breakcore

breakcore

English

Etymology

    From break + -core.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    breakcore (uncountable)

    1. (music) A style of electronic music characterised by a high tempo, complex and intricate breakbeats, and a wide palette of samples from various sources, especially the "Amen break".
      • 2008, SPIN, volume 24, number 2, page 93:
        The head-on collision between DJ Ricky Rabbit's fractured breakcore and MC Vulture Voltaire's fuming invective is a spectacle of almost physical impossibility, like trying to rap along to an earthquake while getting tased []
      • 2008, Marc Masters, Weasel Walter, Rob Young, No Wave:
        Where breakcore picks up on rave's daftness, dubstep fixates on its darkness, sometimes to a shlocky degree []

    Translations

    French

    Etymology

    Unadapted borrowing from English breakcore.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /bʁɛk.kɔʁ/, /bʁɛjk.kɔʁ/

    Noun

    breakcore m or f (uncountable)

    1. (music) breakcore
      Hypernym: techno hardcore

    Italian

    Noun

    breakcore m or f (uncountable)

    1. (music) breakcore

    Portuguese

    Etymology

      Unadapted borrowing from English breakcore.

      Pronunciation

       
      • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌbɾej.kiˈkɔʁ/ [ˌbɾeɪ̯.kiˈkɔh]
        • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˌbɾej.kiˈkɔɾ/ [ˌbɾeɪ̯.kiˈkɔɾ]
        • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˌbɾej.kiˈkɔʁ/ [ˌbɾeɪ̯.kiˈkɔχ]
        • (Caipira) IPA(key): /ˌbɾej.kiˈkɔɻ/ [ˌbɾeɪ̯.kiˈkɔɻ]
        • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌbɾej.keˈkɔʁ/ [ˌbɾeɪ̯.keˈkɔh]
       

      • Rhymes: -ɔɾ

      Noun

      breakcore m (uncountable)

      1. (music) breakcore
        • 2020 January 18, Sónia Felizardo, “Igorrr lançam Spirituality and Distortion em março [Igorrr release “Spirituality and Distortion” in March]”, in Threshold Magazine[1], Portugal, archived from the original on 3 August 2020:
          O projeto – que se tornou internacionalmente aclamado por combinar estilos musicais altamente díspares que vão do black metal ao breakcore, com passagens pela música barroca e clássica de forma não convencional, imprevisível e emotiva – regressa agora com um disco de catorze temas que proporcionará ao ouvinte toda uma viagem ampla no espectro auditivo e emotivo.
          The project – which became acclaimed worldwide for combining completely disparate musical styles that go from black metal to breakcore, passing by Baroque and classical music in a noncoventional, unpredictable and emotive way – now returns in a disc with 14 themes that will provide a wide trip trhough sound and emotion spectres for its listeners.

      Spanish

      Etymology

      Unadapted borrowing from English breakcore.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈbɾeiɡkoɾ/ [ˈbɾei̯ɣ̞.koɾ]
        • Rhymes: -eiɡkoɾ
      • IPA(key): /ˈbɾeikoɾ/ [ˈbɾei̯.koɾ]
        • Rhymes: -eikoɾ
      • Syllabification: break‧core

      Noun

      breakcore m or f (uncountable)

      1. (music) breakcore

      Usage notes

      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.