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gospel_music

gospel music

English

Noun

gospel music ‎(uncountable)

(music) A type of African American religious music based on folk music melodies with the addition of elements of spirituals and jazz.

Derived terms

Translations

type of music

Chinese:

Cantonese: 福音音樂, 福音音乐 ‎(fuk¹ jam¹ jam¹ ngok⁶)

Mandarin: 福音音樂, 福音音乐 ‎(fúyīn yīnyuè)

Min Nan: 福音音樂, 福音音乐 ‎(hok-im im-ga̍k)
Finnish: gospel (fi), gospel-musiikki (fi), gospelmusiikki

Japanese: ゴスペル ‎(gosuperu)
Marathi: गॉस्पेल संगीत n ‎(gǒspela saṃgīta)
Portuguese: gospel (pt) m
Russian: го́спел (ru) m ‎(góspɛl)
Spanish: góspel m
Swedish: gospel (sv) c