breakcore
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɹeɪkˌkɔː/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈbɹeɪkˌkɔːɹ/
- Rhymes: -ɹeɪkkɔː(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: break‧core
Noun
breakcore (uncountable)
- (music) A style of electronic music characterised by a high tempo, complex and intricate breakbeats, and a wide palette of samples from various sources, especially the "Amen break".
- 2008, SPIN, volume 24, number 2, page 93:
- The head-on collision between DJ Ricky Rabbit's fractured breakcore and MC Vulture Voltaire's fuming invective is a spectacle of almost physical impossibility, like trying to rap along to an earthquake while getting tased […]
- 2008, Marc Masters, Weasel Walter, Rob Young, No Wave:
- Where breakcore picks up on rave's daftness, dubstep fixates on its darkness, sometimes to a shlocky degree […]
Translations
French
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English breakcore.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /bʁɛk.kɔʁ/, /bʁɛʒk.kɔʁ/
Noun
breakcore m or f (uncountable)
Italian
Noun
breakcore m or f (uncountable)
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English breakcore.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɾeiɡkoɾ/ [ˈbɾei̯ɣ̞.koɾ]
- Rhymes: -eiɡkoɾ
Noun
breakcore m or f (uncountable)
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.