Nightclub : nf A discotheque – also called a nightclub (abbreviated as a box), a nightclub (abbreviated as a club) - is a private musical and dancing leisure establishment, generally nocturnal and reserved for adults.
Appeared in the 1960s and giving rise to multiple subcultures, the discotheque is generally distinguished from the simple drinking establishment by the presence in addition to a bar of a dance floor and a cabin reserved for the DJ allowing to mix a set live one or more styles of music through a powerful sound system, linked to a multimedia scenography (audiovisual and light).
A nightclub can also serve as a concert hall. A private place, it has a security service that filters access.
Most nightclubs cater to specific musical genres and target certain communities, or dedicate certain nights to a particular musical theme.
Etymology in French: The word "discotheque" is attested in French since 1928, and means at that time a space or a piece of furniture located in the house where microgroove records are stored. The establishment or room where one can dance is called a " dancing from the 1920s. In the 1950s, the word discotheque encompassed both furniture, but also a shop where you could listen to records before buying them, as well as a record lending establishment, a local within a radio station where records are stored, and, finally, a nightclub (1958). This last occurrence tends to impose itself from the 1970s, in competition with the Anglicisms dancing and nightclub
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