Meaning

1 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)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.

    Pop music, despite its commercial focus, includes many artistic gems.

    Popmusik

    поп-му́зыкаpop-múzyka, эстра́дная му́зыкаestrádnaja múzyka, попpop

    поп-му́зикаpop-múzyka

More definitions
  • 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

Examples

22 sentences
  1. I like pop music.

    Я люблю поп-музику. — deniko

    ruЯ люблю поп-музыку. — marafon

    deIch mag Popmusik. — al_ex_an_der

  2. My favorite music is pop music.

    ruБольше всего мне нравится поп-музыка. — Hellerick

    deMeine Lieblingsmusik ist Popmusik. — MUIRIEL

  3. Tom likes pop music.

    ruТом любит поп-музыку. — marafon

    deTom hört gerne Popmusik. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. I'd like to listen to pop music.

    Менi б хотiлося послухати поп-музику. — rmdas

    deIch möchte Popmusik hören. — xtofu80

  5. John is mad about pop music.

    ruДжон сходит с ума по попсе. — Biga

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music:
Русский
By meaning 1
music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music:

Origin

A shortened form of popular music.

A shortened form of popular music.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

plural: pop musics
Singularpop music

uncountable

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • 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:pop

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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