breakcore

English

Etymology

From break +‎ -core.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɹeɪkˌkɔː/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈbɹeɪkˌkɔːɹ/
  • Rhymes: -ɹeɪkkɔː(ɹ)
  • Hyphenation: break‧core

Noun

breakcore (uncountable)

  1. (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)

  1. (music) breakcore
    Hypernym: techno hardcore

Italian

Noun

breakcore m or f (uncountable)

  1. (music) breakcore

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English breakcore.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɾeiɡkoɾ/ [ˈbɾei̯ɣ̞.koɾ]
  • Rhymes: -eiɡkoɾ

Noun

breakcore m or f (uncountable)

  1. (music) breakcore

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.