cover version

noun

A version of a song that is a new performance or rerecording of that song by a different artist.

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covercover song
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Meanings

nouncover version (plural cover versions)

plural cover versions

  1. entertainmentA version of a song that is a new performance or rerecording of that song by a different artist.

    I am probably not the only one in Estonia for whom the name Els Himma is identified with the song Millest sa elad ja hingad - the local cover version of 'Killing Me Softly With His Song' made famous by Roberta Flack in 1973.

    2021, Heli Reimann, Tallinn '67 Jazz Festival, Myths and Memories

    Synonyms: cover, cover song

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA version of a song that is a new performance or rerecording of that song by a different artist.

Similar
covercover song

More synonyms by meaning

nouna recording of a song that was first recorded or made popular by somebody else

Similar
covercover song
Broader
recording
Also see
covercover song

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic أُغْنِيَّة مُقَلَّدَة
  • أُغْنِيَّة مُقَلَّدَة (ʔuḡniyya muqallada)rerecording of a song
Bulgarian ка́вър ве́рсия, ка́вър
  • ка́вър ве́рсия (kávăr vérsija)rerecording of a song
  • ка́вър (kávăr)rerecording of a song
Chinese Cantonese 翻唱
  • 翻唱 (faan¹ coeng³)rerecording of a song
Chinese Mandarin 翻唱
  • 翻唱 (fānchàng)rerecording of a song
Czech coververze, přezpívánka
  • coververzererecording of a song
  • přezpívánkarerecording of a song
Dutch cover
  • coverrerecording of a song
Esperanto reludversio
  • reludversiorerecording of a song
Finnish cover, coverversio
  • coverrerecording of a song
  • coverversiorerecording of a song
  • koverirerecording of a song
  • lainakappalererecording of a song
French reprise, cover
  • reprisererecording of a song
  • coverrerecording of a song
German Cover, Coverversion
  • Coverrerecording of a song
  • Coverversionrerecording of a song
Greek διασκευή
  • διασκευή (diaskeví)rerecording of a song
Hungarian feldolgozás, dalfeldolgozás
  • feldolgozásrerecording of a song
  • dalfeldolgozásrerecording of a song
Italian cover, riedizione
  • coverrerecording of a song
  • riedizionererecording of a song
Japanese カバー
  • カバー (kabā)rerecording of a song
Korean 커버
  • 커버 (keobeo)rerecording of a song
Persian نسخهٔ بازخوانی, آهنگ بازخوانی
  • نسخهٔ بازخوانی (nosxe-ye bâzxâni)rerecording of a song
  • آهنگ بازخوانی (âhang-e bâzxâni)rerecording of a song
  • دوبارهخوانی (dobâre-bâzxâni)rerecording of a song
Polish cover
  • coverrerecording of a song
Portuguese cover, clone
  • coverrerecording of a song
  • clonererecording of a song
  • versão coverrerecording of a song
Romanian preluare
  • preluarererecording of a song
Russian ка́вер, кавер-ве́рсия
  • ка́вер (káver)rerecording of a song
  • кавер-ве́рсия (kaver-vérsija)rerecording of a song
  • перепе́вка (perepévka)rerecording of a song
Spanish versión, obra versionada
  • versiónrerecording of a song
  • obra versionadarerecording of a song
  • coverrerecording of a song
Swedish cover
  • coverrerecording of a song
Ukrainian ка́вер, кавер-ве́рсія
  • ка́вер (káver)rerecording of a song
  • кавер-ве́рсія (kaver-vérsija)rerecording of a song
  • переспів (perespiv)rerecording of a song
  • переграш (perehraš)rerecording of a song
Cite this entry
APA

cover version. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cover%20version

MLA

“cover version.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cover%20version. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cover version,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cover%20version.

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