breakbeat

English

noun

Definitions

(music) A form of syncopated rhythm prominent in much African music.
(music) A genre of electronic dance music based on such syncopated rhythms.

Etymology

Compound from English break (break, game won against the server) + English beat.

Origin

English

beat

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

Eurobeat English
Merseybeat English
abeat English
afrobeat English
afterbeat English
backbeat English
beambreak English
beat English
beatable English
beatbox English
beatdown English
beatee English
beaten English
beater English
beatest English
beateth English
beatless English
beatmaker English
beatmatching English
beatscape English
beatsman English
beatsmith English
bebreak English
bio-break English
bluebeat English
brake pedal English
break English
break loose English
break off English
break-bones English
break-promise English
break-vow English
breakability English
breakable English
breakage English
breakaway English
breakbeaty English
breakbone English
breakcore English
breakdance English
breakdancing English
breaker English
breaker bar English
breakest English
breaketh English
breakface English
breakfast English
breakfront English
breakle English
breakless English
breakly English
breakneck English
breakoff English
breakopen English
breakpoint English
breakproof English
breakstone English
breakthrough English
breakthru English
breaktime English
breakup English
breakwater English
breakwind English
breaky English
brickle English
brokeback English
browbeat English
counterbeat English
crossbreak English
downbeat English
drumbeat English
firebreak English
forbeat English
forbreak English
forebeat English
freakbeat English
heartbeat English
heartbreak English
hoofbeat English
housebreak English
hyperbeat English
inbeat English
inbreak English
interbeat English
jailbreak English
lunchbreak English
microbreak English
midbeat English
midterm break English
mini-break English
minibreak English
misbeat English
nanobreak English
newsbreak English
nightbreak English
offbeat English
onbeat English
outbreak English
overbeat English
overbreak English
prebreak English
pulsebeat English
rebreak English
shelfbreak English
stonebreak English
strikebreak English
sunbreak English
swingbeat English
tailbeat English
tiebreak English
tobeat English
tobreak English
un-break English
unbeatability English
unbeatable English
unbreak English
unbreakable English
underbreak English
upbeat English
upbreak English
waterbreak English
windbreak English
wingbeat English
word break English
worldbeat English
beat Finnish
breikata Finnish
beat Italian
break Italian
beat Dutch, Flemish
break French
*bʰreg- Proto-Indo-European
ブレイク Japanese
beten Middle English
breken Middle English
ibhithi Zulu
bruk Tok Pisin
brukim Tok Pisin
بريك Gulf Arabic
bruck Jamaican Creole
bit Nigerian Pidgin