pop

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English

Pronunciation

• (UK, Canada) enPR: pŏp, IPA^(key): /pɒp/
• (US) enPR: pŏp, IPA^(key): /pɑp/
• Rhymes: -ɒp

Etymology 1

From Middle English pop, poppe (“a blow; strike; buffet”) (> Middle English poppen (“to strike; thrust”, verb)), of onomatopoeic origin – used to describe the sound, or short, sharp actions. The physics sense is part of a facetious sequence "snap, crackle, pop", after the mascots of Rice Krispies cereal.

Noun

pop (countable and uncountable, plural pops)

1. (countable) A loud, sharp sound, as of a cork coming out of a bottle, especially when the contents are pressurized by fizziness.

   Coordinate term: cloop

2. (uncountable, regional, Midwestern US, Canada, Inland Northern American, Midlands, Northwestern US, Western Pennsylvania, Northern England) An effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently nonalcoholic; soda pop.
3. (countable, regional, Midwestern US, Inland Northern American, Northwestern US, Canada, Western Pennsylvania) A bottle, can, or serving of effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently nonalcoholic; a soda pop.

4. A pop shot: a quick, possibly unaimed, shot with a firearm.

5. (colloquial, in the phrase "a pop") A quantity dispensed; a portion; apiece.
6. Something that stands out or is distinctive to the mind or senses.
7. (computing) The removal of a data item from the top of a stack.
8. A bird, the European redwing.
9. (physics) The sixth derivative of the position vector with respect to time (after velocity, acceleration, jerk, jounce, crackle), i.e. the rate of change of crackle.
10. (slang, dated) A pistol.
11. (US, mostly in plural) A small, immature peanut, boiled as a snack.
12. (colloquial) Clipping of freeze pop.
13. (colloquial) A lollipop.
14. (professional wrestling slang) A (usually very) loud audience reaction.
15. (music) The pulling of a string away from the fretboard and releasing it so that it snaps back.

Synonyms

• (soda pop): see the list at soda

Translations

Verb

pop (third-person singular simple present pops, present participle popping, simple past and past participle popped)

1. (intransitive) To make a pop, or sharp, quick sound.

2. (ergative) To burst (something) with a popping sound.
3. (intransitive, with in, out, upon, etc.) To enter, or issue forth, with a quick, sudden movement; to move from place to place suddenly; to dart.

   Synonym: peek
4. (transitive, UK, Australia) To place (something) (somewhere); to move or position (something) with a short movement.

   Synonym: nip
5. (intransitive, often with over, round, along, in, etc.) To make a short trip or visit.

6. (intransitive) To stand out; to be distinctive to the senses.
7. (transitive) To hit (something or someone).

8. (transitive, slang) To shoot (usually somebody) with a firearm.
9. (intransitive, vulgar, slang) To ejaculate; to orgasm.
10. (transitive, computing) To remove (a data item) from the top of a stack.
11. (intransitive, slang) To give birth.
12. (transitive, slang) To pawn (something) (to raise money).
13. (transitive, slang) To swallow or consume (especially a tablet of a drug, sometimes extended to other small items such as sweets or candy).
14. (transitive, informal) To perform (a move or stunt) while riding a board or vehicle.
15. (intransitive, of the ears) To undergo equalization of pressure when the Eustachian tubes open.
16. (dance) To perform the popping style of dance.
17. (transitive, slang) To arrest.
18. (music) To pull a string away from the fretboard and release it so that it snaps back.
19. (African-American Vernacular, slang) To occur or happen.

Translations

Interjection

pop

1. A loud, sharp sound, as of a cork coming out of a bottle.

Translations

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From papa or poppa.

Noun

pop (plural pops)

2. (colloquial, endearing) One's father.

Derived terms

• mom and pop
• Pop (US nickname for a stage doorman)
• pop-pop

Translations

See also

• papa, pa
• pap, paps

Etymology 3

Clipping of popular or population.

Adjective

pop (not comparable)

1. (used attributively in set phrases) Popular.

Noun

pop (uncountable)

1. Pop music.
3. Population.

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Translations

Derived terms

Etymology 4

From colloquial Russian поп (pop) and Попъ (Pop), from Old Church Slavonic попъ (popŭ), from Byzantine Greek πάπας (pápas) (see pope). Doublet of pope.

Alternative forms

• pope

Noun

pop (plural pops)

1. (Russian Orthodoxy, uncommon) A Russian Orthodox parish priest.

Anagrams

• OPP, Opp, PPO, opp, opp.

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch pop.

Pronunciation

Noun

pop (plural poppe, diminutive poppie)

1. doll

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from South Slavic. Compare Bulgarian поп (pop), Serbo-Croatian поп / pȍp.

Noun

pop m (plural popa) (historical, Northern Albania)

1. Orthodox priest

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• “pop,~i”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[4], 1980, page 1516b

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈpop]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin polypus, from Ancient Greek πολύπους (polúpous).

Noun

pop m (plural pops)

1. octopus

Alternative forms

• polp

Derived terms

See also

• calamars

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of popular.

Adjective

pop (invariable)

1. popular

Further reading

• “pop”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
• “pop”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “pop” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “pop” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English pop, an abbreviation of popular.

Noun

pop c (singular definite poppen, not used in plural form)

1. pop music

   Synonym: popmusik

Declension

Derived terms

References

• “pop” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔp/
• Hyphenation: pop
• Rhymes: -ɔp

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch poppe, from Latin pupa; sense of “cocoon, pupa” from New Latin. The sense “guilder” derived from student slang as a reference to the image of the Dutch Maiden on guilders from 1694 until the early nineteenth century.

