English Online Dictionary. What means jazz? What does jazz mean?
English
Alternative forms
- jaz, jas, jass, jasz (all dated, used from about 1912 to about 1918)
Etymology
Unknown. First attested around 1912 in a discussion of baseball; attested in reference to music around 1915. Numerous references suggest that the term may be connected to jasm and jism.
Pronunciation
- enPR: jăz, IPA(key): /d͡ʒæz/
- Rhymes: -æz
Noun
jazz (usually uncountable, plural jazzes)
- (music) A musical art form rooted in West African cultural and musical expression and in the African American blues tradition, with diverse influences over time, commonly characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms and improvisation.
- (figurative) Energy, excitement, excitability.
- The substance or makeup of a thing; unspecified thing(s).
- Synonyms: stuff; see also Thesaurus:junk, Thesaurus:thingy
- and all that jazz
- (with positive terms) Something of excellent quality, the genuine article.
- Nonsense.
- Synonyms: rubbish, wass; see also Thesaurus:nonsense
- (slang) Semen, jizz.
- A red-skinned variety of eating apple.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
jazz (third-person singular simple present jazzes, present participle jazzing, simple past and past participle jazzed)
- (slang) To destroy; to ruin.
- To play (jazz music).
- To dance to the tunes of jazz music.
- To enliven, brighten up, make more colourful or exciting. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (slang) To complicate. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (intransitive, US slang, dated) To have sex for money, to prostitute oneself.
- (intransitive, slang) To move (around/about) in a lively or frivolous manner; to fool around. [from 20th c.]
- (slang, transitive) To distract or pester.
- (slang) To ejaculate.
Synonyms
- (to destroy): annihilate, ravage; see also Thesaurus:destroy
- (to play jazz music): cook, jam; see also Thesaurus:play music
- (to enliven): invigorate, vitalise; see also Thesaurus:enliven
- (to complicate): complexify, confuscate; see also Thesaurus:complicate
- (to prostitute oneself): sell one's body, turn tricks; see also Thesaurus:prostitute oneself
- (to pester): bother, bug; see also Thesaurus:annoy
Translations
References
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from English jazz.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ˈʒas/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒas/
Noun
jazz m (invariable)
- jazz
Derived terms
- jazzístic
Further reading
- “jazz” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “jazz”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “jazz” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from English jazz.
Noun
jazz m inan
- jazz
Declension
Further reading
- jazz in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- jazz in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from English jazz.
Noun
jazz m (definite singular jazzen)
- (uncountable) jazz (form of music)
Derived terms
Dutch
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English jazz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dʒɛz/, /dʒɛs/
- Hyphenation: jazz
Noun
jazz m (uncountable)
- jazz
Derived terms
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from English jazz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjɑts/, [ˈjɑ̝ts̠]
- Rhymes: -ɑts
- Syllabification(key): jazz
Noun
jazz
- jazz (style of music)
Declension
Synonyms
- jatsi
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English jazz. The compound jazband is attested in a 1918 copy of Le Matin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dʒaz/, /dʒɑz/
Noun
jazz m (uncountable)
- (music) jazz (music style)
Derived terms
- jazz
- jazzifier
- jazzman
Further reading
- “jazz”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English jazz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛt͡s/*, /ˈd͡ʒaz/, /ˈd͡ʒɛz/
- Rhymes: -ɛts, -az, -ɛz
Noun
jazz m (uncountable)
- (music) jazz
Adjective
jazz (invariable)
- (relational) jazz
- Synonym: jazzistico
Derived terms
- jazzista
- jazzistico
References
Further reading
- jazz in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- jass
Etymology
Borrowed from English jazz.
Noun
jazz m (definite singular jazzen)
- (uncountable) jazz (form of music)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- jass
Etymology
Borrowed from English jazz.
Noun
jazz m (definite singular jazzen)
- (uncountable) jazz (form of music)
Polish
Alternative forms
- dżez
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English jazz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʐɛs/
- Rhymes: -ɛs
- Syllabification: jazz
- Homophone: dżez
Noun
jazz m inan
- jazz
- (slang) marijuana
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:marihuana
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- jazz in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- jazz in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English jazz.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛs/
Noun
jazz m (uncountable)
- (music) jazz (music genre)
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:jazz.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from English jazz or French jazz.
Noun
jazz n (uncountable)
- (music) jazz (music style)
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English jazz.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -as
Noun
jazz m (uncountable)
- jazz
Derived terms
Further reading
- “jazz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Noun
jazz c
- (music) jazz
Declension
Derived terms
- jazztobak (“cannabis”)
References
- jazz in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- jazz in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- jazz in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)