popular music
Any genre of music that has wide appeal amongst the general public of a society,…Any genre of music that has wide appeal amongst the general public of a society, typically distributed widely by the music industry; typically as seen in contrast to classical music and folk music.
» I want to listen to popular music.
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2 senses(uncountable, usually)Any genre of music that has wide appeal amongst the general public of a society, typically distributed widely by the music industry; typically as seen in contrast to classical music and folk music.
populäre Musik
популя́рная му́зыкаpopuljárnaja múzyka, поп-му́зыкаpop-múzyka, попpop
any genre of music having wide appeal (but usually only for a short time)
(uncountable, usually)Synonym of pop music.
Examples
9 sentencesI want to listen to popular music.
Young people like popular music.
Tom is quite knowledgeable about modern popular music.
deTom ist bezüglich der modernen Unterhaltungsmusik recht kenntnisreich. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Some people like classical music, while others like popular music.
deDen einen gefällt klassische, den anderen Unterhaltungsmusik. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
As is often the case with educated people, he likes classical music better than popular music.
deWie bei gebildeten Leuten oft der Fall, hört er lieber klassische als Populärmusik. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
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Forms
plural: popular musics| Singular | popular music |
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uncountable
Synonyms
2 synonyms- any genre of music having wide appeal (but usually only for a short time):popular music genre
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable