rock music

English

Etymology

Shortening of rock and roll + music, in use since about 1966-67 to refer to genres that had grown sufficiently distinct from rock and roll to be considered a separate form.

Noun

rock music (uncountable)

(music) Any of various genres of popular music employing electrical amplification, especially those ultimately derived from rock and roll.

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)
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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