# reggae
## English
### Etymology

From Jamaican Creole rege (“rags; a quarrel”), see rag; originally used in the 1960s to describe a Jamaican dance. Compare ragtime. Broader musical sense popularized by the 1968 song "Do the Reggay".

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɹɛɡeɪ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Audio (General American):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛɡeɪ

### Noun

reggae (uncountable)
* (Rastafari, music) A music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s and is heavily associated with Rastafarianism, featuring a heavy bass line and percussive rhythm guitar on the offbeat, often with close vocal harmonies.
** 1978, 05:35 from the start, in Wolfgang Büld, director, Reggae In a Babylon (film (documentary)), spoken by Dennis Bovell (as himself, a member of the band Matumbi):I mean, the very name reggae. I mean, it wasn’t called reggae in the first place. It came from blue beat, just ska, you know? Ska and blue beat, the era, and then reggae. Because it was a dance, originally. And the DJs thought, “That’s a nice name,” and the kept saying “reggae music, reggae music” on the air all the time. “Reggae music, reggae music, the DJs on the radio. So everyone kept on saying “Reggae music”. They classed it as …(other Matumbi band members join in) Reggae.

#### Derived terms

* cod reggae
* reggae fusion
* reggaeish
* reggae rock
* reggaeton
* rockers reggae
* roots reggae
* seggae

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* raggee, agrégé, regage

## Finnish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English reggae.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈreɡeː/, [ˈre̞ɡe̞ː]
* Rhymes: -eɡeː
* Hyphenation: reg‧gae

### Noun

reggae
* reggae

#### Declension

Possessive forms of reggae (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
reggaeni
reggaeni
accusative
nom.
reggaeni
reggaeni
gen.
reggaeni
genitive
reggaeni
reggaeideni reggaeitteni
partitive
reggaetäni
reggaeitäni
inessive
reggaessäni
reggaeissäni
elative
reggaestäni
reggaeistäni
illative
reggaeheni reggaehini
reggaeihini
adessive
reggaelläni
reggaeilläni
ablative
reggaeltäni
reggaeiltäni
allative
reggaelleni
reggaeilleni
essive
reggaenäni
reggaeinäni
translative
reggaekseni
reggaeikseni
abessive
reggaettäni
reggaeittäni
instructive
comitative
—reggaeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
reggaesi
reggaesi
accusative
nom.
reggaesi
reggaesi
gen.
reggaesi
genitive
reggaesi
reggaeidesi reggaeittesi
partitive
reggaetäsi
reggaeitäsi
inessive
reggaessäsi
reggaeissäsi
elative
reggaestäsi
reggaeistäsi
illative
reggaehesi reggaehisi
reggaeihisi
adessive
reggaelläsi
reggaeilläsi
ablative
reggaeltäsi
reggaeiltäsi
allative
reggaellesi
reggaeillesi
essive
reggaenäsi
reggaeinäsi
translative
reggaeksesi
reggaeiksesi
abessive
reggaettäsi
reggaeittäsi
instructive
comitative
—reggaeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
reggaemme
reggaemme
accusative
nom.
reggaemme
reggaemme
gen.
reggaemme
genitive
reggaemme
reggaeidemme reggaeittemme
partitive
reggaetämme
reggaeitämme
inessive
reggaessämme
reggaeissämme
elative
reggaestämme
reggaeistämme
illative
reggaehemme reggaehimme
reggaeihimme
adessive
reggaellämme
reggaeillämme
ablative
reggaeltämme
reggaeiltämme
allative
reggaellemme
reggaeillemme
essive
reggaenämme
reggaeinämme
translative
reggaeksemme
reggaeiksemme
abessive
reggaettämme
reggaeittämme
instructive
comitative
—reggaeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
reggaenne
reggaenne
accusative
nom.
reggaenne
reggaenne
gen.
reggaenne
genitive
reggaenne
reggaeidenne reggaeittenne
partitive
reggaetänne
reggaeitänne
inessive
reggaessänne
reggaeissänne
elative
reggaestänne
reggaeistänne
illative
reggaehenne reggaehinne
reggaeihinne
adessive
reggaellänne
reggaeillänne
ablative
reggaeltänne
reggaeiltänne
allative
reggaellenne
reggaeillenne
essive
reggaenänne
reggaeinänne
translative
reggaeksenne
reggaeiksenne
abessive
reggaettänne
reggaeittänne
instructive
comitative
—reggaeinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
reggaensä
reggaensä
accusative
nom.
reggaensä
reggaensä
gen.
reggaensä
genitive
reggaensä
reggaeidensä reggaeittensä
partitive
reggaetään reggaetänsä
reggaeitään reggaeitänsä
inessive
reggaessään reggaessänsä
reggaeissään reggaeissänsä
elative
reggaestään reggaestänsä
reggaeistään reggaeistänsä
illative
reggaehensä reggaehinsä
reggaeihinsä
adessive
reggaellään reggaellänsä
reggaeillään reggaeillänsä
ablative
reggaeltään reggaeltänsä
reggaeiltään reggaeiltänsä
allative
reggaelleen reggaellensä
reggaeilleen reggaeillensä
essive
reggaenään reggaenänsä
reggaeinään reggaeinänsä
translative
reggaekseen reggaeksensä
reggaeikseen reggaeiksensä
abessive
reggaettään reggaettänsä
reggaeittään reggaeittänsä
instructive
comitative
—reggaeineen reggaeinensä :

