nightclub

See also: night club

English

Etymology

From night + club.

Pronunciation

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Noun

nightclub (plural nightclubs)

  1. A public or private establishment that is open late at night to provide entertainment, food, drink, music and/or dancing.
  2. (Philippines) A strip club.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

nightclub (third-person singular simple present nightclubs, present participle nightclubbing, simple past and past participle nightclubbed)

  1. To visit a nightclub (or nightclubs) for entertainment.
    Our first night in the big city we went out nightclubbing. The next morning we stayed in hung over.

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English nightclub.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnaidklub/ [ˈnai̯ð̞.kluβ̞]
    • Rhymes: -aidklub
  • IPA(key): /ˈnaiklub/ [ˈnai̯.kluβ̞]
    • Rhymes: -aiklub

Noun

nightclub m (plural nightclubs or nightclubes)

  1. nightclub

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

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