indie

From independent, by shortening, +‎ -ie. Used of popular music since the 1980s, and of cinema for some decades before that.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪndi/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪndi

indie (not comparable)

1. Independent; from outside the mainstream.

   an indie pop group

   an indie video game

   • 2012, “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”, in Red, performed by Taylor Swift:

     You would hide away and find your peace of mind / With some indie record that’s much cooler than mine

• In this spelling, generally but not exclusively used for pop culture, especially music or games, with indy used in other contexts such as wrestling.

• indy

indie (countable and uncountable, plural indies)

1. (countable) An independent publisher.
   • 2005 January 15, Billboard, volume 117, number 3, page 36:

     He says Ninja Tune retains the master and publishing rights on most of its catalog, making it easy to license quickly. Yet as majors jump on the videogame bandwagon, he fears indies may lose that outlet.

2. (countable) A work released by an independent publisher.
3. (uncountable, music) A type of rock music, generally soft-style without screaming or aggression, mixed with synthesized music and electronic.
4. (countable) A person who listens to indie music and follows indie fashion.

• -idine, die-in

Unadapted borrowing from English indie.

• IPA^(key): /ˈin.di/
• Rhymes: -indi

indie (invariable)

1. Pertaining to indie

indie m (invariable)

1. (music) indie (“music genre”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈin.dje/
• Rhymes: -indje
• Hyphenation: ìn‧die

indie

1. feminine plural of india

indie f

1. plural of india

• dieni

Unadapted borrowing from English indie.

• Homophone: híndi

indie (invariable)

1. indie

   Synonym: independente

• “indie”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

indie m (plural indies)

1. indie (style)

indie m or f by sense (plural indies)

1. indie (person who follows the indie style)