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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, and nowadays also from rock music.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Examples
- Pop music, despite its commercial focus, includes many artistic gems.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
music of general appeal to teenagers; a bland watered-down version of rock'n'roll with more rhythm and harmony and an emphasis on romantic love
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pop
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: popular music, popular music genre
Shortened form of popular music.
Across languages
Translations
93 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Albanian:
muzikë pop
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Albanian:
muzika pop
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Arabic:
مُوسِيقَى الْبُوب
(mūsīqā l-būb)
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Arabic:
مُوسِيقَى شَعْبِيَّة
(mūsīqā šaʕbiyya)
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Armenian:
փոփ երաժշտություն
(pʻopʻ eražštutʻyun)
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Azerbaijani:
pop-musiqi
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Belarusian:
поп-му́зыка
(pop-múzyka)
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Bengali:
পপসংগীত
(popośoṅgit)
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Bulgarian:
по́пмузика
(pópmuzika)
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Burmese:
ပေါ့ပ်ဂီတ
(paup.gita.)
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Chinese Cantonese:
流行音樂 /流行音乐
(lau4 hang4 jam1 ngok6)
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Chinese Cantonese:
流行
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Chinese Mandarin:
流行音樂 /流行音乐
(liúxíng yīnyuè)
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Chinese Mandarin:
流行
(liúxíng)
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Czech:
pop-music
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Czech:
pop
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Czech:
pop hudba
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Danish:
popmusik
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Dutch:
pop
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Dutch:
popmuziek
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Estonian:
popmuusika
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Finnish:
pop-musiikki
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Finnish:
populäärimusiikki
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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French:
musique pop
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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French:
pop
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Georgian:
პოპ-მუსიკა
(ṗoṗ-musiḳa)
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Georgian:
პოპი
(ṗoṗi)
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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German:
Popmusik
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Greek:
ποπ μουσική
(pop mousikí)
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Hebrew:
מוזיקת פופ
(múzikat pop)
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Hindi:
पॉप
(pŏp)
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Hindi:
पॉप म्यूज़िक
(pŏp myūzik)
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Hindi:
पॉप संगीत
(pŏp saṅgīt)
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Hungarian:
popzene
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Hungarian:
könnyűzene
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Icelandic:
popptónlist
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Indonesian:
musik pop
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Irish:
popcheol
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Italian:
musica pop
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Italian:
pop music
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Japanese:
ポップ・ミュージック
(poppu myūjikku)
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Japanese:
ポップ
(poppu)
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Kazakh:
поп-музыка
(pop-muzyka)
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Korean:
팝 음악
(pap eumak)
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Korean:
팝
(pap)
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Northern Kurdish:
muzîka pop
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Kyrgyz:
поп-музыка
(pop-muzıka)
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Latvian:
popmūzika
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Lithuanian:
popmuzika
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Macedonian:
поп музика
(pop muzika)
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Macedonian:
поп
(pop)
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Malay:
muzik pop
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Maltese:
mużika pop
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Māori:
puoro arotini
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Marathi:
पॉप संगीत
(pŏp saṅgīt)
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Mongolian:
поп хөгжим
(pop xögžim)
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Norwegian Bokmål:
popmusikk
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
popmusikk
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Iranian Persian:
موسیقیِ پاپ
(musiġi-ye pâp)
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Polish:
pop-music
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Polish:
muzyka pop
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Portuguese:
pop
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Portuguese:
música pop
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Romanian:
muzică pop
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Russian:
поп-му́зыка
(pop-múzyka)
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Russian:
эстра́дная му́зыка
(estrádnaja múzyka)
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Russian:
поп
(pop)
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Russian:
попса́
(popsá)
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Serbo-Croatian:
поп глазба
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Serbo-Croatian:
поп музика
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Serbo-Croatian:
pop glazba
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Serbo-Croatian:
pop muzika
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Slovak:
pop-music
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Slovak:
pop
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Slovak:
pop hudba
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Slovene:
pop glasba
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Spanish:
música pop
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Spanish:
música popular
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Swedish:
popmusik
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Swedish:
pop
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Tagalog:
musikang pop
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Tajik:
мусиқии поп
(musiqi-yi pop)
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Thai:
เพลงป๊อป
(pleeng-bpɔ̀p)
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Thai:
ป็อป
(bpɔ́p)
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Turkish:
pop müzik
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Turkmen:
pop aýdym-saz
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Ukrainian:
поп-му́зика
(pop-múzyka)
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Urdu:
پاپ مُوسِیقِی
(pāp mūsīqī)
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Uyghur:
كەڭ تارقالغان مۇزىكا
(keng tarqalghan muzika)
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Uzbek:
pop musiqa
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Vietnamese:
nhạc pop
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Vietnamese:
pop
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
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Welsh:
cerddoriaeth bop
— music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music