reggae

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English

Etymology

From Jamaican Creole rege (“rags; a quarrel”), see rag; originally used in the 1960s to describe a Jamaican dance. Compare ragtime. Broader musical sense popularized by the 1968 song "Do the Reggay".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛɡeɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɛɡeɪ

Noun

reggae (uncountable)

1. (Rastafari, music) A music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s and is heavily associated with Rastafarianism, featuring a heavy bass line and percussive rhythm guitar on the offbeat, often with close vocal harmonies.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• raggee, agrégé, regage

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from English reggae.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈreɡeː/, [ˈre̞ɡe̞ː]
• Rhymes: -eɡeː
• Hyphenation^(key): reg‧gae

Noun

reggae

1. reggae

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “reggae”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

French

Etymology

From Jamaican Creole rege (“rags; a quarrel”), see rag.

Noun

reggae m (plural reggaes)

1. (music) reggae

Further reading

• “reggae”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Malay

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English reggae.

Noun

reggae (Jawi spelling ريݢي, plural reggae-reggae, informal 1st possessive reggaeku, 2nd possessive reggaemu, 3rd possessive reggaenya)

1. Alternative spelling of rege.

Further reading

• “reggae” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English reggae.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛ.ɡɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɛɡɛ
• Syllabification: re‧ggae
• Homophone: Regę

Noun

reggae n (indeclinable, related adjective reggae'owy or reggaeowy)

1. reggae (music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s and is heavily associated with Rastafarianism, featuring a heavy bass line and percussive rhythm guitar on the offbeat, often with close vocal harmonies)

Further reading

• reggae in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• reggae in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• reggae in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English reggae.

Pronunciation

• Homophone: regue (Brazil)

Noun

reggae m (uncountable)

1. (music) reggae (a music genre from Jamaica)

Derived terms

• regueiro

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French reggae, from Jamaican Creole rege (“rags; a quarrel”).

Noun

reggae n (uncountable)

1. reggae

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English reggae.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈreɡe/ [ˈre.ɣ̞e]
• Rhymes: -eɡe

Noun

reggae m (plural reggaes)

1. reggae

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.

Further reading

• “reggae”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Noun

reggae c

1. (music) reggae

Declension

References

• reggae in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• reggae in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)