rebetiko

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A Greek urban folk song, characterised by lyrics about underworld activity, and played generally on stringed instruments including the bouzouki.
  2. This style of music; such music as a genre.

Word forms

rebetiko rebetika rembetiko

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek ρεμπέτικο (rempétiko, “rebetiko”).

Related words

laiko
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