heavy metal
English edit
Etymology edit
The origin of the music genre sense is often disputed; it was used by William S. Burroughs in Soft Machine and Nova Express and various music critics claim to have coined it: Sandy Pearlman,[1] Lester Bangs and Mike Saunders.[2][3]
Noun edit
heavy metal (countable and uncountable, plural heavy metals)
- (sciences, countable) Any metal that has a specific gravity greater than about 5, especially one, such as lead, that is poisonous and may be a hazard in the environment. (There are many different definitions of what counts as a heavy metal; see Heavy metals for a discussion.)
- (music, uncountable) A genre descended from rock music, characterized by massive sound, highly amplified distortion, and overall loudness, often with extended guitar solos, and lyrics that involve aggressive or fantastic imagery.
- (uncountable) guns or shot of large size.
- (uncountable, figurative) Great influence or power.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
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See also edit
References edit
- ^ Sandy Pearlman (1968), “Review of the Byrds song “Artificial Energy””, in Crawdaddy
- ^ Mike Saunders (November 12, 1970), “Review of Humble Pie's As Safe As Yesterday Is”, in Rolling Stone
- ^ William Phillips; Brian Cogan (2009) Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal Music, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 3
Further reading edit
- Heavy metals on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Heavy metal music on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English heavy metal.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
heavy metal m (uncountable)
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English heavy metal.
Noun edit
heavy metal m (uncountable)
- (music) heavy metal
- Synonym: metal
Related terms edit
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English heavy metal.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
heavy metal m inan (related adjective heavymetalowy)
- heavy metal (style of music)
Declension edit
singular | |
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nominative | heavy metal |
genitive | heavy metalu |
dative | heavy metalowi |
accusative | heavy metal |
instrumental | heavy metalem |
locative | heavy metalu |
vocative | heavy metalu |
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- heavy metal I in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- heavy metal II in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- heavy metal in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English heavy metal.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
heavy metal m (uncountable)
- (music) heavy metal (genre of rock music)
- Synonyms: metal, (Brazil, dated) rock pauleira
Related terms edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English heavy metal.
Noun edit
heavy metal n (uncountable)
Declension edit
singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) heavy metal | heavy metalul |
genitive/dative | (unui) heavy metal | heavy metalului |
vocative | heavy metalule |
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English heavy metal.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
heavy metal m (uncountable)
- heavy metal (genre of music)
- Synonym: rock pesado
Usage notes edit
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 edit
- “heavy metal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English heavy metal.
Noun edit
- (music) heavy metal
- Synonym: hårdrock