breakdancing

See also: break-dancing and break dancing

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Influenced by breakdown (the percussion break of songs chosen by a DJ for use in hip-hop music) -- breakdancers were originally those who danced to a breakdown.

Noun

breakdancing (uncountable)

(dance) An urban style of acrobatic street dance that originated in the hip hop culture of New York City in the late 20th century.

Synonyms

Translations

Style of dance

Chinese:
Mandarin: 霹靂舞 (zh), 霹雳舞 (zh) (pīlìwǔ)
Finnish: breikkitanssi
French: breakdance (fr) m
Georgian: ბრეიკდანსი (breiḳdansi), ბრეიკ-დანსი (breiḳ-dansi)
Hungarian: breaktánc

Maori: kanikani keretao
Polish: breakdance (pl) m
Portuguese: breakdance (pt)
Russian: брейк-да́нс (ru) m (brejk-dáns), брейк (ru) m (brejk)
Swedish: breakdance c, breakdans

References

2001. The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: North America. Garland Publishing. Ellen Koskoff (Ed.). Pgs. 694-695.

Spanish

Noun

breakdancing m (uncountable)

breakdancing

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