different between funk vs jazz

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??k/
• Rhymes: -??k

Etymology 1

1620, from French dialectal (Norman) funquer, funquier (“to smoke, reek”), from Old Northern French fungier (“to smoke”), from Vulgar Latin f?mic?re, alteration of Latin f?mig?re (“to smoke, fumigate”). Related to French dialect funkière (“smoke”). More at fumigate.

Noun

funk (countable and uncountable, plural funks)

1. (countable) Foul or unpleasant smell, especially body odor.
2. (uncountable, music) 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 downbeat, and much syncopation.

Derived terms

• electrofunk
• funky

Translations

Verb

funk (third-person singular simple present funks, present participle funking, simple past and past participle funked)

1. (intransitive) To emit an offensive smell; to stink.
2. (transitive) To envelop with an offensive smell or smoke.
   • c. 1709, William King, The Furmentary

     He funks Basketia and her son to death

   • 2012, M. C. Beaton, Diana the Huntress

     Funking a cobbler – that is, blowing smoke into his stall; smoking cigars at divans and club houses; […]

Etymology 2

From Middle English funke, fonke (“spark”), from Old English *funca, *fanca (“spark”), from Proto-Germanic *funkô, *fankô (“spark”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peng-, *(s)pheng- (“to shine”). Cognate with Middle Low German funke, fanke (“spark”), Middle Dutch vonke (“spark”), Old High German funcho, funko (“spark”), German Funke (“spark”). More at spunk.

Noun

funk (plural funks)

1. (obsolete) Spark (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?).
2. (obsolete) Touchwood, punk, tinder.

Translations

Etymology 3

1743, Scottish and Northern English dialectal word, originally a verb meaning "to panic, fail due to panic". Perhaps from or cognate with obsolete Dutch fonck (“distress, agitation”), from Middle Dutch fonck (“perturbation, agitation”). More at flunk.

Noun

funk (countable and uncountable, plural funks)

1. (countable) Mental depression.
2. (uncountable) A state of fear or panic, especially cowardly.
   • 1944 (written, first published in 2015), Bob Cooney, Proud Journey

     As I left the platform, the atmosphere was tense but there was no sign of uneasiness or funk […]

3. (countable) One who fears or panics; a coward.

Translations

Verb

funk (third-person singular simple present funks, present participle funking, simple past and past participle funked)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To shrink from, or avoid something because of fear.
   • Template:RQ:Kingsley Two Year Ago

     He'll have funked it , when he comes to the edge , and sees nothing but mist below
2. (transitive) To frighten; to cause to flinch.

Translations

Danish

Etymology 1

From English funk. Attested since 1977.

Noun

funk c (singular definite funken, not used in plural form)

1. (music) funk

Declension

Synonyms

• funkmusik

Derived terms

• funkband
• funkgruppe
• funkmusik

See also

• funky

Etymology 2

See funke.

Verb

funk

1. imperative of funke

References

• “funk” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English funk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??k/
• Hyphenation: funk

Noun

funk m (uncountable)

1. funk (music style)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From English funk.

Noun

funk m (definite singular funken, uncountable)

1. (music) funk

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

funk

1. imperative of funke

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?f??.ki/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?f??.k?/, /f??k/
• Hyphenation: funk

Noun

funk m (uncountable)

1. (Brazil, music) funk (a genre of popular music derived from soul music)
2. (Brazil, music) funk carioca (Brazilian music genre derived from Miami bass)

Noun

funk m (plural funks)

1. (Brazil, music) a particular song or composition of funk carioca

Derived terms

• funkeiro, baile funk

Spanish

Etymology

From English funk.

Noun

funk m (uncountable)

1. (music) funk

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: j?z, IPA^(key): /d??æz/
• Rhymes: -æz

Noun

jazz (uncountable)

1. (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.
2. Energy, excitement, excitability.
3. The substance or makeup of a thing.

4. Unspecified thing(s).

5. (with positive terms) Something of excellent quality, the genuine article.

6. Nonsense.

7. Semen, jizz.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

jazz (third-person singular simple present jazzes, present participle jazzing, simple past and past participle jazzed)

1. To destroy.

2. To play (jazz music).
3. To dance to the tunes of jazz music.
4. To enliven, brighten up, make more colourful or exciting; excite
5. To complicate.

6. (intransitive, US slang, dated) To have sex for money, to prostitute oneself.
7. (intransitive) To move (around/about) in a lively or frivolous manner; to fool around. [from 20th c.]
8. To distract or pester.

9. 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): /??as/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?d??as/

Noun

jazz m (plural jazz)

1. 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.
• “jazz” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English jazz.

Noun

jazz m

1. jazz

Declension

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English jazz.

Noun

jazz m (definite singular jazzen)

1. (uncountable) jazz (form of music)

Derived terms

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English jazz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??z/
• Hyphenation: jazz

Noun

jazz m (uncountable)

1. jazz

Derived terms

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from English jazz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?j?ts/, [?j?ts?]
• Rhymes: -?ts
• Syllabification: jazz

Noun

jazz

1. 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): /d??z/

Noun

jazz m (uncountable)

1. (music) jazz (music style)

Derived terms

• jazz
• jazzifier
• jazzman

Further reading

• “jazz” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English jazz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d??az/, /?d???z/

Noun

jazz m (uncountable)

1. (music) jazz

Adjective

jazz (invariable)

1. (relational) jazz

   Synonym: jazzistico

Derived terms

• jazzista
• jazzistico

References

• 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)

1. (uncountable) jazz (form of music)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• jass

Etymology

Borrowed from English jazz.

Noun

jazz m (definite singular jazzen)

1. (uncountable) jazz (form of music)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English jazz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d???s/

Noun

jazz m inan

1. jazz (music)

Declension

Synonyms

• d?ez

Derived terms

• jazzowy
• jazzband
• jazzman

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English jazz.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?d???s/

Noun

jazz m (uncountable)

1. (music) jazz (music genre)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:jazz.

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English jazz.

Pronunciation

Noun

jazz m (uncountable)

1. jazz

Derived terms

• jazzista m or f