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• US: /pɑp/
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Clipping of popular.

From Middle English pop, poppe (“a blow; strike; buffet”) (> Middle English poppen (“to strike; thrust”, verb)), of onomatopoeic origin – used to describe the sound, or short, sharp actions. The physics sense is part of a facetious sequence "snap, crackle, pop", after the mascots of Rice Krispies cereal.

From pop (“father”).

From papa or poppa.

Clipping of population.

From colloquial Russian поп (pop) and Попъ (Pop), from Old Church Slavonic попъ (popŭ), from Byzantine Greek πάπας (pápas) (see pope). Doublet of pope.

Uncertain. The OED suggests either from (lolli)pop ("because the meetings were held in the rooms of Mrs Hatton, who kept the lollipop shop"), or from Latin popīna (“cookshop”). The second sense derives from the first.

Shortened from popular (concert).

130 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: пук (puk) — sound
• Finnish: poks — sound
• Romanian: poc — sound
• Russian: хлоп (xlop) — sound
• Russian: хлопо́к (xlopók) — sound
• Spanish: pop — sound
• Bulgarian: пукот (pukot) — loud, sharp sound
• Dutch: plop — loud, sharp sound
• Finnish: poksahdus — loud, sharp sound
• German: Plopp — loud, sharp sound
• Irish: pléasc — loud, sharp sound
• Polish: huk — loud, sharp sound
• Portuguese: alto — loud, sharp sound
• Portuguese: estouro — loud, sharp sound
• Russian: хлопо́к (xlopók) — loud, sharp sound
• Swedish: poff — loud, sharp sound
• Dutch: frisdrank — soda pop
• Finnish: limsa — soda pop
• Finnish: limu — soda pop
• Finnish: limppari — soda pop
• German: Sprudelwasser — soda pop
• German: Sprudel — soda pop
• Hungarian: üdítő — soda pop
• Hungarian: űdítőital — soda pop
• Polish: napój gazowany — soda pop
• Russian: газиро́вка (gaziróvka) — soda pop
• Russian: лимона́д (limonád) — soda pop
• Swedish: läsk — soda pop
• Bulgarian: парче́то (parčéto) — colloquial, in the phrase "a pop": quantity dispensed; apiece
• Bulgarian: патла́к (patlák) — slang: pistol
• Bulgarian: фъстъ́к (fǎstǎ́k) — mostly plural: small, immature peanut, boiled as a snack
• Catalan: papi — father — see also father
• Catalan: papa — father — see also father
• Dutch: pap — father — see also father
• Hebrew: אַבָּא (ábba) — father — see also father
• Hungarian: papa — father — see also father
• Latin: tata — father — see also father
• Russian: па́па (pápa) — father — see also father
• Russian: па́почка (pápočka) — father — see also father
• Russian: папа́ша (papáša) — father — see also father
• Spanish: papi — father — see also father
• Swedish: paps — father — see also father
• Swedish: pappa — father — see also father
• Swedish: farsa — father — see also father
• Volapük: fatül — father — see also father
• Arabic: بُوب (būb) — pop music
• Arabic: مُوسِيقَى شَعْبِيَّة (mūsīqā šaʕbiyya) — pop music
• Armenian: պոպ (pop) — pop music
• Bulgarian: поп (pop) — pop music
• Chinese Mandarin: 流行音樂 /流行音乐 (liúxíng yīnyuè) — pop music
• Esperanto: popo — pop music
• Faroese: popptónleikur — pop music
• Faroese: poppur — pop music
• Finnish: pop — pop music
• Finnish: poppi — pop music
• French: pop — pop music
• Greek: ποπ (pop) — pop music
• Hindi: पॉप (pŏp) — pop music
• Japanese: ポップ (poppu) — pop music
• Japanese: ポップス (poppusu) — pop music
• Māori: arotini — pop music
• Māori: puoro arotini — pop music
• Persian: پاپ (pâp) — pop music
• Polish: pop — pop music
• Portuguese: pop — pop music
• Russian: поп-му́зыка (pop-múzyka) — pop music
