funk
English
/fʌŋk/
noun
Definitions
- (countable) Foul or unpleasant smell, especially body odor.
- (uncountable) A style of music derived from 1960s soul music, with elements of rock and other styles, characterized by a prominent bass guitar, dance-friendly sound, a strong emphasis on the one, and much syncopation.
Etymology
Derived from Latin fūmicāre, fūmigāre, fumigo (smoke, fumigate).
Origin
Latin
fūmigāre, fumigo
Gloss
smoke, fumigate
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
煙
Emoji
🌋 🚬
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- drum English
- drumfunk English
- electrofunk English
- funkadelic English
- funkateer English
- funkcore English
- funker English
- funkhole English
- funkification English
- funkily English
- funkiness English
- funklike English
- funkmaster English
- funksome English
- funkster English
- funktastic English
- funky English
- hole English
- master English
- neurofunk English
- technofunk English
- ultrafunky English
- unfunky English
- fūmicāre Latin
- fūmigāre, fumigo Latin
- Amateurfunk German
- Buschfunk German
- Flurfunk German
- Funk German
- Funkantenne German
- Funkfeuer German
- Funkgerät German
- Funkloch German
- Funkspruch German
- Funkstille German
- Funkuhr German
- Funkverbindung German
- Hörfunk German
- Mobilfunk German
- Polizeifunk German
- Rundfunk German
- vonk Dutch, Flemish
- zeevonk Dutch, Flemish
- funk Spanish, Castilian
- funk Norwegian Nynorsk
- funk Danish
- funkband Danish
- funkgruppe Danish
- funkmusik Danish
- funky Danish
- vonke Middle Dutch
- funko Old High German
- vonk Afrikaans
- vonkprop Afrikaans
- Fonk Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 放克 Chinese
- 魂克 Chinese