hard rock

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English

Noun

hard rock (uncountable)

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

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Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English hard rock.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɑrdˌrokː(i)/,
  • IPA(key): /ˈhɑːdˌrokː(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)

Polish

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Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English hard rock.

Pronunciation

Noun

hard rock m inan

  1. hard rock

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noun

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

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.