DJ

DJ

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Djibouti since 1977.

   Synonyms: DJI (alpha-3 1977–present), AI (1974–1977, as the Afars and the Issas)

• IPA^(key): /ˈdi(ː)(.)d͡ʒeɪ/, /(ˌ)diːˈd͡ʒeɪ/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eɪ, -iːdʒeɪ

DJ (plural DJs)

1. (music) Abbreviation of disc jockey.

   Synonym: deejay

   Coordinate term: VJ

   • 1982, Michael Cleveland (lyrics and music), “Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life”, performed by Indeep:

     Last night a DJ saved my life / Last night a DJ saved my life from a broken heart

   • 1986, Morrissey & Johnny Marr (lyrics and music), “Panic”, in The World Won’t Listen, performed by The Smiths:

     Burn down the disco / Hang the blessed DJ / Because the music that they constantly play / It says nothing to me about my life

   • 1999, “Three MC’s and One DJ”, in Hello Nasty, performed by Beastie Boys:

     Three MC's and one DJ / We be getting down with no delay

2. (clothing) Abbreviation of dinner jacket.

DJ (third-person singular simple present DJs or DJ's, present participle DJing or DJ'ing, simple past and past participle DJed or DJ'd)

1. To act as a DJ (disc jockey); to play, cut and mix/blend recorded music.
   • 2023 August 31, Frankie de la Cretaz, “Postcard from Camp Gaylore”, in Cosmopolitan‎:

     A tattooed camp staffer DJs from a heavily stickered laptop, next to a whirling party light that scatters rainbow beams throughout the space.

DJ

1. (stock ticker symbol) Dow Jones & Company

• J.D., JD

< English DJ

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeːˌjiː/, [ˈde̞ːˌjiː]

DJ

1. disc jockey

   Synonyms: deejii, disc jockey, tiskijukka

Borrowed from English DJ.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdiːd͡ʒɛɪ̯/

• (file)

DJ m (strong, genitive DJs, plural DJs)

1. DJ, disc jockey

• DJane

• “DJ” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

From English DJ.

• (Tokyo) ディージェ​ー [dìíjéꜜè] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [dʲiːʑe̞ː]

DJ(ディージェー) or DJ(ディージェイ) • (dījē or dījei) 

1. Abbreviation of ディスクジョッキー (disuku jokkī, “disc jockey”); a DJ

Unadapted borrowing from English DJ.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdi.d͡ʐɛj/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -id͡ʐɛj
• Syllabification: D‧J

DJ m pers

1. DJ, disk jockey, deejay

   Synonyms: didżej, didżejka

• DJ in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• DJ in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Unadapted borrowing from English DJ.

DJ m or f by sense (plural DJs)

1. DJ, deejay, disk jockey (person who plays or mixes recorded music at nightclubs)

DJ

1. Abbreviation of Dolj, a county in Romania.

• dejota, diyey

Borrowed from English DJ.

• IPA^(key): /ˌde ˈxota/ [ˌd̪e ˈxo.t̪a]

DJ m or f by sense (plural DJ)

1. DJ, deejay, disk jockey (person who plays or mixes recorded music at nightclubs)

   Synonyms: pinchadiscos, disyóquey

• “DJ” in Lexico, Oxford University Press.