jazz

See also: Jazz

English

Alternative forms

• jaz, jas, jass, jasz (all dated, used from about 1912 to about 1918)

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• enPR: jăz, IPA^(key): /d͡ʒæz/

• Audio (AU):

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• 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.
3. The substance or 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.

5. (with positive terms) Something of excellent quality, the genuine article.

   That show was the jazz!

   This risotto is simply the jazz.

6. Nonsense.

   Stop talking jazz.

Derived terms

• acid jazz
• cool jazz
• jazzbo
• jazzen
• jazzer
• jazz-funk
• jazz fusion
• jazz-like
• jazz-rock
• jazz up
• jazzy
• smooth jazz

 

Translations

musical art form

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

  Cantonese: 爵士 (zoek³ si⁶)

  Mandarin: 爵士樂／爵士乐 (zh) (juéshìyuè), 爵士乐 (zh) (juéshìyuè), 爵士 (zh) (juéshì)

• Czech: džez (cs) m, jazz (cs) m
• Danish: jazz (da) c
• Dutch: jazz (nl) m
• Esperanto: ĵazo (eo)
• Estonian: džäss
• Faroese: djassur m
• Finnish: jazz (fi), jatsi (fi)
• French: jazz (fr) m
• Georgian: ჯაზი (ǯazi)
• German: Jazz (de) m
• Greek: τζαζ (el) f (tzaz)
• Hebrew: ג׳אז (jaz), ג׳ז (jez)
• Hindi: जाज़ (jāz)
• Hungarian: dzsessz (hu)
• Icelandic: djass (is) m
• Ido: jazo (io)
• Irish: snagcheol m
• Italian: jazz (it) m
• Japanese: ジャズ (ja) (jazu)
• Khmer: ហ្សាស (zaah)
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• Korean: 재즈 (ko) (jaejeu)
• Lithuanian: džiazas m
• Macedonian: џез m (džez)
• Malay: jaz
• Maori: puoro takihuri, puoro tautito, puoro tene
• Marathi: जॅज n (jāza)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: jazz (no) m

  Nynorsk: jazz m

• Persian: جاز (fa) (jâz)
• Polish: dżez (pl) m, jazz (pl) m
• Portuguese: jazz (pt) m
• Romanian: jazz (ro) n
• Russian: джаз (ru) m (džaz)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: џез m

  Roman: džez (sh) m

• Slovak: džez m, jazz m
• Slovene: džez m, jazz m
• Spanish: jazz (es) m
• Swedish: jazz (sv) c
• Tagalog: diyas, dyas
• Turkish: caz (tr)
• Turkmen: jaz (tk)
• Ukrainian: джаз m (džaz)
• Uyghur: جاز (jaz)
• Welsh: jazz m
• Yiddish: דזשאַז m (dzhaz)

the (in)tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a thing

• Polish: cała reszta
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Unspecified thing(s)

• Czech: a tak
• Polish: różne takie
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• Portuguese: porcariada f, coisarada (pt) f

Of excellent quality, the genuine article

• Czech: super (cs)
• Polish: świetny (pl) m
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• Portuguese: suprassumo (pt) m

Nonsense

• Czech: kraviny f pl
• Georgian: უაზრობა (uazroba), აბსურდი (absurdi)
• Polish: bzdura (pl) f
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• Portuguese: besteira (pt) f

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Basque: ^{(please verify)} jazz
• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} джаз (džaz)
• Galician: ^{(please verify)} jazz (gl)
• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} ג׳אז (jaz)
• Hindi: ^{(please verify)} जैज़ (jaiz)
• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} jazz
• Kannada: ^{(please verify)} ಜಾಝ್ ಸಂಗೀತ (jājh saṅgīta)
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} iazium
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• Persian: ^{(please verify)} جاز (fa)
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} jazz (sv)
• Thai: ^{(please verify)} แจ๊ส (jɛ́ɛt)
• Ukrainian: ^{(please verify)} джаз (džaz)
• Urdu: ^{(please verify)} جاز (jāz)
• Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} nhạc jazz
• Welsh: ^{(please verify)} jazz

Verb

jazz (third-person singular simple present jazzes, present participle jazzing, simple past and past participle jazzed)

1. To destroy.

   You’ve gone and jazzed it now!

2. To play (jazz music).
3. To dance to the tunes of jazz music.
4. To enliven, brighten up, make more colourful or exciting; excite
5. To complicate.

   Don’t jazz it too much!

6. (intransitive, US slang, dated) To have sex for money, to prostitute oneself.
   • 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Vintage 1993, page 59:

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

7. (intransitive) To move (around/about) in a lively or frivolous manner; to fool around. [from 20th c.]
   • 1958, Doris Lessing, A Ripple From the Storm, HarperPerennial 1995, p. 119:

     ‘Well, if you're going to jazz about the way you do, I suppose you'll need rouge at your age.’

8. To distract/pester.

   Stop jazzing me!

Translations

to play jazz music

• Danish: spille (da) jazz
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• Finnish: soittaa jazzia, jatsata
• Polish: dżezować (pl), jazzować (pl)

to dance to jazz music

• Danish: jazze
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• Finnish: jatsata

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from English jazz.

Noun

jazz m (invariable)

1. jazz

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Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English jazz.

Noun

1. jazz

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English jazz.

