"-wave" meaning in English

See -wave in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: Likely from new wave and popularised by chillwave and vaporwave. Etymology templates: {{m|en|new wave}} new wave, {{m|en|chillwave}} chillwave, {{m|en|vaporwave}} vaporwave Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -wave, {{en-suffix}} -wave
  1. Applied to various (often very specialised) music genres, subcultures and aesthetics. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--wave-en-suffix-lMV0w4JX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for -wave meaning in English (1.1kB)

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        "2": "chillwave"
      },
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    },
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "vaporwave"
      },
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          "text": "chill + -wave → chillwave",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "dark + -wave → darkwave",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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      },
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        "cat3": "",
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        },
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          "text": "dark + -wave → darkwave",
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        }
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