Meanings
nounEuropop (uncountable)
- uncountableA style of continental European pop music from the 1970s and 1980s characterized by catchy beats, slick songs and frothy lyrics.
And why do you have the Aqua album? It hasn't really stood the test of time, has it? Wasn't quite the ‘post-ironic Europop masterpiece’ you declared it to be back in 1997 […]
2010, John O'Connell, The Midlife Manual, Hachette, →ISBN
Origin
- EnglishEuro-
- Proto-Italic*poplos
- Old Latinpopulus
- Latinpopulus
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Latinpopulāri
- Old Frenchpopulaire
- Latinpopulāris
- Middle Englishpopuler
- Englishpopularclip.
- Englishpop
- EnglishEuropop
Translations
Arabic يُورُوبُوب, يُورُوبُوب
- يُورُوبُوب (yūrubūb)European pop music
- يُورُوبُوب (yurupop)European pop music
Chinese Mandarin 歐洲流行音樂 /欧洲流行音乐
- 歐洲流行音樂 /欧洲流行音乐 (Ōuzhōu liúxíng yīnyuè)European pop music
French europop
- europopEuropean pop music
German Europop
- EuropopEuropean pop music
Japanese ヨーロッパポップ
- ヨーロッパポップ (Yōroppapoppu)European pop music
Korean 유럽 팝
- 유럽 팝 (Yureop pap)European pop music
Polish europop
- europopEuropean pop music
Russian европо́п, европе́йская поп-му́зыка
- европо́п (jevropóp)European pop music
- европе́йская поп-му́зыка (jevropéjskaja pop-múzyka)European pop music
Cite this entry
APA
Europop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Europop
MLA
“Europop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Europop. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Europop,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Europop.
Source: Europop on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.