rhythm and blues

English

Noun

rhythm and blues

(music) A style of music combining elements of jazz and blues, with syncopated rhythms and a strong backbeat, originating among African Americans in the 1940s
(Cockney rhyming slang) shoes

Synonyms

R&B, R & B

Derived terms

contemporary R&B

Translations

rhythm and blues

Chinese:
Mandarin: 節奏布魯斯 (zh), 节奏布鲁斯 (zh) (jiézòu bùlǔsī)
Esperanto: ritmenbluso
Finnish: rhythm and blues
Georgian: რიტმ-ენდ-ბლუზი (riṭm-end-bluzi)

German: Rhythm and Blues n
Japanese: リズム・アンド・ブルース (rizumu-ando-burūsu)
Russian: ритм-энд-блю́з (ru) m (ritm-end-bljúz), ритм-н-блю́з (ru) m (ritm-n-bljúz)
Swedish: rhythm and blues c

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