Phrase guide

soul music

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A genre of music that originated in black American gospel, characterized by the use of secular lyrics, and an earthy, intensely emotional style.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

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Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: սոուլ (soul) — music genre
  • Chinese Mandarin: 靈魂樂 /灵魂乐 (línghúnyuè) — music genre
  • Dutch: soul — music genre
  • Esperanto: soulo — music genre
  • Finnish: soul-musiikki — music genre
  • Finnish: soul — music genre
  • French: soul — music genre
  • Georgian: სოული (souli) — music genre
  • German: Soul — music genre
  • Greek: σόουλ (sóoul) — music genre
  • Hebrew: נשמה (neshamá) — music genre
  • Hungarian: soulzene — music genre
  • Hungarian: soul — music genre
  • Japanese: ソウル (souru) — music genre
  • Korean: 소울 (soul) — music genre
  • Lithuanian: sòulas — music genre
  • Māori: puoro kōmanawa — music genre
  • Norwegian Bokmål: soul — music genre
  • Polish: soul — music genre
  • Portuguese: soul — music genre
  • Romanian: muzică soul — music genre
  • Russian: со́ул (sóul) — music genre
  • Slovak: soul — music genre
  • Swedish: soul — music genre
  • Ukrainian: со́ул (sóul) — music genre