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gospel music

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A type of Christian music genre that is a cornerstone of the Christian media that originated amongst African-Americans based on the folk music melodies with the addition of elements of spirituals and jazz.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

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Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: gòspel — type of music
  • Chinese Cantonese: 福音音樂 /福音音乐 (fuk1 jam1 jam1 ngok6) — type of music
  • Chinese: 福音音樂 /福音音乐 (hok-im im-ga̍k) — type of music
  • Chinese Mandarin: 福音音樂 /福音音乐 (fúyīn yīnyuè) — type of music
  • Dutch: gospel — type of music
  • Dutch: gospelmuziek — type of music
  • Esperanto: gospelmuziko — type of music
  • Esperanto: gospelo — type of music
  • Finnish: gospel — type of music
  • Finnish: gospel-musiikki — type of music
  • Finnish: gospelmusiikki — type of music
  • Georgian: გოსპელი (gosṗeli) — type of music
  • German: Gospelmusik — type of music
  • German: Gospel — type of music
  • Japanese: ゴスペル (gosuperu) — type of music
  • Māori: puoro rongopai — type of music
  • Marathi: गॉस्पेल संगीत (gŏspel saṅgīt) — type of music
  • Polish: gospel — type of music
  • Portuguese: gospel — type of music
  • Russian: го́спел (góspɛl) — type of music
  • Spanish: góspel — type of music
  • Swedish: gospel — type of music
  • Turkish: gospel müziği — type of music