house music

/ˈhaʊs ˌmjuːzɪk/

noun

A particular type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum.

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Meanings

nounhouse music (uncountable)
  1. uncountableentertainmentA particular type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum.

    Corrugated-steel ceilings, a dozen blue-felted pool tables and DJ house music Thursday to Saturday.

    2007, Danny Palmerlee, South America on a Shoestring, page 66
    2 more examples

    Gotta have house music, all night long / With that house music, you can't go wrong / Give me that house music, set me free

    1986, Marshall Jefferson, “Move Your Body”

    House is an uncontrollable desire to jack your body / And, as I told you before, this is our house and our house music

    1987, “My House”, Chuck Roberts (lyrics), performed by Rhythm Controll

    Synonyms: house

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA particular type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum.

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Origin

Probably from The Warehouse, a nightclub in Chicago, Illinois, USA, where the music became popular around 1985.

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Translations

Afrikaans housemusiek
  • housemusiektype of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
Arabic هاوس, موسيقى الهاوس
  • هاوس (hāūs)type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • موسيقى الهاوسtype of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
Bulgarian ха́ус
  • ха́ус (háus)type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
Catalan música house, house
  • música housetype of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • housetype of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
Chinese Mandarin 浩室音樂 /浩室音乐
  • 浩室音樂 /浩室音乐 (hàoshì yīnyuè)type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
Czech house music, house
  • house musictype of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • housetype of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
Danish house
  • housetype of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
Dutch house, housemuziek
  • housetype of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • housemuziektype of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
Esperanto haŭzo
  • haŭzotype of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
Estonian house-muusika, house
  • house-muusikatype of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • housetype of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
Finnish house
  • housetype of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
French house, musique house
  • housetype of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • musique housetype of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • house musictype of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
German House, House-Musik
  • Housetype of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • House-Musiktype of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • Housemusiktype of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
Greek χάουζ, house
  • χάουζ (cháouz)type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • housetype of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
Hebrew האוס
  • האוסtype of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
Hungarian house
  • housetype of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
Icelandic hústónlist, house-tónlist
  • hústónlisttype of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • house-tónlisttype of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • housetype of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
Indonesian musik house, house
  • musik housetype of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • housetype of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
Italian musica house, house
  • musica housetype of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • housetype of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
Japanese ハウス音楽, ハウス
  • ハウス音楽 (hausu ongaku)type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • ハウス (hausu)type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
Korean 하우스 음악, 하우스
  • 하우스 음악 (hauseu eumak)type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • 하우스 (hauseu)type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
Latin musica domestica, domestica
  • musica domesticatype of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • domesticatype of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
Latvian hausmūzika, hauss
  • hausmūzikatype of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • hausstype of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
Lithuanian house
  • housetype of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
Norwegian house
  • housetype of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
Persian موسیقی هاوس
  • موسیقی هاوسtype of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
Polish house
  • housetype of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
Portuguese house, música house
  • housetype of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • música housetype of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
Romanian muzică house, house
  • muzică housetype of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • housetype of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
Russian ха́ус
  • ха́ус (xáus)type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
Slovak house
  • housetype of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
Spanish música house, house
  • música housetype of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • housetype of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
Swedish house, housemusik
  • housetype of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • housemusiktype of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • house-musiktype of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
Thai เฮาส์
  • เฮาส์type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
Turkish house müzik, house
  • house müziktype of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
  • housetype of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
Ukrainian хауз
  • хауз (xauz)type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
Welsh House
  • Housetype of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
Cite this entry
APA

house music. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/house%20music

MLA

“house music.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/house%20music. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “house music,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/house%20music.

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