#### Derived terms

* reggaemusiikki
* reggaeyhtye

### Further reading

* “reggae”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

## French
### Etymology

From Jamaican Creole rege (“rags; a quarrel”), see rag.

### Noun

reggae m (plural reggaes)
* (music) reggae

### Further reading

* “reggae”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Malay
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English reggae.

### Noun

reggae (Jawi spelling ريݢي, plural reggae-reggae, informal 1st possessive reggaeku, 2nd possessive reggaemu, 3rd possessive reggaenya)
* Alternative spelling of rege.

### Further reading

* “reggae” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Polish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English reggae.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrɛ.ɡɛ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛɡɛ
* Syllabification: re‧ggae
* Homophone: Regę

### Noun

reggae n (indeclinable, related adjective reggae'owy or reggaeowy)
* reggae (music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s and is heavily associated with Rastafarianism, featuring a heavy bass line and percussive rhythm guitar on the offbeat, often with close vocal harmonies)

### Further reading

* reggae in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* reggae in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* reggae in PWN's encyclopedia

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English reggae.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʁɛ.ɡi/ [ˈhɛ.ɡi]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʁɛ.ɡi/ [ˈhɛ.ɡi]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈʁɛ.ɡi/ [ˈχɛ.ɡi]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈʁɛ.ɡe/ [ˈhɛ.ɡe]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʁɛ.ɡɐj/ [ˈʁɛ.ɣɐj]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʁɛ.ɡɐj/ [ˈʁɛ.ɣɐj]
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈʁɛ.ɡej/ [ˈʁɛ.ɣej]
** (Central Portugal) IPA: /ˈʁɛ.ɡej/ [ˈʁɛ.ɣej]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ˈʁɛ.ɡe/ [ˈʁɛ.ɣe]
* Homophone: regue (Brazil)

### Noun

reggae m (uncountable)
* (music) reggae (a music genre from Jamaica)

#### Derived terms

* regueiro

## Romanian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French reggae, from Jamaican Creole rege (“rags; a quarrel”).

### Noun

reggae n (uncountable)
* reggae

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English reggae.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈreɡe/ [ˈre.ɣ̞e]
* Rhymes: -eɡe

### Noun

reggae m (plural reggaes)
* reggae

#### Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

### Further reading

* “reggae”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Noun

reggae c
* (music) reggae

#### Declension
### References

* reggae in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* reggae in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)