Phrase guide

cover version

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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noun

Meaning 1

A version of a song that is a new performance or rerecording of that song by a different artist.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cover, cover song

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a recording of a song that was first recorded or made popular by somebody else

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • they made a cover of a Beatles' song

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cover, cover song

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: recording

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: أُغْنِيَّة مُقَلَّدَة (ʔuḡniyya muqallada) — rerecording of a song
  • Armenian: քավեր-տարբերակ (kʻaver-tarberak) — rerecording of a song
  • Belarusian: ка́вер (kávjer) — rerecording of a song
  • Belarusian: кавер-ве́рсія (kavjer-vjérsija) — rerecording of a song
  • Bulgarian: ка́вър ве́рсия (kávǎr vérsija) — rerecording of a song
  • Bulgarian: ка́вър (kávǎr) — rerecording of a song
  • Chinese Cantonese: 翻唱 (faan1 coeng3) — rerecording of a song
  • Chinese Mandarin: 翻唱 (fānchàng) — rerecording of a song
  • Czech: coververze — rerecording of a song
  • Dutch: cover — rerecording of a song
  • Esperanto: reludversio — rerecording of a song
  • Finnish: cover — rerecording of a song
  • Finnish: coverversio — rerecording of a song
  • Finnish: koveri — rerecording of a song
  • Finnish: lainakappale — rerecording of a song
  • French: reprise — rerecording of a song
  • French: cover — rerecording of a song
  • German: Cover — rerecording of a song
  • German: Coverversion — rerecording of a song
  • Greek: διασκευή (diaskeví) — rerecording of a song
  • Hungarian: feldolgozás — rerecording of a song
  • Hungarian: dalfeldolgozás — rerecording of a song
  • Italian: cover — rerecording of a song
  • Italian: riedizione — rerecording of a song
  • Japanese: カバー (kabā) — rerecording of a song
  • Korean: 커버 (keobeo) — rerecording of a song
  • Persian: نسخهٔ بازخوانی (nosxe-ye bâzxâni) — rerecording of a song
  • Persian: آهنگ بازخوانی (âhang-e bâzxâni) — rerecording of a song
  • Persian: دوبارهخوانی (dobâre-bâzxâni) — rerecording of a song
  • Polish: cover — rerecording of a song
  • Portuguese: cover — rerecording of a song
  • Portuguese: clone — rerecording of a song
  • Portuguese: versão cover — rerecording of a song
  • Romanian: preluare — rerecording of a song
  • Russian: ка́вер (káver) — rerecording of a song
  • Russian: кавер-ве́рсия (kaver-vérsija) — rerecording of a song
  • Russian: перепе́вка (perepévka) — rerecording of a song
  • Serbo-Croatian: обрада — rerecording of a song
  • Serbo-Croatian: кавер — rerecording of a song
  • Serbo-Croatian: obrada — rerecording of a song
  • Serbo-Croatian: kaver — rerecording of a song
  • Slovene: priredba — rerecording of a song
  • Spanish: versión — rerecording of a song
  • Spanish: obra versionada — rerecording of a song
  • Swedish: cover — rerecording of a song
  • Ukrainian: ка́вер (káver) — rerecording of a song
  • Ukrainian: кавер-ве́рсія (kaver-vérsija) — rerecording of a song
  • Ukrainian: переспів (perespiv) — rerecording of a song
  • Ukrainian: переграш (perehraš) — rerecording of a song