pop music

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Etymology

Shortened form of popular music.

Noun

pop music (uncountable)

1. Music intended for or accepted by a wide audience, usually with a commercial basis and distinguished from classical music and folk music.

   Pop music, despite its commercial focus, includes many artistic gems.

Translations

music intended for or accepted by a wide audience

• Arabic: موسيقى البوب (ar) (musiiqa al-buub) f, بوب (ar) (buub, pop) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 流行音樂 (cmn), 流行音乐 (cmn) (liúxíng yīnyuè)

• Dutch: pop, popmuziek
• Finnish: pop-musiikki (fi), populäärimusiikki (fi)
• French: musique pop (fr) f, pop (fr) m
• German: Popmusik (de) f
• Hindi: पॉप संगीत (hi) (pop saṅgīt) m

• Hungarian: popzene (hu)
• Italian: musica leggera (it)
• Japanese: ポップ・ミュージック (ja) (poppu-myūjikku), ポップ (ja) (poppu)
• Korean: 팝 음악 (ko) (pap eum-ak), 팝음악 (ko) (pap-eum-ak), 팝 (ko) (pap)
• Macedonian: поп музика (mk) (pop múzika) f, поп (mk) (pop) m
• Marathi: पॉप संगीत (mr) (pǒpa saṃgīta) n
• Russian: поп-музыка (ru) (pop-múzyka) f, эстрадная музыка (ru) (estrádnaja múzyka) f, поп (ru) (pop) m, попса (ru) (popsá) f (slang)
• Spanish: música pop (es) f, música popular (es) f

Related terms

• pop
• pop culture