hard rock

See also: hardrock

English

Noun

hard rock (uncountable)

1. (music) A rock music genre marked by a heavy regular beat, high amplification, and usually frenzied performances.

Hypernyms

• rock

Derived terms

• hard rocker

Related terms

• adult-oriented rock
• Celtic rock
• folk rock
• light rock
• mellow rock
• nyacht rock
• soft rock
• yacht rock

 

Translations

rock music genre

• Arabic: هَارْد رُوك m (hārd rok), هَارْد رُوك m (hārd rūk)
• Bulgarian: хард рок m (hard rok)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 硬式搖滾 / 硬式摇滚 (yìngshì yáogǔn), 重搖滾 / 重摇滚 (zhòng yáogǔn)

• Finnish: hard rock
• French: hard rock (fr) m
• Georgian: მძიმე როკი (mʒime roḳi), ჰარდ-როკი (hard-roḳi)
• German: Hard Rock m, Hardrock m
• Japanese: ハードロック (hādorokku)
• Korean: 하드 록 (hadeu rok)
• Marathi: हार्ड रॉक n (hārḍa rŏk)
• Persian: هارد راک (hârd râk)
• Portuguese: hard rock m
• Russian: хард-ро́к (ru) m (xard-rók), тяжёлый рок m (tjažólyj rok)
• Swedish: hårdrock (sv) c
• Turkish: hard rock
• Vietnamese: hard rock

See also

• heavy metal

References

• hard rock on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• rock hard, rock-hard, rockhard

Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English hard rock.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑrdˌrokː(i)/, [ˈhɑ̝rdˌro̞kː(i)]
• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑːdˌrokː(i)/, [ˈhɑ̝ːdˌro̞kː(i)]

Noun

hard rock

1. hard rock

Declension

Inflection of hard rock (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		hard rock	hard rockit
genitive		hard rockin	hard rockien
partitive		hard rockia	hard rockeja
illative		hard rockiin	hard rockeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		hard rock	hard rockit
accusative	nom.	hard rock	hard rockit
	gen.	hard rockin
genitive		hard rockin	hard rockien
partitive		hard rockia	hard rockeja
inessive		hard rockissa	hard rockeissa
elative		hard rockista	hard rockeista
illative		hard rockiin	hard rockeihin
adessive		hard rockilla	hard rockeilla
ablative		hard rockilta	hard rockeilta
allative		hard rockille	hard rockeille
essive		hard rockina	hard rockeina
translative		hard rockiksi	hard rockeiksi
abessive		hard rockitta	hard rockeitta
instructive		—	hard rockein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of hard rock (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative hard rockini hard rockini accusative nom. hard rockini hard rockini gen. hard rockini genitive hard rockini hard rockieni partitive hard rockiani hard rockejani inessive hard rockissani hard rockeissani elative hard rockistani hard rockeistani illative hard rockiini hard rockeihini adessive hard rockillani hard rockeillani ablative hard rockiltani hard rockeiltani allative hard rockilleni hard rockeilleni essive hard rockinani hard rockeinani translative hard rockikseni hard rockeikseni abessive hard rockittani hard rockeittani instructive — — comitative — hard rockeineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative hard rockisi hard rockisi accusative nom. hard rockisi hard rockisi gen. hard rockisi genitive hard rockisi hard rockiesi partitive hard rockiasi hard rockejasi inessive hard rockissasi hard rockeissasi elative hard rockistasi hard rockeistasi illative hard rockiisi hard rockeihisi adessive hard rockillasi hard rockeillasi ablative hard rockiltasi hard rockeiltasi allative hard rockillesi hard rockeillesi essive hard rockinasi hard rockeinasi translative hard rockiksesi hard rockeiksesi abessive hard rockittasi hard rockeittasi instructive — — comitative — hard rockeinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative hard rockimme hard rockimme accusative nom. hard rockimme hard rockimme gen. hard rockimme genitive hard rockimme hard rockiemme partitive hard rockiamme hard rockejamme inessive hard rockissamme hard rockeissamme elative hard rockistamme hard rockeistamme illative hard rockiimme hard rockeihimme adessive hard rockillamme hard rockeillamme ablative hard rockiltamme hard rockeiltamme allative hard rockillemme hard rockeillemme essive hard rockinamme hard rockeinamme translative hard rockiksemme hard rockeiksemme abessive hard rockittamme hard rockeittamme instructive — — comitative — hard rockeinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative hard rockinne hard rockinne accusative nom. hard rockinne hard rockinne gen. hard rockinne genitive hard rockinne hard rockienne partitive hard rockianne hard rockejanne inessive hard rockissanne hard rockeissanne elative hard rockistanne hard rockeistanne illative hard rockiinne hard rockeihinne adessive hard rockillanne hard rockeillanne ablative hard rockiltanne hard rockeiltanne allative hard rockillenne hard rockeillenne essive hard rockinanne hard rockeinanne translative hard rockiksenne hard rockeiksenne abessive hard rockittanne hard rockeittanne instructive — — comitative — hard rockeinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative hard rockinsa hard rockinsa accusative nom. hard rockinsa hard rockinsa gen. hard rockinsa genitive hard rockinsa hard rockiensa partitive hard rockiaan hard rockiansa hard rockejaan hard rockejansa inessive hard rockissaan hard rockissansa hard rockeissaan hard rockeissansa elative hard rockistaan hard rockistansa hard rockeistaan hard rockeistansa illative hard rockiinsa hard rockeihinsa adessive hard rockillaan hard rockillansa hard rockeillaan hard rockeillansa ablative hard rockiltaan hard rockiltansa hard rockeiltaan hard rockeiltansa allative hard rockilleen hard rockillensa hard rockeilleen hard rockeillensa essive hard rockinaan hard rockinansa hard rockeinaan hard rockeinansa translative hard rockikseen hard rockiksensa hard rockeikseen hard rockeiksensa abessive hard rockittaan hard rockittansa hard rockeittaan hard rockeittansa instructive — — comitative — hard rockeineen hard rockeinensa

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English hard rock.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxard.rɔk/
• Rhymes: -ardrɔk
• Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

Noun

hard rock m inan

1. hard rock

Declension

Declension of hard rock

	singular
nominative	hard rock
genitive	hard rocka
dative	hard rockowi
accusative	hard rocka
instrumental	hard rockiem
locative	hard rocku
vocative	hard rocku

Derived terms

adjective

• hardrockowy

 

noun

• hardrockowiec

 

Further reading

• hard rock in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• hard rock in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English hard rock.

Noun

hard rock m (uncountable)

1. hard rock (subgenre of rock music)

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English hard rock.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌxaɾd ˈrok/ [ˌxaɾð̞ ˈrok]

Noun

hard rock m (uncountable)

1. hard rock

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.