K-pop

K-pop

English

Alternative forms

• K-Pop, Kpop, KPop

Etymology

K- +‎ pop, as a modification of J-pop.

Noun

K-pop (uncountable)

1. (music) South Korean pop music influenced by Western styles.
   • 2018 December 11, Kevin Liao, “At First I Was a K-Pop Skeptic. Not Anymore.”, in New York Times‎:

     Somehow, even I got sucked into this strange K-pop universe. Sure, the quality of the music is sometimes debatable.

Coordinate terms

• Cantopop
• Mandopop
• HK-pop
• J-pop
• C-pop
• V-pop
• T-pop

Translations

Korean pop music

Arabic: كِيْ بُوب‎ m (kē būb), بُوبْ كُورِيّ‎ m (būb kūriyy) Burmese: ကေပေါ့ (kepau.) Chinese: Mandarin: 韓國流行音樂／韩国流行音乐 (Hánguó liúxíng yīnyuè) French: K-pop (fr) f, pop coréenne f German: K-Pop (de) m Hungarian: K-pop Indonesian: K-pop (id) Italian: musica pop coreana f Japanese: K-POP (kē-poppu), Kポップ (kē-poppu) Korean: K-pop (keipap), 한국의 팝음악 (Hangug-ui pap-eumak), K팝 (keipap), 케이팝 (ko) (keipap) Marathi: के-पॉप n (ke-pŏp) Mongolian: K-pop, К-поп (K-pop) Norwegian: K-pop Polish: K-pop (pl) m Portuguese: K-pop m Russian: кей-по́п (ru) m (kej-póp), коре́йский поп m (koréjskij pop), коре́йская поп-му́зыка f (koréjskaja pop-múzyka) Spanish: K-Pop m, pop coreano m Vietnamese: K-Pop

Further reading

• K-pop on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English K-pop.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛj.pɔp/

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• Rhymes: -ɛjpɔp
• Syllabification: k-‧pop

Noun

K-pop m inan

1. K-pop

Declension

Declension of K-pop

	singular
nominative	K-pop
genitive	K-popu
dative	K-popowi
accusative	K-pop
instrumental	K-popem
locative	K-popie
vocative	K-popie

Derived terms

adjective

• k-popowy

 

Further reading

• K-pop in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• K-pop in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Noun

K-pop m (uncountable)

1. (music) K-pop (Korean pop music)