boy band

See also: boyband

English

Alternative forms

• boyband

Pronunciation

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Noun

boy band (plural boy bands)

1. (music) A pop group whose members are all (usually attractive) young men.

   Synonym: boy group

   Coordinate terms: girl band, girl group

Usage notes

• Sometimes used as a disparaging term for a mainstream pop group made up of young men, implying that the group members are successful on the basis of their looks and sex appeal rather than their musical ability.

Related terms

• haircut band

 

Translations

pop group whose members are all young men

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 男子組合 / 男子组合 (nánzǐ zǔhé)

• Esperanto: knaba muzikgrupo
• Finnish: poikabändi (fi)
• French: boys band (fr) m
• Georgian: ბოიბენდი (boibendi), ბიჭების მუსიკალური ჯგუფი (bič̣ebis musiḳaluri ǯgupi)
• German: Boygroup f
• Icelandic: strákasveitir
• Italian: boy band (it) f
• Japanese: ボーイ・バンド (bōi bando), ボーイ・グループ (bōi gurūpu)
• Korean: 보이 밴드 (boi baendeu), 보이그룹 (boigeurup)
• Norman: dgaîngue dé garçons f
• Polish: boysband (pl) m, boys band (pl) m
• Russian: бойз-бенд (ru) m (bojz-bend), бо̀й-бэ́нд (ru) m (bòj-bɛ́nd)
• Swedish: pojkband (sv) n, pojkgrupp (sv) c

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• Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} ban nhạc con trai (?)