Noun

jazz m (definite singular jazzen)

1. (uncountable) jazz (form of music)

Derived terms

• jazzfestival
• jazzklub
• jazzkoncert
• jazzkvartet
• jazzmiljø
• jazznummer
• jazzpianist
• jazztrompetist

 

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English jazz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒɛz/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: jazz

Noun

jazz m (uncountable)

1. jazz

Derived terms

• cooljazz
• dixielandjazz
• freejazz
• gipsyjazz
• jazzconcert
• jazzfestival
• jazzgitarist
• jazzmuziek
• jazzpianist
• jazzplaat
• jazzrock
• jazztrompettist
• jazzvogel
• jazzzanger
• jazzzangeres
• negerjazz
• souljazz
• swingjazz
• zigeunerjazz

 

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Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from English jazz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɑts/, [ˈjɑ̝ts̠]

Noun

jazz

1. jazz (style of music)

Declension

Inflection of jazz (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		jazz	jazzit
genitive		jazzin	jazzien
partitive		jazzia	jazzeja
illative		jazziin	jazzeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		jazz	jazzit
accusative	nom.	jazz	jazzit
	gen.	jazzin
genitive		jazzin	jazzien
partitive		jazzia	jazzeja
inessive		jazzissa	jazzeissa
elative		jazzista	jazzeista
illative		jazziin	jazzeihin
adessive		jazzilla	jazzeilla
ablative		jazzilta	jazzeilta
allative		jazzille	jazzeille
essive		jazzina	jazzeina
translative		jazziksi	jazzeiksi
abessive		jazzitta	jazzeitta
instructive		—	jazzein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of jazz (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative jazzini jazzini accusative nom. jazzini jazzini gen. jazzini genitive jazzini jazzieni partitive jazziani jazzejani inessive jazzissani jazzeissani elative jazzistani jazzeistani illative jazziini jazzeihini adessive jazzillani jazzeillani ablative jazziltani jazzeiltani allative jazzilleni jazzeilleni essive jazzinani jazzeinani translative jazzikseni jazzeikseni abessive jazzittani jazzeittani instructive — — comitative — jazzeineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative jazzisi jazzisi accusative nom. jazzisi jazzisi gen. jazzisi genitive jazzisi jazziesi partitive jazziasi jazzejasi inessive jazzissasi jazzeissasi elative jazzistasi jazzeistasi illative jazziisi jazzeihisi adessive jazzillasi jazzeillasi ablative jazziltasi jazzeiltasi allative jazzillesi jazzeillesi essive jazzinasi jazzeinasi translative jazziksesi jazzeiksesi abessive jazzittasi jazzeittasi instructive — — comitative — jazzeinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative jazzimme jazzimme accusative nom. jazzimme jazzimme gen. jazzimme genitive jazzimme jazziemme partitive jazziamme jazzejamme inessive jazzissamme jazzeissamme elative jazzistamme jazzeistamme illative jazziimme jazzeihimme adessive jazzillamme jazzeillamme ablative jazziltamme jazzeiltamme allative jazzillemme jazzeillemme essive jazzinamme jazzeinamme translative jazziksemme jazzeiksemme abessive jazzittamme jazzeittamme instructive — — comitative — jazzeinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative jazzinne jazzinne accusative nom. jazzinne jazzinne gen. jazzinne genitive jazzinne jazzienne partitive jazzianne jazzejanne inessive jazzissanne jazzeissanne elative jazzistanne jazzeistanne illative jazziinne jazzeihinne adessive jazzillanne jazzeillanne ablative jazziltanne jazzeiltanne allative jazzillenne jazzeillenne essive jazzinanne jazzeinanne translative jazziksenne jazzeiksenne abessive jazzittanne jazzeittanne instructive — — comitative — jazzeinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative jazzinsa jazzinsa accusative nom. jazzinsa jazzinsa gen. jazzinsa genitive jazzinsa jazziensa partitive jazziaan jazziansa jazzejaan jazzejansa inessive jazzissaan jazzissansa jazzeissaan jazzeissansa elative jazzistaan jazzistansa jazzeistaan jazzeistansa illative jazziinsa jazzeihinsa adessive jazzillaan jazzillansa jazzeillaan jazzeillansa ablative jazziltaan jazziltansa jazzeiltaan jazzeiltansa allative jazzilleen jazzillensa jazzeilleen jazzeillensa essive jazzinaan jazzinansa jazzeinaan jazzeinansa translative jazzikseen jazziksensa jazzeikseen jazzeiksensa abessive jazzittaan jazzittansa jazzeittaan jazzeittansa instructive — — comitative — jazzeineen jazzeinensa

Synonyms

• jatsi

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English jazz. The compound jazband is attested in a 1918 copy of Le Matin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒaz/ ~ /dʒɑz/

• Audio:

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Noun

jazz m (uncountable)

1. (music) jazz (music style)

Derived terms

• jazz
• jazzifier
• jazzman

Further reading

• “jazz”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English jazz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaz/, [d͡ʒäz̪], /d͡ʒɛz/, [d͡ʒɛz̪]

Noun

jazz m (countable and uncountable)

1. (music) jazz

Adjective

jazz (invariable)

1. jazz (attributive)

   Synonym: jazzistico

Derived terms

• jazzista
• jazzistico

References

• jazz in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• jass

Etymology

Borrowed from English jazz.

Noun

jazz m (definite singular jazzen)

1. (uncountable) jazz (form of music)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• jass

Etymology

Borrowed from English jazz.

Noun

jazz m (definite singular jazzen)

1. (uncountable) jazz (form of music)

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English jazz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): //d͡ʐɛz//

• audio:

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Noun

jazz m inan

1. jazz (music)

Declension

Declension of jazz

	singular
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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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English jazz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛs/

Noun

jazz m (uncountable)

1. (music) jazz (music genre)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:jazz.

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English jazz.

Pronunciation

•  

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝas/ [ˈɟ͡ʝas]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝas/ [ˈɟ͡ʝas]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃas/ [ˈʃas]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒas/ [ˈʒas]

Noun

jazz m (uncountable)

1. jazz

Derived terms

• jazzista m or f