grunge

English

Etymology

Back-formation from grungy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɹʌnd͡ʒ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ʌndʒ

Noun

grunge (uncountable)

1. (informal) Dirt or filth, especially when difficult to clean.

   The cinema floor was covered in grunge deposited by the crowds.

2. (informal) The state of being filthy; grubbiness.

   Chad used to work as a coal miner, but couldn't handle the constant grunge.

3. (music) A subgenre of alternative rock, originating from Seattle, Washington, which melds punk and metal.

   Alice liked to wear plaids and ripped jeans, and listen to grunge.

Derived terms

• grungelike
• grungy
• postgrunge
• scrunge
• soft grunge

Translations

dirt, filth

• Finnish: lika (fi)
• German: Schmutz (de) m, Dreck (de) m
• Polish: obrzydlistwo (pl) n, ohydztwo n, paskudztwo (pl) n
• Swedish: smuts (sv), lort (sv)

subgenre of alternative music

• Bulgarian: гръндж m (grǎndž)
• Esperanto: grunĝo
• Finnish: grunge (fi)
• French: grunge (fr) m
• Georgian: გრანჟი (granži)
• German: Grunge (de) m
• Korean: 그런지 (geureonji)
• Marathi: ग्रन्ज n (granja)
• Norwegian: grunge m, grønsj (no) m
• Polish: grunge (pl) m
• Russian: гранж (ru) m (granž)
• Swedish: grunge c

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁœnʒ/

• Audio:

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Noun

grunge m (uncountable)

1. grunge

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English grunge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrant͡ʂ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ant͡ʂ
• Syllabification: grunge

Noun

grunge m inan (related adjective grunge'owy)

1. grunge (subgenre of alternative rock, originating from Seattle, Washington, which melds punk and metal)

Declension

Declension of grunge

	singular
nominative	grunge
genitive	grunge'u
dative	grunge'owi
accusative	grunge
instrumental	grunge'em
locative	grunge'u
vocative	grunge'u

Derived terms

nouns

• grunge'owiec

 

Related terms

adverbs

• grunge'owo

 

Further reading

• grunge in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• grunge in PWN's encyclopedia

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English grunge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾant͡ʃ/ [ˈɡɾãnʲt͡ʃ]
• Rhymes: -antʃ

Noun

grunge m (uncountable)

1. grunge