"rock music" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Shortening of rock and roll music, in use since circa 1966 to refer to genres of popular music which had grown sufficiently distinct from 1950s rock and roll. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} rock music (uncountable)
  1. (music) A broad genre of popular music, including especially those styles ultimately derived from rock and roll, employing electrical amplification, heavy use of guitars, 4/4 time with strong percussive rhythm on beats two and four (backbeat), and usually themes of bold wildness, rebellion, and sexuality. Wikipedia link: rock music Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Music, Musical genres Synonyms: rock, rock and roll Translations (popular music genre): rockmusiek (Afrikaans), مُوسِيقَى الرُّوك (mūsīqā r-rūk) [feminine] (Arabic), رُوك (rūk) [masculine] (Arabic), رُوك (rok) [masculine] (Arabic), ռոք (ṙokʿ) (Armenian), rock (Asturian), rok (Azerbaijani), рок (rok) (Bashkir), рок-музыка (rók-muzyka) [feminine] (Belarusian), রক সঙ্গীত (rok śoṅgit) (Bengali), sonerezh rock (Breton), рок музика (rok muzika) [feminine] (Bulgarian), рок-му́зика (rok-múzyka) [feminine] (Carpathian Rusyn), música rock [feminine] (Catalan), 搖滾音樂 (Chinese Mandarin), 摇滚音乐 (yáogǔn yīnyuè) (Chinese Mandarin), 搖滾樂 (Chinese Mandarin), 摇滚乐 (yáogǔnyuè) (Chinese Mandarin), рок-мусӑк (rok-mus̬ăk) (Chuvash), rock [masculine] (Czech), rock (Danish), rockmuziek [feminine] (Dutch), rokmuziko (Esperanto), roko (Esperanto), rok-muziko (Esperanto), rokk (Estonian), rokkmuusika (Estonian), rokki (Finnish), rock [masculine] (French), musique rock [feminine] (French), música rock [feminine] (Galician), როკ-მუსიკა (roḳ-musiḳa) (Georgian), Rockmusik [feminine] (German), ροκ μουσική (rok mousikí) (Greek), מוזיקת רוק (Hebrew), रॉक संगीत (rŏk saṅgīt) (Hindi), rockzene (Hungarian), rock (Hungarian), rokk [neuter] (Icelandic), rock (Ido), musik rok (Indonesian), rock (Interlingua), rac-cheol [masculine] (Irish), rock [masculine] (Italian), rak myuuzik (Jamaican Creole), ロック音楽 (rokku-ongaku) (Japanese), ロック (rokku) (Japanese), 락 음악 (rak eumak) (Korean), (rak) (Korean), rockiana [New-Latin, feminine] (Latin), rociana [feminine] (Latin), rockianus [masculine] (Latin), rocianus [masculine] (Latin), musica rock [feminine] (Latin), rokmūzika [feminine] (Latvian), rokas [masculine] (Lithuanian), Rockmusek [feminine] (Luxembourgish), рок-музика (rok-muzika) [feminine] (Macedonian), muzik rock (Malay), റോക്ക് (ṟōkkŭ) (Malayalam), रॉक संगीत (rŏk saṅgīt) [neuter] (Marathi), hок хөгжим (hok xögžim) (Mongolian), रक सङ्गीत (rak saṅgīt) (Nepali), rockemusikk [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), rockemusikk [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), راک (Persian), موسیقی راک (Persian), rock [masculine] (Polish), rock [masculine] (Portuguese), ਰੌਕ ਸੰਗੀਤ (rauk saṅgīt) (Punjabi), muzică rock [feminine] (Romanian), рок-му́зыка (rok-múzyka) [feminine] (Russian), рок (rok) [masculine] (Russian), roc (Scottish Gaelic), රොක් සංගීතය (rok saṁgītaya) (Sinhalese), rock [masculine] (Slovak), rock [masculine] (Slovene), rockmusik (Swedish), ராக் இசை (rāk icai) (Tamil), ร็อก (rɔ́k) (Thai), rock müzik (Turkish), рок-музика (rok-muzyka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), راک موسیقی (rāk moseqī) (Urdu), rok-musiqa (Uzbek), nhạc rock (Vietnamese), rock (Vietnamese), cerddoriaeth roc [feminine] (Welsh), rockmuziek [feminine] (West Flemish), rockmuzyk [common-gender, neuter] (West Frisian), روک موسیقی (Western Panjabi)

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          "word": "ροκ μουσική"
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "popular music genre",
          "word": "מוזיקת רוק"
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          "roman": "rŏk saṅgīt",
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          "sense": "popular music genre",
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          "sense": "popular music genre",
          "word": "rock"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "popular music genre",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "rac-cheol"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "popular music genre",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "rock"
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          "code": "jam",
          "lang": "Jamaican Creole",
          "sense": "popular music genre",
          "word": "rak myuuzik"
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "rokku-ongaku",
          "sense": "popular music genre",
          "word": "ロック音楽"
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "rokku",
          "sense": "popular music genre",
          "word": "ロック"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "rak eumak",
          "sense": "popular music genre",
          "word": "락 음악"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "rak",
          "sense": "popular music genre",
          "word": "락"
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "popular music genre",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "rockiana"
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        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "popular music genre",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "rociana"
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        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "popular music genre",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rockianus"
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        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "popular music genre",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "rocianus"
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        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "popular music genre",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "musica rock"
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          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "popular music genre",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "rokmūzika"
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          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "popular music genre",
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          "sense": "popular music genre",
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          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "ṟōkkŭ",
          "sense": "popular music genre",
          "word": "റോക്ക്"
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          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "rŏk saṅgīt",
          "sense": "popular music genre",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "रॉक संगीत"
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          "word": "रक सङ्गीत"
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          "code": "pa",
          "lang": "Punjabi",
          "roman": "rauk saṅgīt",
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          "word": "ਰੌਕ ਸੰਗੀਤ"
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "muzică rock"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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            "masculine"
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          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
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          "lang": "Sinhalese",
          "roman": "rok saṁgītaya",
          "sense": "popular music genre",
          "word": "රොක් සංගීතය"
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          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
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          "code": "ta",
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          "word": "راک موسیقی"
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          "sense": "popular music genre",
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        },
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          "code": "vi",
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          "sense": "popular music genre",
          "word": "nhạc rock"
        },
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          "code": "pnb",
          "lang": "Western Panjabi",
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          "word": "روک موسیقی"
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    }
