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house music

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈhaʊs ˌmjuːzɪk/
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noun

Meaning 1

A particular type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: house

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Probably from The Warehouse, a nightclub in Chicago, Illinois, USA, where the music became popular around 1985.

Across languages

Translations

82 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: housemusiek — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Arabic: هاوس (hāūs) — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Arabic: موسيقى الهاوس — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Arabic: مزيكا الهاوس — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Belarusian: гаўс (haws) — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Bulgarian: ха́ус (háus) — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Catalan: música house — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Catalan: house — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Chinese Mandarin: 浩室音樂 /浩室音乐 (hàoshì yīnyuè) — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Czech: house music — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Czech: house — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Danish: house — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Dutch: house — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Dutch: housemuziek — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Esperanto: haŭzo — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Estonian: house-muusika — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Estonian: house — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Finnish: house — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • French: house — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • French: musique house — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • French: house music — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • West-Frisian: housemuzyk — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • West-Frisian: house — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Galician: house — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Georgian: ჰაუსი (hausi) — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Georgian: ჰაუს-მუსიკა (haus-musiḳa) — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • German: House — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • German: House-Musik — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • German: Housemusik — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Greek: χάουζ (cháouz) — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Greek: house — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Hebrew: האוס — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Hungarian: house — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Icelandic: hústónlist — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Icelandic: house-tónlist — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Icelandic: house — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Indonesian: musik house — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Indonesian: house — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Italian: musica house — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Italian: house — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Jamaican Creole: ous myuuzik — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Japanese: ハウス音楽 (hausu ongaku) — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Japanese: ハウス (hausu) — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Korean: 하우스 음악 (hauseu eumak) — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Korean: 하우스 (hauseu) — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Latin: musica domestica — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Latin: domestica — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Latvian: hausmūzika — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Latvian: hauss — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Lithuanian: house — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Lombard: müsega house — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Lombard: house — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Norwegian: house — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: house-musikk — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: house — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Occitan: musica house — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Occitan: house — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Persian: موسیقی هاوس — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Polish: house — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Portuguese: house — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Portuguese: música house — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Quechua: house — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Romanian: muzică house — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Romanian: house — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Russian: ха́ус (xáus) — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Scots: house muisic — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Scots: hoose muisic — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Serbo-Croatian: хауз — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Serbo-Croatian: house glazba — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Serbo-Croatian: house — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Slovak: house — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Slovene: house — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Spanish: música house — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Spanish: house — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Swedish: house — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Swedish: housemusik — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Swedish: house-musik — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Thai: เฮาส์ — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Turkish: house müzik — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Turkish: house — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Ukrainian: хауз (xauz) — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Welsh: House — type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum