Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

microhouse

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mi-cro-house
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A subgenre of house music strongly influenced by minimalism and 1990s techno.

Uncountable

noun

Synonym of microhome.

Countable

Example Sentences

"And for the greater part of the noughties, the connoisseur consensus sound has been a German invention, microhouse—nowadays an unsatisfactory umbrella term for an increasingly diverging array of sub-styles, but originally a useful and era-defining concept coined by techno writer Philip Sherburne in 2001."
"Matthew Dear (Saturday) This experimental microhouse D.J. and producer channels Detroit techno in his reedy, subtly dystopian brushes of beats."

Etymology

From micro- + house, in the music sense coined by American journalist and DJ Philip Sherburne in 2001.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: micro

Usage

Inflected Forms

microhouses (plural)

Synonyms

clickhouse microhome

Questions

What does microhouse mean?: A subgenre of house music strongly influenced by minimalism and 1990s techno.
Where does microhouse come from?: From micro- + house, in the music sense coined by American journalist and DJ Philip Sherburne in 2001.

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