Definitions For Steampunk

Verb

{{en-verb}} (transitive) To depict in a steampunk manner.

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. (countable) A writer of steampunk fiction. (countable, cosplay) A person cosplaying as a steampunk character.

Derived terms

steampunker steampunkish steampunky

Translations

Belarusian: парапа́нк, m, стымпа́нк, m Czech: steampunk, m Esperanto: vaporpunko German: Steampunk, n Japanese: スチームパンク Lithuanian: stimpankas, m Polish: steampunk, m Russian: паропа́нк, m, стимпа́нк, m Ukrainian: паропа́нк, m, стімпа́нк, m

Etymology

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