Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

postbop

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: post-bop
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A form of small-group jazz music that emerged in the early 1960s, under the influence of artists such as Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The drummer Dafnis Prieto, leading a superbly calibrated sextet, chopped up the pulse of his native Cuba with clever feints while borrowing from postbop harmony."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English bop English postbop From post- + bop.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

post-bop (alternative)

Questions

What does postbop mean?: A form of small-group jazz music that emerged in the early 1960s, under the influence of artists such as Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock
Where does postbop come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English bop English postbop From post- + bop.

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