pop music

English

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 other genres such as 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 (zh) (liúxíng yīnyuè)

• Dutch: pop (nl), popmuziek (nl)
• Finnish: pop-musiikki, populäärimusiikki
• French: musique pop f, pop (fr) m
• Georgian: პოპ-მუსიკა (ṗoṗ-musiḳa), პოპი (ṗoṗi)
• 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)
• Maori: puoro arotini
• Marathi: पॉप संगीत n (pǒpa saṃgīta)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: popmusikk m

  Nynorsk: popmusikk m

• 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