drum and bass

English

Alternative forms

• drum 'n' bass, drum'n'bass

Noun

drum and bass (uncountable)

1. (music) A style of electronic dance music focusing heavily on loud bass and fast-tempo drumbeats.

   Synonyms: D&B, D+B, DnB, DNB, D'n'B (abbreviations)

   Coordinate term: jungle

Related terms

• drill and bass

Translations

genre of electronic music

• Arabic: درم آند بيس
• Catalan: drum and bass m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鼓打貝斯 / 鼓打贝斯 (gǔdǎ bèisī)

• Dutch: drum and bass c
• Esperanto: drumenbaso
• Finnish: drum’n’bass, dnb
• French: drum and bass (fr) f, drum'n'bass (fr) f
• German: Drum and Bass n
• Greek: drum and bass, ντραμ εντ μπέις (ntram ent béis)
• Hungarian: drum and bass
• Occitan: drum and bass m
• Polish: drum and bass m
• Russian: драм-энд-бейс (dram-end-bejs), драм-н-бейс (ru) (dram-n-bejs)
• Spanish: drum and bass m

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English drum and bass.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdram ˈɛnt ˈbɛjs/
• Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

Noun

drum and bass m inan

1. drum and bass

Declension

Declension of drum and bass

	singular
nominative	drum and bass
genitive	drum and bassu
dative	drum and bassowi
accusative	drum and bass
instrumental	drum and bassem
locative	drum and bassie
vocative	drum and bassie

Further reading

• “drum and bass”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “drum and bass”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)