rock music
A broad genre of popular music, including especially those styles ultimately derived…A broad genre of popular music, including especially those styles 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 themes of bold wildness, rebellion, and sexuality.
» My children love listening to rock music.
Мої діти обожнюють слухати рок-музику.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)A broad genre of popular music, including especially those styles 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 themes of bold wildness, rebellion, and sexuality.
Rockmusik
рок-му́зыкаrok-múzyka, рокrok
рок-му́зикаrok-múzyka
- a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western
Examples
33 sentencesMy children love listening to rock music.
Мої діти обожнюють слухати рок-музику. — deniko
Which do you like better, rock music or classical music?
Що тобі більше подобається: рок чи класична музика? — deniko
ruЧто вам больше нравится: рок или классическая музыка? — Wezel
deWas magst du lieber, Rockmusik oder klassische Musik? — Sudajaengi
I like rock music.
Я люблю рок-музику. — deniko
ruЯ люблю рок-музыку. — marafon
deIch mag Rockmusik. — Esperantostern
Rock music was playing in the gym.
I think that most young people like rock music.
ruЯ думаю, что большинство молодых людей любит рок-музыку. — odexed
deIch denke, die meisten jungen Leute hören gerne Rockmusik. — pne
Translations
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Origin
Shortening of rock and roll music, in use since circa 1966 to refer to genres of popular mShortening of rock and roll music, in use since circa 1966 to refer to genres of popular music which had grown sufficiently distinct from 1950s rock and roll.
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Synonyms
5 synonyms- a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western:rock 'n' rollrock'n'rollrock-and-rollrock and rollrock
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable