A discothèque,,'s an entertainment venue or club with recorded music played by "Discaires" (Disc jockeys) through a PA system, rather than an on-stage band. Prior to the discothèque, most bars and nightclubs used live bands as entertainment. Etymology The word derives from the French word discothèque (a type of nightclub). Discothèque's a portmanteau coined around 1941 from disc and bibliothèque (library) by La Discothèque, then located on the Rue de la Huchett… (More on Discotheque)