FromK-(“Korean”) +pop, by analogy withJ-pop.
K-pop (uncountable)
- (music)South Koreanpop music influenced byWestern styles.
2018 December 11, Kevin Liao, “At First I Was a K-Pop Skeptic. Not Anymore.”, inThe New York Times[1], archived fromthe original on25 December 2018:Somehow, even I got sucked into this strangeK-pop universe. Sure, the quality of the music is sometimes debatable.
2025 July 1, Maria Sherman, “BTS will return in spring 2026 with a new album and world tour”, inAssociated Press[2]:TheK-pop septet BTS will return in spring 2026 with a new album and world tour.
Korean pop music
- Arabic:كِيْ بُوب m(kē būb),بُوبْ كُورِيّ m(būb kūriyy)
- Bavarian:K-Pop m
- Bulgarian:ке́й-поп(kéj-pop)
- Burmese:ကေပေါ့(kepau.)
- Catalan:K-pop m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin:韓國流行音樂 /韩国流行音乐(Hánguó liúxíng yīnyuè)
- Dutch:K-pop (nl) f
- French:K-pop (fr) f,pop coréenne f
- German:K-Pop (de) m
- Hungarian:K-pop
- Indonesian:K-pop (id)
- Italian:K-pop (it) m
- Japanese:Kポップ(kē-poppu),K-POP(kē-poppu),ケー・ポップ(kē-poppu)
- Korean:K-pop (ko)(kei-pap),K팝(keipap),케이팝 (ko)(keipap),한국팝 음악(Han'guk pap eumak)
- Marathi:के-पॉप n(ke-pŏp)
- Mongolian:K-pop,К-поп(K-pop)
- Norwegian:K-pop
- Occitan:K-pop m
- 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,keipop m
- Thai:เคป็อป
- Vietnamese:K-Pop
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Unadapted borrowing fromEnglishK-pop.
- IPA(key): /ˈkeː.pɔp/
- Hyphenation:K-pop
K-pop f (uncountable,nodiminutive)
- K-pop
| Romanizations |
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| Revised Romanization? | keipap |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | keipab |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | k'eip'ap |
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| Yale Romanization? | kheyi.phap |
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K-pop• (keipap)
- (music, colloquial spelling, fandomslang)alternative form of케이팝(keipap,“K-pop”)
- General rule on Latin letters in Korean:
- Use Hangul transcription of foreign words for standard writing.
- Use Roman letters only when:
- The brand, term, or acronym is internationally recognized in Roman letters (e.g. TV, IT, AI).
- Quoting titles, trademarks, or maintaining branding.
- Latin spellings can be used parenthetically:
예: 케이팝(Kpop)은 전 세계적으로 인기가 있다.- Ye: kei-pap(K-pop)-eun jeon segyejeog-euro in'gi-ga itda.
- Example: K-pop is popular all over the world.
Unadapted borrowing fromEnglishK-pop.
K-pop m inan (related adjectivek-popowy)
- K-pop(South Korean pop music influenced by Western styles)
- K-pop in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- (Brazil)IPA(key): /ˌkejˈpɔ.pi/[ˌkeɪ̯ˈpɔ.pi],/ˌkejˈpɔp/[ˌkeɪ̯ˈpɔp]
- (Brazil)IPA(key): /ˌkejˈpɔ.pi/[ˌkeɪ̯ˈpɔ.pi],/ˌkejˈpɔp/[ˌkeɪ̯ˈpɔp]
- (Southern Brazil)IPA(key): /ˌkejˈpɔp/[ˌkeɪ̯ˈpɔp],/ˌkejˈpɔ.pi/[ˌkeɪ̯ˈpɔ.pi]
K-pop m (uncountable)
- (music)K-pop(Korean pop music)
