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Shortening of rock and roll music
rock music uncountable
( music ) genre of popular music , including especially those styles ultimately derived from rock and roll , employing electrical amplification , heavy use of guitars, 4/4 time with strong percussive rhythm on beats two and four (backbeat ), and usually themes of bold wildness, rebellion, and sexuality.popular music genre
Afrikaans: rockmusiek
Arabic: مُوسِيقَى الرُّوك f ( mūsīqā r-rūk ) , رُوك m ( rūk ) , رُوك m ( rok )
Armenian: ռոք (hy) ( ṙokʻ )
Asturian: rock (ast)
Azerbaijani: rok (az)
Bashkir: рок ( rok )
Belarusian: рок-музыка f ( rók-muzyka )
Bengali: রক সঙ্গীত ( rok śoṅgit )
Breton: sonerezh rock
Bulgarian: рок музика f ( rok muzika )
Carpathian Rusyn: рок-му́зика f ( rok-múzyka )
Catalan: música rock f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 搖滾音樂 / 摇滚音乐 (zh) ( yáogǔn yīnyuè ) , 搖滾樂 / 摇滚乐 (zh) ( yáogǔnyuè )
Chuvash: рок-мусӑк ( rok-mus̬ăk )
Czech: rock (cs) m
Danish: rock (da)
Dutch: rockmuziek (nl) f
Esperanto: rokmuziko roko rok-muziko
Estonian: rokk (et) , rokkmuusika
Finnish: rokki (fi)
French: rock (fr) m musique rock f
Galician: música rock f
Georgian: როკ-მუსიკა ( roḳ-musiḳa )
German: Rockmusik (de) f
Greek: ροκ μουσική ( rok mousikí )
Hebrew: מוזיקת רוק
Hindi: रॉक संगीत ( rŏk saṅgīt )
Hungarian: rockzene (hu) , rock (hu)
Icelandic: rokk (is) n
Ido: rock (io)
Indonesian: musik rok (id)
Interlingua: rock
Irish: rac-cheol m
Italian: rock (it) m
Jamaican Creole: rak myuuzik
Japanese: ロック音楽 ( rokku-ongaku ) , ロック (ja) ( rokku )
Korean: 락 음악 ( rak eumak ) , 락 (ko) ( rak )
Latin: ( New Latin ) rockiana f rociana f rockianus m rocianus m musica rock f
Latvian: rokmūzika f
Lithuanian: rokas m
Luxembourgish: Rockmusek f
Macedonian: рок-музика f ( rok-muzika )
Malay: muzik rock
Malayalam: റോക്ക് ( ṟōkkŭ )
Marathi: रॉक संगीत n ( rŏk saṅgīt )
Mongolian: hок хөгжим ( hok xögžim )
Nepali: रक सङ्गीत ( rak saṅgīt )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: rockemusikk m
Nynorsk: rockemusikk m
Persian: راک (fa) , موسیقی راک
Polish: rock (pl) m
Portuguese: rock (pt) m
Punjabi: ਰੌਕ ਸੰਗੀਤ ( rauk saṅgīt )
Romanian: muzică rock f
Russian: рок-му́зыка (ru) f ( rok-múzyka ) , рок (ru) m ( rok )
Scottish Gaelic: roc
Sinhalese: රොක් සංගීතය ( rok saṁgītaya )
Slovak: rock m
Slovene: rock (sl) m
Swedish: rockmusik (sv)
Tamil: ராக் இசை ( rāk icai )
Thai: ร็อก ( rɔ́k )
Turkish: rock müzik
Ukrainian: рок-музика f ( rok-muzyka )
Urdu: راک موسیقی ( rāk moseqī )
Uzbek: rok-musiqa
Vietnamese: nhạc rock rock (vi)
Welsh: cerddoriaeth roc f
West Flemish: rockmuziek f
West Frisian: rockmuzyk c or n
Western Panjabi: روک موسیقی ( rok moseqī )
2001. The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: North America . Garland Publishing. Ellen Koskoff (Ed.). Pg. 347. 
