musical
/ˈmjuːzɪkəl/MYOO-zih-kuhl
/ˈmjuzɪkəl/MYOO-zih-kuhl
Meaningrelating to music
Common meaning: to do with music
Other meanings: a play with songs
- musa Muse; music, the artsLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 520 · scan
- icadjective ending: relating to
- aladjective ending: relating to
Journey through time
- GreekΜοῦσα‘a Muse’
- Latinmusica
- Frenchmusique
- Middle Englishmusiksource
- Englishmusic‘the art of sounds’
- Englishformed in English from musicmusical‘to do with music’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from music + -al.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), MUSIC, p.384 · scan
Roots
- Μοῦσα Greek “a Muse; music, the arts”
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