rock music

English

Etymology

Shortening of rock and roll + music, in use since circa 1966 to refer to genres of popular music which had grown sufficiently distinct from rock and roll of the 1950's.

Noun

rock music (uncountable)

(music) Inclusive of various genres of popular music, especially those ultimately derived from rock and roll, employing electrical amplification, heavy use of guitars, 4/4 time with strong percussive rhythm on beats two and four (backbeat), and usually characterized by bold wildness, rebellion, and strong sexuality.

Synonyms

Translations

popular music genre

Arabic: مُوسِيقَى اَلرُّوك‎ f (mūsīqā r-rūk), اَلرُّوك‎ m (ar-rūk), اَلرُّوك‎ m (ar-rok)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 搖滾音樂, 摇滚音乐 (yáogǔn yīnyuè), 搖滾樂 (zh), 摇滚乐 (zh) (yáogǔnyuè)
Esperanto: rokmuziko, roko
Estonian: rokk, rokkmuusika
Finnish: rokki (fi)
French: rock (fr) m, musique rock f
Georgian: როკ-მუსიკა (roḳ-musiḳa)
German: Rockmusik (de) f
Hindi: रॉक संगीत (rok saṅgīt)
Japanese: ロック音楽 (rokku-ongaku), ロック (ja) (rokku)

Korean: 락 음악 (rak eumak), 락 (ko) (rak)
Latvian: rokmūzika f
Marathi: रॉक संगीत n (rǒka saṃgīta)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: rockemusikk m

Nynorsk: rockemusikk m
Persian: راک‎ (fa)
Portuguese: rock (pt) m
Russian: рок-му́зыка (ru) f (rok-múzyka), рок (ru) m (rok)
Rusyn: рок-му́зика f (rok-múzyka)
Vietnamese: nhạc rock, rock (vi)

References

2001. The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: North America. Garland Publishing. Ellen Koskoff (Ed.). Pg. 347.

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