Noun

pop f (plural poppen, diminutive popje n or poppetje n)

1. cocoon, pupa

   Synonym: cocon

2. doll

   Synonym: (Belgium) poppemie

3. As a term for a girl or woman:
4. (often diminutive) A term of endearment: darling, sweetheart
5. a pretty girl or young woman

   Synonym: (Belgium) poppemie

   1. (often derogatory) a girl or woman who wears a lot of make-up

      Synonym: (Belgium) poppemie

6. (Netherlands, colloquial) guilder

   Synonym: gulden

Derived terms

Descendants

• Berbice Creole Dutch: pubiki (from the diminutive form)
• Petjo: pop
• → Indonesian: pop
• → Papiamentu: pòpchi, pouchi (Aruba), poptsje
• → Sranan Tongo: popki (from the diminutive form)
  • → Aukan: pobiki
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: popki
  • → Kari'na: popiki
  • → Saramaccan: pobiki

Verb

pop

1. inflection of poppen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Etymology 2

From English pop, possibly through shortening of popmuziek.

Noun

pop f (uncountable)

1. pop, pop music

Derived terms

• popidool
• poppodium
• poptempel
• popzanger

Finnish

Alternative forms

• poppi (noun only)

Etymology

From English pop.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpop/, [ˈpo̞p]
• Rhymes: -op
• Syllabification^(key): pop
• Hyphenation^(key): pop

Adjective

pop (not comparable)

1. (chiefly in compounds) pop (popular)

Noun

pop

1. pop (popular music)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “pop”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[5] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔp/

Adjective

pop (feminine pop, masculine plural pop, feminine plural pop)

1. pop (popular)

Noun

pop f (plural pop)

1. pop, pop music

Synonyms

• musique pop

Further reading

• “pop”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Hungarian

Etymology

From English pop(ular).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpop]
• Rhymes: -op

Noun

pop (plural popok)

1. (music) pop, pop music

Declension

Derived terms

• popegyüttes
• popénekes
• popfesztivál
• popzene

References

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈpop/ [ˈpɔp̚]
• Rhymes: -op
• Syllabification: pop

Etymology 1

Clipping of populer.

Adjective

pop (comparative lebih pop, superlative paling pop)

1. popular

Etymology 2

From Dutch pop, from New Latin pupa. Doublet of pupa and popi.

Noun

pop

1. (dialectal or obsolete) synonym of boneka (“doll”)

Further reading

• “pop” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Jakaltek

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *pohp.

Noun

pop

1. reed mat

References

• Church, Clarence, Church, Katherine (1955) Vocabulario castellano-jacalteco, jacalteco-castellano‎^[6] (in Spanish), Guatemala C. A.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 47; 41

Navajo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰòpʰ/

Particle

pop

1. (slang) flirting

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔp/
• Rhymes: -ɔp
• Syllabification: pop

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English pop music.

Noun

pop m inan

1. pop music

Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old Czech pop.

Noun

pop m pers

1. Eastern Orthodox priest

   Synonym: (colloquial) batiuszka

Declension

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English pop.

Pronunciation

Noun

pop m (uncountable)

1. pop (music intended for or accepted by a wide audience)

   Synonym: música pop

Related terms

• popular

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English pop.

Adjective

pop m or f or n (indeclinable)

1. (music) pop

Declension

Noun

pop n (uncountable)

1. (music) pop, pop music

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic попъ (popŭ), from Ancient Greek πάπας (pápas), variant of πάππας (páppas, “daddy, papa”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pôp/

Noun

pȍp m (Cyrillic spelling по̏п)

1. priest (usually Catholic or Orthodox)

Declension

Slavomolisano

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian pop.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pôp/

Noun

pop m

1. priest

Declension

References

• Walter Breu and Giovanni Piccoli (2000), Dizionario croato molisano di Acquaviva Collecroce: Dizionario plurilingue della lingua slava della minoranza di provenienza dalmata di Acquaviva Collecroce in Provincia di Campobasso (Parte grammaticale)., pp. 395

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɔp]

Etymology 1

Derived from Old Church Slavonic попъ (popŭ), from Ancient Greek πάπας (pápas), variant of πάππας (páppas, “daddy, papa”).

Noun

pop m pers (relational adjective popský or popovský)

1. priest (usually Orthodox)

Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English pop.

Noun

pop m pers (relational adjective popový)

1. pop music, pop

Declension

Further reading

• “pop”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpop/ [ˈpop]
• Rhymes: -op
• Syllabification: pop

Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from English pop.

Noun

pop m (plural pops)

1. pop, pop music

Adjective

pop m or f (masculine and feminine plural pops)

1. pop

Etymology 2

Clipping of popcorn.

Noun

pop m (plural pops)

1. (Uruguay) popcorn

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:palomita

Derived terms

Further reading

• “pop”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Noun

pop c

1. pop (pop music)

   Synonym: popmusik

Declension

Derived terms

Noun

pop c

1. a pop (Russian Orthodox priest)

Declension

References

• pop in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• pop in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• pop in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English Pope.

Noun

pop

1. Pope

Turkish

Noun

pop (definite accusative popu, plural poplar)

1. pop
2. Pop music

Declension

Volapük

Noun

pop (nominative plural pops)

1. (obsolete, Volapük Rigik) people, nation

Declension

Synonyms

• pöp (Volapük Nulik)

Derived terms

• popik

Welsh

Etymology

From English pop.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔp/
• Rhymes: -ɔp

Adjective

pop (feminine singular pop, plural pop, not comparable)

1. pop (popular)

Derived terms

Noun

pop m

1. pop (pop music)

   Synonym: cerddoriaeth bop

Mutation

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pop”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

West Frisian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pop/

Noun

pop c (plural poppen, diminutive popke)

1. baby
2. doll, dummy, puppet
3. dear, darling

Further reading

• “pop”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011