different between breakdancing vs breakdance

English

Alternative forms

• break dancing
• break-dancing

Etymology

break +? dancing

Influenced by breakdown (the percussion break of songs chosen by a DJ for use in hip-hop music) -- breakdancers were originally those who danced to a breakdown.

Noun

breakdancing (uncountable)

1. (dance) An urban style of acrobatic street dance that originated in the hip hop culture of New York City in the late 20th century.

Synonyms

• b-boying
• b-girling
• breaking

Translations

References

• 2001. The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: North America. Garland Publishing. Ellen Koskoff (Ed.). Pgs. 694-695.

Spanish

Noun

breakdancing m (uncountable)

1. breakdancing

English

Etymology

break +? dance

Alternative forms

• break-dance, break dance

Noun

breakdance (countable and uncountable, plural breakdances)

1. The art, or an instance, of breakdancing.

Translations

Verb

breakdance (third-person singular simple present breakdances, present participle breakdancing, simple past and past participle breakdanced)

1. (intransitive) To dance in this style.

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??k.d??s/

Noun

breakdance m (plural breakdances)

1. breakdancing (style of dance)

Polish

Etymology

From English breakdance.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?br?j.kdans/, /?br?j.kd?ns/

Noun

breakdance m inan

1. (dance) breakdancing

Declension

or

Indeclinable.

Derived terms

• (adjectives) breakdance'owy, breakdansowy

Related terms

• (noun) breakdancer

Further reading

• breakdance in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• breakdance in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /b?ejki?d?s?/, /b?ejki?d????s?/

Noun

breakdance m (uncountable)

1. breakdancing (style of dance)

Spanish

Noun

breakdance m (plural breakdances)

1. breakdance; breakdancing