zouk
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French secouer (“to shake up”), via creole.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /zuk/, /zuːk/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -uːk
Noun
[edit]zouk (plural zouks)
- (music) A style of dance music originating in the French Antilles, combining Latin American, African and Western disco rhythms; a dance to this music
- 2007 August 3, The New York Times, “Dance Listings”, in New York Times[1]:
- From 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Brooklyn’s own ReggaeLution band will perform, and at 9, D.J. Lumumba (a k a Revolution) will preside over an inclusive Caribbean dance party, from bachata to zouk and back again.
Derived terms
[edit]Verb
[edit]zouk (third-person singular simple present zouks, present participle zouking, simple past and past participle zouked)
- To dance to zouk music.
Dutch
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[edit]Noun
[edit]zouk m (uncountable)
- zouk
- 2021 July 4, “Gezellige sfeer bij vaccinatie in PL-centrum [Congenial atmosphere at vaccination drive at PL party centre]”, in StarNieuws[2], retrieved 7 December 2022:
- Uit enkele speakers dendert soca en zouk muziek[sic]. In de lucht hangt de geur van versgebakken bara's en kip.
- Soca and zouk music thumps from a couple of loudspeakers. The smell of freshly fried baras and chicken wafts through the air.
French
[edit]Noun
[edit]zouk m (plural zouks)
Derived terms
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Noun
[edit]zouk m (uncountable)
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