reggae
/ˈɹɛɡeɪ/
reggae noun: 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.
Noun
reggae (uncountable)
- 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.
- Near-synonym: (earlier) bluebeat
- I want to do the reggay with you / Come onto me, do the dance1968, Toots Hibbert, “Do the Reggay”, performed by The Maytals
reggae meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
reggae in Hindi
- रेगे
reggae in Tamil
- music genre
- ரெகே rekē
reggae in Marathi
- रेगे
reggae in Urdu
- ریگے
More languagesFewer languages
- reggae in Bengali
- রেগা
- reggae in Telugu
- రెగె, రెగ్గీ
- reggae in Malayalam
- റെഗ്ഗെ ṟegge
- reggae in Kannada
- ರೆಗ್ಗೀ, ರೆಗ್ಗೆ
- reggae in Punjabi
- ਰੇਗੇ, ਰੈਗੇ
- reggae in Gujarati
- રેગે
- reggae in Nepali
- रेगे
- reggae in Arabic
- رِيغِي rīḡī
- reggae in Malay
- rege, reggae
- reggae in Indonesian
- rege
Examples of reggae in a sentence
- He took it another step and brought blues into reggae music.
- The upstairs nightclub specialises in reggae on Frinight, and more chilled dance sounds on Saturday and Sunday.
- Churchical adopts the reggae beat to all hymns; heartical is the regular dance music.
Forms of reggae
| alternative form | reggay |
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Origin of reggae
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 Maytals song “Do the Reggay”.
Words formed from reggae
Questions about reggae
- What does reggae mean?
- Reggae means 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.
- What is reggae in Hindi?
- Reggae in Hindi is रेगे. See Reggae meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is reggae?
- Reggae is a noun.
- How do you pronounce reggae?
- Reggae is pronounced /ˈɹɛɡeɪ/.
Words near reggae in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: reggae (page history and authors); reggae (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); reggae (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); reggae (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); reggae (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); reggae (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); reggae (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); reggae (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); reggae (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); reggae (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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