Phrase guide

pop music

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

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noun

Meaning 1

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

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noun

Meaning 2

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

History

Etymology

Shortened form of popular music.

Across languages

Translations

93 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: muzikë pop — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Albanian: muzika pop — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Arabic: مُوسِيقَى الْبُوب (mūsīqā l-būb) — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Arabic: مُوسِيقَى شَعْبِيَّة (mūsīqā šaʕbiyya) — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Armenian: փոփ երաժշտություն (pʻopʻ eražštutʻyun) — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Azerbaijani: pop-musiqi — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Belarusian: поп-му́зыка (pop-múzyka) — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Bengali: পপসংগীত (popośoṅgit) — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Bulgarian: по́пмузика (pópmuzika) — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Burmese: ပေါ့ပ်ဂီတ (paup.gita.) — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • 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
  • Chinese Cantonese: 流行 — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • 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
  • Chinese Mandarin: 流行 (liúxíng) — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Czech: pop-music — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Czech: pop — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Czech: pop hudba — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Danish: popmusik — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Dutch: pop — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Dutch: popmuziek — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Estonian: popmuusika — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Finnish: pop-musiikki — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Finnish: populäärimusiikki — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • French: musique pop — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • French: pop — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Georgian: პოპ-მუსიკა (ṗoṗ-musiḳa) — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Georgian: პოპი (ṗoṗi) — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • German: Popmusik — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Greek: ποπ μουσική (pop mousikí) — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Hebrew: מוזיקת פופ (múzikat pop) — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Hindi: पॉप (pŏp) — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Hindi: पॉप म्यूज़िक (pŏp myūzik) — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Hindi: पॉप संगीत (pŏp saṅgīt) — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Hungarian: popzene — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Hungarian: könnyűzene — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Icelandic: popptónlist — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Indonesian: musik pop — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Irish: popcheol — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Italian: musica pop — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Italian: pop music — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • 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
  • Japanese: ポップ (poppu) — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Kazakh: поп-музыка (pop-muzyka) — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Korean: 팝 음악 (pap eumak) — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Korean: 팝 (pap) — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Northern Kurdish: muzîka pop — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Kyrgyz: поп-музыка (pop-muzıka) — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Latvian: popmūzika — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Lithuanian: popmuzika — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Macedonian: поп музика (pop muzika) — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Macedonian: поп (pop) — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Malay: muzik pop — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Maltese: mużika pop — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Māori: puoro arotini — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Marathi: पॉप संगीत (pŏp saṅgīt) — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Mongolian: поп хөгжим (pop xögžim) — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Norwegian Bokmål: popmusikk — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: popmusikk — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Iranian Persian: موسیقیِ پاپ (musiġi-ye pâp) — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Polish: pop-music — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Polish: muzyka pop — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Portuguese: pop — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Portuguese: música pop — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Romanian: muzică pop — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Russian: поп-му́зыка (pop-múzyka) — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Russian: эстра́дная му́зыка (estrádnaja múzyka) — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Russian: поп (pop) — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Russian: попса́ (popsá) — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Serbo-Croatian: поп глазба — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Serbo-Croatian: поп музика — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Serbo-Croatian: pop glazba — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Serbo-Croatian: pop muzika — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Slovak: pop-music — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Slovak: pop — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Slovak: pop hudba — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Slovene: pop glasba — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Spanish: música pop — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Spanish: música popular — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Swedish: popmusik — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Swedish: pop — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Tagalog: musikang pop — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Tajik: мусиқии поп (musiqi-yi pop) — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Thai: เพลงป๊อป (pleeng-bpɔ̀p) — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Thai: ป็อป (bpɔ́p) — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Turkish: pop müzik — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Turkmen: pop aýdym-saz — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Ukrainian: поп-му́зика (pop-múzyka) — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Urdu: پاپ مُوسِیقِی (pāp mūsīqī) — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Uyghur: كەڭ تارقالغان مۇزىكا (keng tarqalghan muzika) — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Uzbek: pop musiqa — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Vietnamese: nhạc pop — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Vietnamese: pop — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
  • Welsh: cerddoriaeth bop — music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music