jam session

jam session (plural jam sessions)

1. (music) An informal gathering of musicians to play music, especially improvised jazz or a similar genre.

   Coordinate term: (folk music) hootenanny

   • 2016, C. Victor Fung, ‎Lisa J. Lehmberg, Music for Life (page 170)

     There were some prerehearsals in small groups, but more often they were put together on the spot or just minutes prior to the practice jam sessions.

• → Portuguese: jam session
• → Spanish: jam session
• → Polish: jam session

• jam

Unadapted borrowing from English jam session.

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʐɛmˈsɛʂɨn/

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• Rhymes: -ɛʂɨn

jam session n (indeclinable)

1. (music) jam session

• jam session in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• jam session in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Unadapted borrowing from English jam session.

jam session f (plural jam sessions)

1. (music) jam (impromptu informal performance or practice session)

Unadapted borrowing from English jam session.

jam session f (plural jam sessions)

1. jam session

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.