disc jockey

Etymology
refers to the flat, circular shape of the traditional medium for recorded music. refers to a diminutive of, the Northern English or Scots colloquial equivalent of the first name , which is also used generically for “boy, or fellow” (compare , ), at least since 1529. So, disc jockey / DJ etymologically refers to a young person playing (discs holding) music.

to describe. Appeared in print in in 1941.

Previously also called.

Noun

 * 1)  A person who conducts a radio program of recorded music combined with talk, news, commercials, weather, etc.
 * 2) 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.
 * 1) 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.

Translations

 * Finnish: ,


 * Afrikaans:, diskjockey
 * Arabic: دِي جِي, دي جيه, دِسْك جَوكِي
 * Armenian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 唱片騎師,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: livedj,, DJ, , discjockey
 * Esperanto: diskludisto, diskĵokeo, DĴ
 * Estonian: DJ, diskor
 * Finnish:, deejii, ,
 * French:, , , ,
 * Georgian: დისკ-ჟოკეი, დიჯეი
 * German: ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Haitian Creole: deje
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido: disk-jokeo
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, DJ, ディージェイ
 * Korean: 디스크 자키,
 * Latin: discimpositor, discimpositrix
 * Maori: kaituku waiata
 * Occitan: discjòquei, DJ
 * Polish:, , didżejka
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: pinchadiscos
 * Swedish: ,
 * Thai: นักจัดรายการ,
 * Ukrainian: диск-жоке́й, дидже́й
 * West Frisian: diskjockey, DJ

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) disc jockey person who plays recorded music at a nightclub, bar, party etc.

Etymology
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