈjo̞k̟i] IPA(key): /ˈdisk ˈdʒoki/, [ˈdis̠k ˈdʒo̞k̟i] === Noun === disc jockey disc jockey (person who plays recorded music at a nightclub, bar, party etc.) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “disc jockey”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 14 May 2026 == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English disc jockey. === Noun === disc jockey m or f by sense (plural disc jockeys) disc jockey Synonym: disco-jóquei