indie

English Online Dictionary. What means indie‎? What does indie mean?

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪndi/
• Rhymes: -ɪndi

Adjective

indie (not comparable)

1. Independent; from outside the mainstream.

Usage notes

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

Related terms

• indy

Noun

indie (countable and uncountable, plural indies)

1. (countable) An independent publisher.
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.

Derived terms

Anagrams

• -idine, die-in

Italian

Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from English indie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈin.di/
• Rhymes: -indi

Adjective

indie (invariable)

1. Pertaining to indie

Noun

indie m (invariable)

1. (music) indie (“music genre”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

indie

1. feminine plural of india

Noun

indie f

1. plural of india

Anagrams

• dieni

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English indie.

Pronunciation

• Homophone: híndi

Adjective

indie (invariable)

1. indie

   Synonym: independente

Further reading

• “indie”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Noun

indie m (plural indies)

1. indie (style)

Noun

indie m or f by sense (plural indies)

1. indie (person who follows the indie style)