"disco ball" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdɪskəʊ ˌbɔːl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈdɪskoʊ ˌbɑːl/ [US], /ˈdɪskoʊ ˌbɔːl/ [US] Audio: en-us-disco ball.ogg , en-au-disco ball.ogg Forms: disco balls [plural]
Etymology: From disco + ball. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|disco|ball}} disco + ball Head templates: {{en-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. Wikipedia link: disco ball Categories (topical): Dance Synonyms (a mirrored sphere): glitter ball, glitterball, mirror ball, mirrorball Translations (mirrored sphere): diskopall (Estonian), diskopallo (Finnish), boule à facettes [feminine] (French), boule disco [feminine] (French), Spiegelkugel [feminine] (German), Diskokugel [feminine] (German), diszkógömb (Hungarian), diskókúla [feminine] (Icelandic), ミラーボール (mirā bōru) (Japanese), kula dyskotekowa [feminine] (Polish), bola de espelhos [feminine] (Portuguese), зерка́льный шар (zerkálʹnyj šar) [masculine] (Russian), bola de discoteca [feminine] (Spanish), bola disco [feminine] (Spanish), diskokula [common-gender] (Swedish), spegelboll (Swedish), discokula [common-gender] (Swedish), disko topu (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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