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}
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      "code": "ar",
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
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      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "word": "ռոք"
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    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "word": "rock"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "word": "rok"
    },
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      "code": "ba",
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      "roman": "rok",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
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    },
    {
      "code": "be",
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      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "рок-музыка"
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    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "rok śoṅgit",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "word": "রক সঙ্গীত"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "word": "sonerezh rock"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "rok muzika",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "рок музика"
    },
    {
      "code": "rue",
      "lang": "Carpathian Rusyn",
      "roman": "rok-múzyka",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "рок-му́зика"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "música rock"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "word": "搖滾音樂"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yáogǔn yīnyuè",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "word": "摇滚音乐"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "word": "搖滾樂"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yáogǔnyuè",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
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    },
    {
      "code": "cv",
      "lang": "Chuvash",
      "roman": "rok-mus̬ăk",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "word": "рок-мусӑк"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "word": "rock"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rockmuziek"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "word": "rokmuziko"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "word": "roko"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "word": "rok-muziko"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "word": "rokk"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "word": "rokkmuusika"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "word": "rokki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rock"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "musique rock"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "música rock"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "roḳ-musiḳa",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "word": "როკ-მუსიკა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Rockmusik"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "rok mousikí",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "word": "ροκ μουσική"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "word": "מוזיקת רוק"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "rŏk saṅgīt",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "word": "रॉक संगीत"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "word": "rockzene"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "word": "rock"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "rokk"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "word": "rock"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "word": "musik rok"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "word": "rock"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rac-cheol"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rock"
    },
    {
      "code": "jam",
      "lang": "Jamaican Creole",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "word": "rak myuuzik"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "rokku-ongaku",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "word": "ロック音楽"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "rokku",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "word": "ロック"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "rak eumak",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "word": "락 음악"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "rak",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "word": "락"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "tags": [
        "New-Latin",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rockiana"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rociana"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rockianus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rocianus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "musica rock"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rokmūzika"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rokas"
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    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Rockmusek"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "rok-muzika",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "рок-музика"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "word": "muzik rock"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "ṟōkkŭ",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "word": "റോക്ക്"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "rŏk saṅgīt",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "रॉक संगीत"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "hok xögžim",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "word": "hок хөгжим"
    },
    {
      "code": "ne",
      "lang": "Nepali",
      "roman": "rak saṅgīt",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "word": "रक सङ्गीत"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rockemusikk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rockemusikk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "word": "راک"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "word": "موسیقی راک"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rock"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rock"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "rauk saṅgīt",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "word": "ਰੌਕ ਸੰਗੀਤ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "muzică rock"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rok-múzyka",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "рок-му́зыка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rok",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "рок"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "word": "roc"
    },
    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "rok saṁgītaya",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "word": "රොක් සංගීතය"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rock"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rock"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "word": "rockmusik"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "rāk icai",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "word": "ராக் இசை"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "rɔ́k",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "word": "ร็อก"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "word": "rock müzik"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rok-muzyka",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "рок-музика"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "rāk moseqī",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "word": "راک موسیقی"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "word": "rok-musiqa"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "word": "nhạc rock"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "word": "rock"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "cerddoriaeth roc"
    },
    {
      "code": "vls",
      "lang": "West Flemish",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rockmuziek"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "rockmuzyk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pnb",
      "lang": "Western Panjabi",
      "sense": "popular music genre",
      "word": "روک موسیقی"
    }
  ],
  "word": "rock music"
}

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