English [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] Shortened form of popular music
pop music usually uncountable , plural pop musics
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 .
Pop music , despite its commercial focus, includes many artistic gems.
Related terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] music intended for or accepted by a wide audience
— see also popular music
Arabic: مُوسِيقَى البوب m ( mūsīqā al-pop, -bob ) , مُوسِيقَى شَعْبِيَّة f ( mūsīqā šaʕbiyya )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 流行音樂 ／ 流行音乐 (zh) ( liúxíng yīnyuè )
Dutch: pop (nl) , popmuziek (nl)
Finnish: pop-musiikki (fi) , populäärimusiikki
French: musique pop (fr) f pop (fr) m
Georgian: პოპ-მუსიკა ( ṗoṗ-musiḳa ) , პოპი ( ṗoṗi )
German: Popmusik (de) f
Hindi: पॉप संगीत m ( pŏp saṅgīt )
Hungarian: popzene (hu) , könnyűzene (hu)
Italian: musica leggera
Japanese: ポップ・ミュージック ( poppu-myūjikku ) , ポップ (ja) ( poppu )
Korean: 팝 음악 ( pap eumak ) , 팝음악 ( pabeumak ) , 팝 ( pap )
Macedonian: поп музика f ( pop muzika ) , поп m ( pop )
Maori: puoro arotini
Marathi: पॉप संगीत n ( pŏp saṅgīt )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: popmusikk m
Nynorsk: popmusikk m
Polish: pop-music (pl) f muzyka pop f
Portuguese: pop (pt) m música pop (pt) f
Romanian: muzică pop (ro) f
Russian: поп-му́зыка (ru) f ( pop-múzyka ) , эстра́дная му́зыка f ( estrádnaja múzyka ) , поп (ru) m ( pop ) , попса́ (ru) f ( popsá ) ( slang )
Spanish: música pop f música popular f
Swedish: popmusik (sv) c pop (sv) c
Welsh: cerddoriaeth bop f
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