steampunk

== English == === Etymology === From steam +‎ -punk, by analogy with cyberpunk, coined by science-fiction writer Kevin Wayne Jeter (born 1950) in a 1987 letter to the magazine Locus in response to a review of his book Infernal Devices published the same year (see the quotation below). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈstiːm.pʌŋk/ Hyphenation: steam‧punk === Noun === steampunk (countable and uncountable, plural steampunks) (uncountable) A subgenre of science fiction that depicts advanced technology combined with Victorian style and aesthetics, such as steam-powered machines and vehicles, visible gears and screws and people dressed in 19th-century attires. Coordinate terms: dieselpunk; see also others (countable) A writer of steampunk fiction. (countable, cosplay) A person cosplaying as a steampunk character. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === steampunk (third-person singular simple present steampunks, present participle steampunking, simple past and past participle steampunked) (transitive) To depict in a steampunk manner. === References === Jeff Prucher, editor (2007), “steampunk”, in Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 221. Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2026), “steampunk n.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction. (genre) Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2026), “steampunk n.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction. (writer) “steampunk”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. === Further reading === steampunk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Czech == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English steampunk. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈstiːmpaŋk] Hyphenation: steam‧punk === Noun === steampunk m inan (singular only) steampunk, a subgenre of science fiction ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Further reading ==== steampunk on the Czech Wikipedia.Wikipedia cs == Hungarian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English steampunk. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈstiːmpaːŋk] Hyphenation: steam‧punk Rhymes: -aːŋk === Noun === steampunk (uncountable) steampunk (subgenre of speculative science fiction set in an anachronistic 19th-century society) ==== Declension ==== == Polish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English steampunk. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈstim.paŋk/ Rhymes: -impaŋk Syllabification: steam‧punk === Noun === steampunk m inan (film, science fiction) steampunk (sci-fi subgenre) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “steampunk”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[5] (in Polish) == Spanish == === Noun === steampunk m (uncountable) steampunk