steampunk
English
/ˈstiːmpʌŋk/
noun
Definitions
- (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.
- (countable) A writer of steampunk fiction.
- (countable) A person cosplaying as a steampunk character.
Etymology
Suffix from English steam.
Origin
English
steam
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- asteam English
- nonsteam English
- oversteam English
- steam English
- steamable English
- steamboat English
- steamer English
- steamest English
- steameth English
- steamfitter English
- steamfitting English
- steamie English
- steamless English
- steamlike English
- steamliner English
- steampipe English
- steamproof English
- steampunker English
- steampunkish English
- steampunky English
- steamroll English
- steamroller English
- steamship English
- steamsona English
- steamtable English
- steamtight English
- steamway English
- steamy English
- steampunk Hungarian
- steem Middle English
- steampunk Czech
- stêm Welsh
- stînme Norman
- stînmeux Norman