Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

coldwave

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cold-wave
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A European style of post-punk music in the 1980s.

Uncountable

noun

The industrial metal music genre in the 1990s.

American usage; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Band member Azzedine Amrani reflects: “[…] Then, The Cure came to our ears; therefore we started to turn into coldwave music with brand new instruments [such as keyboards and drum machines]^([sic]).”"
"Modern industrial music subgenres and fusion-genres include EBM, futurepop, power-noise, aggrotech (terror-EBM), coldwave, elektro, dark-electro, and industrial-metal. Yes, it can be quite confusing."

Etymology

From cold + wave, perhaps influenced by earlier genres such as new wave and darkwave. In France the post-punk genre was called la vague froide.

Usage

Uncountable
American usage

Inflected Forms

cold wave (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

new wave darkwave

Questions

What does coldwave mean?: A European style of post-punk music in the 1980s.
Where does coldwave come from?: From cold + wave, perhaps influenced by earlier genres such as new wave and darkwave. In France the post-punk genre was called la vague froide.

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