jazz

See also Jazz

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Etymology uncertain. A detailed account is available in the Wikipedia article.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈd͡ʒæz/, X-SAMPA: /"dZ{z/
• Rhymes: -æz

A jazz band, The King & Carter Jazzing Orchestra, in 1921.

Noun

jazz (uncountable)

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) (jāz) m
• Armenian: ջազ (hy) (ǰaz)
• Belarusian: джаз (be) (džaz) m
• Bulgarian: джаз (bg) (džaz) m
• Catalan: jazz (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 爵士樂 (cmn), 爵士乐 (cmn) (juéshìyuè), 爵士 (cmn) (juéshì)

• Czech: džez (cs) m, jazz (cs) m
• Danish: jazz (da) c
• Dutch: jazz (nl) m
• Esperanto: ĵazo (eo)
• Estonian: džäss (et)
• Finnish: jazz (fi), jatsi (fi)
• French: jazz (fr) m
• Georgian: ჯაზი (ka) (jazi)
• German: Jazz (de) m
• Greek: τζαζ (el) (tzaz) f
• Hebrew: ג'אז (he) (jaz), ג'ז (he) (jez)
• Hindi: जाज़ (hi) (jāz)
• Hungarian: dzsessz (hu)
• Icelandic: djass (is) m

• Ido: jazo (io)
• Irish: snagcheol (ga) m
• Italian: jazz (it) m
• Japanese: ジャズ (ja) (jazu)
• Korean: 재즈 (ko) (jaejeu)
• Lithuanian: džiazas (lt) m
• Macedonian: џез (mk) (džez) m
• Malay: jaz (ms)
• Marathi: जॅज (mr) (jāza) n
• Norwegian: jazz (no) m
• Persian: جاز (fa) (jâz)
• Polish: dżez (pl) m, jazz (pl) m
• Russian: джаз (ru) (džaz) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: џез (sh) m

  Roman: džez (sh) m

• Slovak: džez (sk) m, jazz (sk) m
• Slovene: džez (sl) m, jazz (sl) m
• Spanish: jazz (es) m
• Turkish: caz (tr)
• Ukrainian: джаз (uk) (džaz) m

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) m

Nonsense

• Polish: bzdura (pl) f

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Translations to be checked

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

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

Verb

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. (transitive, US slang, dated) To have sex with.
   • 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Vintage 1993, p. 59:

     ‘Jazzing?’ Temple whispered [...]. ‘Yes, putty-face!’ the woman said. ‘How do you suppose I paid that lawyer?’

6. To destroy.

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

7. 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 (da) jazz

• Finnish: soittaa jazzia, jatsata

to dance to jazz music

• Danish: jazze (da)

• Finnish: jatsata

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Catalan

Wikipedia ^ca

Etymology

From English jazz.

Noun

jazz m (plural jazz)

1. jazz

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Czech

Noun

jazz m

1. jazz

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Dutch

Wikipedia ^nl

Noun

jazz m (uncountable)

1. jazz

Derived terms

• jazzzanger
• jazzzangeres

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Finnish

Etymology

From English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈjats/

Noun

jazz

1. jazz (style of music)

Declension

Declension of jazz (type risti) singular plural nominative jazz jazzit genitive jazzin jazzien partitive jazzia jazzeja accusative jazz jazzin jazzit inessive jazzissa jazzeissa elative jazzista jazzeista illative jazziin jazzeihin adessive jazzilla jazzeilla ablative jazzilta jazzeilta allative jazzille jazzeille essive jazzina jazzeina translative jazziksi jazzeiksi instructive – jazzein abessive jazzitta jazzeitta comitative – jazzeineen

Synonyms

• jatsi

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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 (invariable)

1. (music) jazz

Derived terms

• jazzista
• jazzistico

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /d͡ʐɛs/

• audio

  (file)

• Homophones: dżez

Noun

jazz m

1. jazz (music)

Declension

    declension of jazz

	singular only
nominative	jazz
genitive	jazzu
dative	jazzowi
accusative	jazz
instrumental	jazzem
locative	jazzie
vocative	jazzie

Synonyms

• dżez

Derived terms

• jazzowy, jazzband, jazzman

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Spanish

Wikipedia ^es

Etymology

From English jazz.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʝas/

Noun

jazz m (usually uncountable)

1. jazz

Derived terms

• jazzista m and f