• Russian: поп (pop) — pop music
• Russian: попса́ (popsá) — pop music
• Slovak: pop — pop music
• Swedish: pop — pop music
• Welsh: pop — pop music
• Yiddish: פּאָפּמוזיק (popmuzik) — pop music
• Bulgarian: нас. (nas.) — clipping of population
• French: PDP — probability of precipitation
• Bulgarian: пукам (pukam) — to make a sharp quick sound
• Bulgarian: пращя (praštja) — to make a sharp quick sound
• Dutch: ploppen — to make a sharp quick sound
• Finnish: poksahtaa — to make a sharp quick sound
• Galician: estalar — to make a sharp quick sound
• Galician: estoupar — to make a sharp quick sound
• Galician: estourar — to make a sharp quick sound
• German: ploppen — to make a sharp quick sound
• Irish: pléasc — to make a sharp quick sound
• Māori: pāhūhū — to make a sharp quick sound
• Māori: pakō — to make a sharp quick sound
• Māori: pakū — to make a sharp quick sound
• Bulgarian: пукам (pukam) — to burst something
• Dutch: laten knappen — to burst something
• Finnish: poksauttaa — to burst something
• Galician: estalar — to burst something
• Galician: estoupar — to burst something
• Galician: estourar — to burst something
• German: platzen lassen — to burst something
• Hungarian: durrant — to burst something
• Icelandic: láta springa — to burst something
• Irish: pléasc — to burst something
• Māori: whakapāhūhū — to burst something
• Russian: ло́паться (lópatʹsja) — to burst something
• Russian: ло́пнуть (lópnutʹ) — to burst something
• Russian: хло́пать (xlópatʹ) — to burst something
• Russian: хло́пнуть (xlópnutʹ) — to burst something
• Bulgarian: мушкам (muškam) — to enter, or issue forth, with a quick, sudden movement
• Finnish: ponnahtaa — to enter, or issue forth, with a quick, sudden movement
• Finnish: pompata — to enter, or issue forth, with a quick, sudden movement
• Finnish: pullahtaa — to enter, or issue forth, with a quick, sudden movement
• Bulgarian: пъхам (pǎham) — to place something somewhere
• Finnish: tyrkätä — to place something somewhere
• Russian: сова́ть (sovátʹ) — to place something somewhere
• Russian: су́нуть (súnutʹ) — to place something somewhere
• Bulgarian: отбивам се (otbivam se) — to make a short visit
• Bulgarian: отбия се (otbija se) — to make a short visit
• Dutch: even langsgaan — to make a short visit
• German: vorbeischauen — to make a short visit
• Hungarian: ugrik — to make a short visit
• Icelandic: skreppa — to make a short visit
• Irish: buail — to make a short visit
• Swedish: smita — to make a short visit
• Chinese Mandarin: 出棧 /出栈 (chūzhàn) — computing: to remove a data item from the top of a stack
• Finnish: vetää — computing: to remove a data item from the top of a stack
• Finnish: poistaa — computing: to remove a data item from the top of a stack
• Bulgarian: лапам (lapam) — slang: to swallow a tablet or candy
• Finnish: nappailla — slang: to swallow a tablet or candy
• German: einwerfen — slang: to swallow a tablet or candy
• Finnish: vetäistä — to perform a move while riding a board or vehicle
• Dutch: dichtgaan — to undergo equalization of pressure when the Eustachian tubes open
• Finnish: poksahtaa — to undergo equalization of pressure when the Eustachian tubes open
• Finnish: aueta — to undergo equalization of pressure when the Eustachian tubes open
• Russian: закладывать (zakladyvatʹ) — to undergo equalization of pressure when the Eustachian tubes open
• Russian: заложить (založitʹ) — to undergo equalization of pressure when the Eustachian tubes open
• Swedish: slå lock — to undergo equalization of pressure when the Eustachian tubes open