beatnik
English edit
Etymology edit
Coined by American columnist Herb Caen in 1958.[1] From beat (generation) + cutesy or ironic use of the Russian suffix -ник (-nik). This suffix experienced a surge in English coinages for nicknames and diminutives after the 1957 Soviet launch of the Sputnik satellite. Compare jazznik.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
beatnik (plural beatniks)
- A person who dresses in a manner that is not socially acceptable and is supposed to reject conventional norms of thought and behavior; nonconformist in dress and behavior.
- A person associated with the Beat Generation of the 1950s and 1960s or its style.
- Synonym: beat
- 2014, Ian McEwan, The Children Act, Penguin Random House (2018), page 185:
- In tight black jeans and black polo-neck sweater he reminded her of an old-fashioned beatnik.
Translations edit
beatnik
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See also edit
References edit
- ^ Caen, Herb (1958 April 2) “Words, Words, Words”, in San Francisco Chronicle[1], →ISSN
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
beatnik
Usage notes edit
Partitive plural is commonly spelled with double-k as beatnikkejä, which may be considered erroneous.
Declension edit
Inflection of beatnik (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | beatnik | beatnikit | ||
genitive | beatnikin | beatnikien | ||
partitive | beatnikiä | beatnikejä | ||
illative | beatnikiin | beatnikeihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | beatnik | beatnikit | ||
accusative | nom. | beatnik | beatnikit | |
gen. | beatnikin | |||
genitive | beatnikin | beatnikien | ||
partitive | beatnikiä | beatnikejä | ||
inessive | beatnikissä | beatnikeissä | ||
elative | beatnikistä | beatnikeistä | ||
illative | beatnikiin | beatnikeihin | ||
adessive | beatnikillä | beatnikeillä | ||
ablative | beatnikiltä | beatnikeiltä | ||
allative | beatnikille | beatnikeille | ||
essive | beatnikinä | beatnikeinä | ||
translative | beatnikiksi | beatnikeiksi | ||
abessive | beatnikittä | beatnikeittä | ||
instructive | — | beatnikein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English beatnik.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
beatnik m or f by sense (plural beatniks)
Further reading edit
- “beatnik”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English beatnik.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
beatnik m pers
- (historical) Alternative spelling of bitnik
Declension edit
Declension of beatnik
singular | plural | |
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nominative | beatnik | beatnicy/beatniki (deprecative) |
genitive | beatnika | beatników |
dative | beatnikowi | beatnikom |
accusative | beatnika | beatników |
instrumental | beatnikiem | beatnikami |
locative | beatniku | beatnikach |
vocative | beatniku | beatnicy |
Derived terms edit
adjective
Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English beatnik.
Noun edit
beatnik m or f by sense (plural beatniks)
- beatnik (person associated with the Beat Generation of the 1950s and 1960s)