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 1950s rock and roll.

Noun

rock music (uncountable)

(music) 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.

Synonyms

rock
rock and roll

Translations

popular music genre

Arabic: مُوسِيقَى الرُّوك‎ f (mūsīqā r-rūk), رُوك‎ m (rūk), رُوك‎ m (rok)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 搖滾音樂／摇滚音乐 (zh) (yáogǔn yīnyuè), 搖滾樂／摇滚乐 (zh) (yáogǔnyuè)
Esperanto: rokmuziko, roko
Estonian: rokk (et), rokkmuusika
Finnish: rokki (fi)
French: rock (fr) m, musique rock f
Georgian: როკ-მუსიკა (roḳ-musiḳa)
German: Rockmusik (de) f
Hindi: रॉक संगीत (rŏk saṅgīt)
Hungarian: rockzene
Irish: rac-cheol m
Jamaican Creole: rak myuuzik
Japanese: ロック音楽 (rokku-ongaku), ロック (ja) (rokku)
Korean: 락 음악 (rak eumak), 락 (ko) (rak)
Latin: (New Latin) rockiana f, rociana f, rockianus m, rocianus m, musica rock f
Latvian: rokmūzika f
Marathi: रॉक संगीत n (rŏk saṅgīt)
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)
Welsh: cerddoriaeth roc f

References

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