Jazz

See also Jazz

English

Etymology

From Template:Lou[[Category:Template:Lou derivations|Jazz]] [[jass#Template:Lou|jass]] (“‘Congo dances of New Orleans’”), from [[jasm#Template:Lou|jasm]] (“‘energy, drive’”), from African (cf. Mandingo [[jasi#Template:Mnk|jasi]], Temne [[yas#Template:Tem|yas]]).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈʤæz/, SAMPA: /"dZ{z/

  Rhymes: -æz

Noun

Singular Jazz

Plural -

Jazz (-)

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. Very lively.
3. The (in)tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a thing.

   What jazz were you referring to earlier?

   What is all this jazz lying around?

4. Unspecified thing(s).

   I'm just going down to the shops and jazz = I am off to purchase items and etcetera.

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

   That show was the jazz! = That musical concert/television program was most enjoyable.

   This risotto is simply the jazz. = This risotto was cooked in the classic manner.

6. Nonsense.

   Stop talking jazz.

Translations

musical art form

Arabic: جاز ar(ar) m. Catalan: jazz ca(ca) m. inv. Chinese: Mandarin: 爵士樂 cmn(cmn), 爵士乐 cmn(cmn) (juéshìyuè), 爵士 cmn(cmn) (juéshì) Czech: džez cs(cs) m., jazz cs(cs) m. Danish: jazz da(da) c. Dutch: jazz nl(nl) m. Esperanto: ĵazo eo(eo) Estonian: džäss Finnish: jazz fi(fi), jatsi fi(fi) French: jazz fr(fr) m. Georgian: ჯაზი (jazi) German: Jazz de(de) m. Greek: τζαζ el(el) (tzaz) f. Hebrew: ג 'אז he(he) Hindi: जाज़ hi(hi) (jāz) Hungarian: dzsessz hu(hu)

Icelandic: djass is(is) m. Ido: jazo io(io) Irish: snagcheol ga(ga) m. Italian: jazz it(it) m. Japanese: ジャズ ja(ja) (jazu) Korean: 재즈 ko(ko) (jaejeu) Lithuanian: džiazas lt(lt) m. Norwegian: jazz no(no) m. Polish: dżez pl(pl) m., jazz pl(pl) m. Russian: джаз ru(ru) (džaz) m. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: џез m. Roman: džez m. Slovak: džez sk(sk) m. Slovene: džez sl(sl) m., jazz sl(sl) m. Spanish: jazz es(es) m. Turkish: caz tr(tr)

the (in)tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a thing

Polish: cała reszta

Unspecified thing(s)

Polish: różne takie

Of excellent quality, the genuine article

Polish: świetny pl(pl) m.

Nonsense

Polish: bzdura pl(pl) f.

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Arabic: الجاز Basque: jazz Bulgarian: джаз Galician: jazz Hebrew: ג'אז (jaz) Hindi: जैज़ Indonesian: jazz

Kannada: ಜಾಝ್ ಸಂಗೀತ Latin: iazium Persian: جاز Portuguese: jazz Quechua: jazz Romanian: jazz Spanish: jazz Swedish: jazz Thai: แจ๊ส Ukrainian: джаз Urdu: جاز Vietnamese: nhạc jazz Welsh: jazz

Verb

Infinitive to Jazz

Third person singular jazzes

Simple past jazzed

Past participle -

Present participle jazzing

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

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

   Don’t jazz it too much! = Be careful, it was good to start with!

5. To destroy.

   You’ve gone and jazzed it now! = It is ruined.

6. To distract/pester.

   Stop jazzing me! = Leave me alone.

Related terms

• acid jazz
• jazzbo
• jazzer
• jazz up
• jazzy

Translations

to play jazz music

Danish: spille jazz

Finnish: soittaa jazzia, jatsata

to dance to jazz music

Danish: jazze da(da)

Finnish: jatsata

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Catalan

Etymology

From English jazz.

Noun

Jazz m. inv.

1. jazz

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Czech

Noun

Jazz m.

1. jazz

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Dutch

Wikipedia ^nl

Noun

Jazz m.

1. jazz

Derived terms

• jazzzanger
• jazzzangeres

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French

Noun

Jazz m (usually uncountable)

1. (music) jazz (music style)

Derived terms

• jazz
• jazzifier
• jazzman

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Italian

Wikipedia ^it

Etymology

English

Noun

jazz m. inv.

1. (music) jazz

Derived terms

• jazzista
• jazzistico

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Spanish

Noun

Jazz m. (uncountable)

1. jazz

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