different between steampunk vs goth

English

Etymology

steam +? -punk, by analogy with cyberpunk, coined by science-fiction writer Kevin Wayne Jeter (born 1950) in a 1987 letter to the magazine Locus in response to a review of his book Infernal Devices published the same year (see the quotation below).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /?sti?mp??k/
• Hyphenation: steam?punk

Noun

steampunk (countable and uncountable, plural steampunks)

1. (uncountable) A subgenre of science fiction that depicts advanced technology combined with Victorian style and aesthetics, such as steam-powered machines and vehicles, visible gears and screws and people dressed in 19th-century attires.
2. (countable) A writer of steampunk fiction.
3. (countable, cosplay) A person cosplaying as a steampunk character.

Derived terms

• steampunker
• steampunkish
• steampunky

Translations

Verb

steampunk (third-person singular simple present steampunks, present participle steampunking, simple past and past participle steampunked)

1. (transitive) To depict in a steampunk manner.

References

• Jeff Prucher, editor (2007) , “steampunk”, in Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, ?ISBN, page 221
• Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2021) , “steampunk n.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction. (genre)
• Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2021) , “steampunk n.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction. (writer)

Further reading

• steampunk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English steampunk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?sti?mpa?k]
• Hyphenation: steam?punk

Noun

steampunk m inan

1. (singular only) steampunk, a subgenre of science fiction

Declension

Derived terms

• steampunkový

Related terms

• kyberpank, kyberpunk
• pank, punk
• panká?
• pankový, punkový

Further reading

steampunk on the Czech Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^cs

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from English steampunk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?sti?mpa??k]
• Hyphenation: steam?punk
• Rhymes: -a??k

Noun

steampunk (uncountable)

1. steampunk (subgenre of speculative science fiction set in an anachronistic 19th-century society)

Declension

Polish

Etymology

From English steampunk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?stim.pank/

Noun

steampunk m inan

1. (literature) steampunk (sci-fi subgenre)

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) steampunkowy

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

From Goth (“person of a Germanic culture”), influenced by Gothic describing a black horror novel.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /???/
  • The US pronunciation is the same regardless of whether the speaker has the cot–caught merger, unlike other words in -oth.
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

goth (plural goths)

1. (uncountable) A punk-derived subculture of people who predominantly dress in black, associated with mournful music and attitudes.

   • I think that goth could flower in nerdcore's embrace.

     I converted Edward Gorey's lettering into a typeface,

     befriended vampires on LJ and MySpace,

     even put that spooky echo filter on the bass […]

   Philip had been into goth for many years.

2. (uncountable, music) A style of punk rock influenced by glam rock; gothic rock.
3. (countable) A person who is part of the goth subculture.

   We saw a solitary goth hanging out on the steps of the train station.

Translations

Adjective

goth

1. Relating to this music or these people.

   With her black clothes and dyed hair, Melanie looked very goth compared to her classmates.

   • 2014, Michelle Madow, The Secret Diamond Sisters (page 39)

     One of them looked like a total freak who had come straight off a Cirque du Soleil stage, with blue streaks in her hair, goth bracelets up her arm and so much black eyeliner that she could be on the set of Cleopatra.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• gothic
• Gothic

Middle English

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• goþ, goeth, goeþ, goth

Verb

goth

1. third-person singular present indicative of gon

Etymology 2

Noun

goth

1. Alternative form of goot