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: مُوسِيقَى اَلْبُوب f ‎(mūsīqā l-būb), بُوب m ‎(būb), بُوب m ‎(pop)
• Chinese:

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

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

• Italian: musica leggera
• Japanese: ポップ・ミュージック ‎(poppu-myūjikku), ポップ ‎(poppu)
• Korean: 팝 음악 ‎(pap eum-ak), 팝음악 ‎(pabeumak), 팝 ‎(pap)
• Macedonian: поп музика f ‎(pop múzika), поп m ‎(pop)
• Marathi: पॉप संगीत n ‎(pǒpa saṃgīta)
• Portuguese: pop (pt) m, música pop f
• Russian: поп-му́зыка (ru) f ‎(pop-múzyka), эстра́дная му́зыка f ‎(estrádnaja múzyka), поп (ru) m ‎(pop), попса́ (ru) f ‎(popsá) (slang)
• Spanish: música pop f, música popular f

Related terms

• pop
• pop culture