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DJ
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Appendix:Variations of "dj"
Translingual
Symbol
1 2 Djibouti 1977
mul DJI ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 alpha-3 1977present AI 19741977, as the French Territory of the Afars and the Issas Afars and the Issas
mul Djibouti
English
Dow Jones & Company
Pronunciation
en /ˈdi(ː)(.)d͡ʒeɪ/ /(ˌ)diːˈd͡ʒeɪ/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-DJ.wav Southern England
en eɪ iːdʒeɪ 2
Noun
en music en disc jockey.
en deejay
en VJ
en 1982 Michael Cleveland Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life w:Indeep Last night a DJ saved my life / Last night a DJ saved my life from a broken heart
en 1986 The World Won’t Listen Morrissey & Johnny Marr Panic 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
en 1999 w:Beastie Boys w:Hello Nasty Three MC’s and One DJ Three MC's and one DJ / We be getting down with no delay
en Richard Collett He ran out of countries to visit, so he created his own w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/08/travel/slowjamastan-micronation 2023-06-08 “I like to put it simply,” says Randy “R Dub!” Williams, a late-night “slow jams” DJ from San Diego who’s also known as “the Sultan of Slowjamastan.” “I ran out of countries, so I created my own.” https://web.archive.org/web/20260516010746/https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/08/travel/slowjamastan-micronation 16 May 2026
en clothing en dinner jacket.
en dust jacket.
Translations
person who selects and plays recorded music disc jockey
Verb
+!,+'
To act as a DJ (disc jockey); to play, cut and mix/blend recorded music.
en 2023-08-31 Frankie de la Cretaz Postcard from Camp Gaylore w:Cosmopolitan https://www.cosmopolitan.com/lifestyle/a44903791/taylor-swift-queer-theories-camp-gaylore/ A tattooed camp staffer DJs from a heavily stickered laptop, next to a whirling party light that scatters rainbow beams throughout the space. https://web.archive.org/web/20260903093814/https://www.cosmopolitan.com/lifestyle/a44903791/taylor-swift-queer-theories-camp-gaylore/ 3 September 2026
Proper noun
en stock symbol Dow Jones & Company, an American publishing firm.
en w:David Jones (department store) David Jones, an Australian luxury department store.
en DJs
17 June 2010 Gwen Robinson Australian CEO quits over complaint https://www.ft.com/content/879b19f3-5ff3-3a97-ae39-26e5b3b106fe DJ shares fell as much as 4.7% in Sydney after Australia’s second-biggest department-store chain said McInnes would leave his role and the board immediately and that Paul Zahra, general manager, would assume the CEO’s role. https://archive.ph/ULnUW 2025-08-30
9 July 2014 Ronald Barusch Dealpolitik: David Jones Deal Highlights Power of Shareholders in Australia https://web.archive.org/web/20250830055428/https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-MBB-23834 But one shareholder started building a position in DJ shares that, if it continued to grow (as it can in Australia up to 20%), could come close to blocking the deal.
17 December 2022 Peter Vincent Inside the sad downfall of the once mighty David Jones as the 184-year-old retailer of 'the best and most exclusive goods' faces a humiliating fire sale to a new owner https://web.archive.org/web/20221219053808/https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11539919/David-Jones-Inside-sad-downfall-mighty-184-year-old-Australian-department-store.html DJs bottom line net profit was just $14.5m in 2022, compared to $84.3m in 2021 – an 82.7 per cent collapse.
Anagrams
en dj J.D. JD
en Musicians
Finnish
Etymology
From fi en DJ.
Pronunciation
dee-jii
Noun
disc jockey
fi deejii disc jockey tiskijukka
Declension
DJ i ä
Further reading
2026-05-14
French
Etymology
fr en DJ.
thumb|Un DJ.
Pronunciation
fr /di.dʒe/ /di.dʒɛj/ /de.ʒi/
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-DJ.wav <<France>> (<<Somain>>)
Noun
mf #,#s
en DJ, disc jockey
fr disc jockey platiniste
Related terms
fr DJette
fr DJing
German
Etymology
de :bor en:DJ
de en DJ.
Pronunciation
de /ˈdiːd͡ʒɛɪ̯/
de De-DJ.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
m,,s
en DJ, disc jockey
Declension
m,,s
Related terms
de DJane
Further reading
Japanese
Etymology
From ja en DJ てぃいじぇえ'.
Pronunciation
ディージェー 3
Noun
ディージェー ディージェイ
ja ディスクジョッキー disuku jokkī disc jockey てぃいじぇえ'; a en DJ
ja terms written in foreign scripts
Polish
pl:
Etymology
pl :ubor en:DJ + 1
Pronunciation
didżej Pl-DJ.ogg D.J
Noun
m-pr
DJ, disk jockey, deejay
pl didżej didżejka
Declension
DJ DJ-e DJ-a DJ-ów DJ-owi DJ-om DJ-a DJ-ów DJ-em DJ-ami DJ-u DJ-ach DJ-u DJ-e
Further reading
pl Male people Musicians
Portuguese
Etymology
pt :ubor en:DJ + 1
Pronunciation
dhi djei,di djei di-jey
Noun
mfbysense #s
en DJ, deejay, disk jockey person who plays or mixes recorded music at nightclubs
Further reading
pt Occupations Music
Romanian
Proper noun
ro proper noun
ro @abbrev of:Dolj county c/Romania
Spanish
Alternative forms
es dejota diyey
Etymology
es :bor en:DJ + 1
Pronunciation
de-jota di-yey
Noun
mfbysense #
en DJ, deejay, disk jockey person who plays or mixes recorded music at nightclubs
es pinchadiscos disyóquey
Further reading
es Occupations Music