Phrase guide

rap music

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

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noun

Meaning 1

Hip-hop music, especially when focused on rapping.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment; several forms of rap have emerged

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rap, hip-hop

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: black music, African-American music, popular music, popular music genre

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Across languages

Translations

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: rap — music form
  • Afrikaans: kletsrym — music form
  • Arabic: مُوسِيقَى اَلرَّاب (mūsīqā r-rāb) — music form
  • Arabic: اَلرَّاب (ar-rāb) — music form
  • Armenian: ռեպ (ṙep) — music form
  • Armenian: ռեփ (ṙepʻ) — music form
  • Azerbaijani: rep — music form
  • Bulgarian: рап (rap) — music form
  • Chinese Mandarin: 饒舌 /饶舌 (ráoshé) — music form
  • Chinese Mandarin: 說唱 /说唱 (shuōchàng) — music form
  • Dutch: rap — music form
  • Esperanto: repo — music form
  • Esperanto: repmuziko — music form
  • Finnish: rap-musiikki — music form
  • Finnish: räppi — music form
  • French: rap — music form
  • Georgian: რეპი (reṗi) — music form
  • German: Rap — music form
  • Hawaiian: mele pāleoleo — music form
  • Hindi: रैप (raip) — music form
  • Icelandic: rapp — music form
  • Icelandic: rapptónlist — music form
  • Irish: ceol rap — music form
  • Irish: rapcheol — music form
  • Japanese: ラップ (rappu) — music form
  • Korean: 랩 (raep) — music form
  • Latin: mūsica malleāta — music form
  • Latin: mūsica pulsāta — music form
  • Māori: puoro rapi — music form
  • Māori: puoro pātōtō — music form
  • Marathi: रॅप (rĕp) — music form
  • Polish: rap — music form
  • Portuguese: rap — music form
  • Portuguese: hip hop — music form
  • Russian: рэп (rɛp) — music form
  • Spanish: rap — music form
  • Swahili: rap — music form
  • Turkish: rap — music form
  • Turkish: rep — music form
  • Turkish: meyhane — music form
  • Uyghur: رەپ (rep) — music form