jazz

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. 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.
3. The substance or makeup of a thing; unspecified thing(s).
4. Something of excellent quality, the genuine article.
5. Nonsense.
6. (slang) Semen, jizz.
7. A red-skinned variety of eating apple.

Verb

1. (slang) To destroy; to ruin.
2. To play (jazz music).
3. To dance to the tunes of jazz music.
4. To enliven, brighten up, make more colourful or exciting.
5. (slang) To complicate.
6. (slang) To have sex for money, to prostitute oneself.
7. (slang) To move (around/about) in a lively or frivolous manner; to fool around.
8. (slang) To distract or pester.
9. (slang) To ejaculate.

Concepts

jazz

danse jazz

aimer

avoir

avoir des relations sexuelles

baiser

bien

connaître

enconner

enculer

faire l’amour

fourrer

foutre

niquer

savoir

néant

vent

éolienne

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/d͡ʒæz/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Unknown. First attested around 1912 in a discussion of baseball; attested in reference to music around 1915. Numerous references suggest that the term may be connected to jasm and jism.

Phrases

Much of William Schmidt's music was influenced by jazz and folk music .

Une grande partie de la musique de William Schmidt a été influencée par le jazz et la musique folklorique.