acid jazz

English

Etymology

Humorously coined by DJ Gilles Peterson after blending jazz records with acid house in 1988.

Noun

acid jazz (uncountable)

1. (music, jazz) A genre of popular music combining jazz with elements of soul music, funk and disco.

Translations

music combining jazz with elements of soul music, funk and disco

• Finnish: acid jazz
• German: Acid Jazz (de) m
• Irish: snagcheol aigéid m
• Portuguese: acid jazz m

Further reading

• acid jazz on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English acid jazz.

Noun

acid jazz m (uncountable)

1. (music) acid jazz (music combining jazz with elements of soul music, funk and disco)

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English acid jazz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˌaθid ˈʝaθ/ [ˌa.θið̞ ˈʝaθ]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˌasid ˈʝas/ [ˌa.sið̞ ˈʝas]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America, Philippines) /ˌasid ˈʝas/ [ˌa.sið̞ ˈʝas]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˌasid ˈʃas/ [ˌa.sið̞ ˈʃas]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˌasid ˈʒas/ [ˌa.sið̞ ˈʒas]

Noun

acid jazz m (uncountable)

1. acid jazz

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Further reading

• “acid jazz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10