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ποπ
pop (as in pop music or pop culture) /pop/
nounC1#3246 most common
Also: pop music, pop (adjective, e.g. pop song/art)
Example sentences
Ακούω ποπ μουσική.
I listen to pop music.
Της αρέσει πολύ η ποπ.
She likes pop (music) a lot.
Αυτό το τραγούδι είναι ποπ, όχι ροκ.
This song is pop, not rock.
Η ποπ κουλτούρα επηρέασε πολύ τη μόδα εκείνης της δεκαετίας.
Pop culture greatly influenced the fashion of that decade.
Ο καλλιτέχνης συνδυάζει στοιχεία ποπ και τζαζ στη δουλειά του.
The artist combines pop and jazz elements in his work.
Η άνοδος της ποπ μουσικής τη δεκαετία του '60 άλλαξε ριζικά τη δισκογραφική βιομηχανία.
The rise of pop music in the 1960s radically changed the recording industry.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | η ποπ | None |
| Genitive | της ποπ | None |
| Accusative | την ποπ | None |
| Vocative | ποπ | None |
Word family
ποπ αρτpop art
ποπ ροκpop rock
ποπ σταρpop star
ποπ κορνpopcorn (unrelated loanword, often confused)
Etymology
Greek borrowed "ποπ" directly from English "pop," itself a clipped form of "popular." It entered Greek in the twentieth century alongside the spread of pop music and pop art. The word stayed indeclinable, as is common with short, recent loanwords in Greek.
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