boy band

See also: boyband

English

Noun

boy band (plural boy bands)

(music) A pop group whose members are all (usually attractive) young men.

Usage notes

Boy band is sometimes used as a disparaging term for a mainstream pop group made up of young men, implying that the group members are successful on the basis of their looks and sex appeal rather than their musical ability.

Translations

pop group whose members are all young men

Chinese:
Mandarin: 男子組合, 男子组合 (nánzǐ zǔhé)
Esperanto: knaba muzikgrupo
Finnish: poikabändi (fi)
French: boys band m
Georgian: ბოიბენდი (boibendi), ბიჭების მუსიკალური ჯგუფი (bič̣ebis musiḳaluri ǯgupi)
German: Boygroup f

Icelandic: strákasveitir
Japanese: ボーイ・バンド (bōi bando)
Korean: 보이 밴드 (boi bendeu)
Norman: dgaîngue dé garçons f
Polish: boysband (pl) m
Russian: бойз-бенд (ru) m (bojz-bend)
Swedish: pojkband

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Vietnamese: ban nhạc con trai (?)