acid house

== English == === Etymology === First appears c. 1988, in the periodical New Musical Express. Likely a reference to acid (“LSD, psychedelic drugs”), influenced by earlier acid rock. See Acid House § Etymology. === Noun === acid house (uncountable) (music) A style of music from the early rave scene in the UK. Synonym: acid Hypernym: house music Coordinate term: (precursor) Hi-NRG ==== Derived terms ==== acid jazz === Further reading === acid house on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English acid house. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌaθid ˈxaus/ [ˌa.θið̞ ˈxau̯s] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /ˌasid ˈxaus/ [ˌa.sið̞ ˈxau̯s] (Latin America, Philippines) === Noun === acid house m (uncountable) acid house ==== 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 === “acid house”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025