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A style of popular music that originated in the folk music of the rural population of the southern and western United States and characterized by string-band instruments and simple melodies.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
Examples
- He's a handsome country singer who plays the guitar with his beautiful girlfriend who plays the drums!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a simple style of folk music heard mostly in the southern United States; usually played on stringed instruments
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: country and western, C and W
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: folk music, ethnic music, folk
Narrower terms: bluegrass, hillbilly music, zydeco
A shortening of country and western. This version has been predominant since the 1950s.
Across languages
Translations
41 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
countrymusiek
— style of music
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Arabic:
كانتري
(kāntrī)
— style of music
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Arabic:
موسيقى الكانتري
— style of music
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Armenian:
քանթրի
(kʻantʻri)
— style of music
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Bulgarian:
къ́нтри
(kǎ́ntri)
— style of music
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Chinese Mandarin:
鄉村音樂 /乡村音乐
(xiāngcūn yīnyuè)
— style of music
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Danish:
countrymusik
— style of music
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Danish:
country
— style of music
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Dutch:
countrymuziek
— style of music
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Esperanto:
kontreo
— style of music
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Finnish:
kantrimusiikki
— style of music
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French:
country
— style of music
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French:
musique country
— style of music
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West-Frisian:
countrymuzyk
— style of music
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Georgian:
ქანთრი
(kantri)
— style of music
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German:
Country-Musik
— style of music
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German:
Countrymusik
— style of music
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Bavarian German:
Country-Musi
— style of music
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Bavarian German:
Countrymusi
— style of music
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Greek:
κάντρι μουσική
(kántri mousikí)
— style of music
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Hindi:
कंट्री संगीत
(kaṇṭrī saṅgīt)
— style of music
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Icelandic:
sveitatónlist
— style of music
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Icelandic:
kántrí
— style of music
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Icelandic:
kántrítónlist
— style of music
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Italian:
country
— style of music
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Italian:
musica country
— style of music
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Japanese:
カントリー・ミュージック
(kantorī-myūjikku)
— style of music
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Japanese:
カントリー音楽
(kantorī ongaku)
— style of music
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Japanese:
カントリー
(kantorī)
— style of music
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Korean:
컨트리 음악
(keonteuri eumak)
— style of music
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Māori:
puoro tuawhenua
— style of music
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Marathi:
कन्ट्री संगीत
(kanṭrī saṅgīt)
— style of music
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Occitan:
country
— style of music
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Polish:
country
— style of music
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Portuguese:
country
— style of music
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Romanian:
muzică country
— style of music
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Russian:
ка́нтри
(kántri)
— style of music
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Swedish:
countrymusik
— style of music
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Thai:
ดนตรีคันทรี
(don-dtree kan-tree)
— style of music
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Vietnamese:
nhạc đồng quê
— style of music
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Vietnamese:
đồng quê
— style of music
