house music

English

Etymology

Probably from The Warehouse, a nightclub in Chicago, Illinois, USA, where the music became popular around 1985.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhaʊs ˌmjuːzɪk/

Noun

house music (uncountable)

(music) A particular type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum.
Synonym: house

Hyponym: microhouse
- 1986, Marshall Jefferson (lyrics and music), “Move Your Body”:
  Gotta have house music, all night long / With that house music, you can't go wrong / Give me that house music, set me free
- 1987, “My House”, Chuck Roberts (lyrics), performed by Rhythm Controll:
  House is an uncontrollable desire to jack your body / And, as I told you before, this is our house and our house music
- 2007, Danny Palmerlee, South America on a Shoestring, page 66:
  Corrugated-steel ceilings, a dozen blue-felted pool tables and DJ house music Thursday to Saturday.

Hyponyms

Translations

type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum

Afrikaans: housemusiek
Arabic: هاوس m (hāūs), موسيقى الهاوس f
Egyptian Arabic: مزيكا الهاوس
Belarusian: гаўс (haŭs)
Bulgarian: хаус (haus)
Catalan: música house f, house (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 浩室音樂／浩室音乐 (hàoshì yīnyuè)
Czech: house music, house (cs)
Danish: house (da)
Dutch: house (nl) c, housemuziek (nl) c
Esperanto: haŭzo
Estonian: house-muusika, house (et)
Finnish: house (fi)
French: house (fr) f, musique house (fr) f, house music (fr) f
Galician: house (gl) m
Georgian: ჰაუსი (hausi), ჰაუს-მუსიკა (haus-musiḳa)
German: House (de) m, House-Musik f, Housemusik f
Greek: χάουζ (el) f (cháouz), house (el) f
Hebrew: האוס
Hungarian: house (hu)
Icelandic: hústónlist, house-tónlist, house (is)
Ido: please add this translation if you can
Indonesian: musik house, house (id)
Italian: musica house f, house (it) f
Jamaican Creole: ous myuuzik
Japanese: ハウス (ja) (hausu), ハウス音楽
Korean: 하우스 음악 (hauseu eumak), 하우스 (hauseu)
Latin: musica domestica f, domestica f
Latvian: hausmūzika f, hauss
Lithuanian: house (lt)
Lombard: müsega house f, house (lmo)
Norwegian: house (no)
Nynorsk: house-musikk, house
Occitan: musica house f, house (oc) m
Persian: موسیقی هاوس
Polish: house (pl) m
Portuguese: house (pt) m, música house f
Quechua: house (qu)
Romanian: muzică house, house (ro)
Russian: ха́ус (ru) m (xáus)
Scots: house muisic, hoose muisic
Serbo-Croatian: хауз c, house glazba, house (sh)
Slovak: house (sk)
Slovene: house (sl)
Spanish: música house (es), house (es)
Swedish: house (sv) c, housemusik (sv), house-musik
Thai: เฮาส์
Turkish: house müzik, house (tr)
Ukrainian: хауз (xauz)
Welsh: House
West Frisian: housemuzyk c, house (fy) c

Further reading

house music on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

music house

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /(h)aws my.zik/
Audio: (file)

Noun

house music f (plural house music)

house music, house
Synonym: house

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