amusia
English
Etymology
From Late Latin amusia, from Ancient Greek ἀμουσία (amousía, “without harmony”), from ἄμουσος (ámousos, “without song”). The Muses were nine daughters of Zeus and the goddesses of arts and sciences.
Noun
amusia (countable and uncountable, plural amusias)
- The inability to comprehend or respond to music.
Translations
the inability to comprehend or respond to music
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Finnish
Etymology
Internationalism (see English amusia), ultimately from Late Latin amusia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑmusiɑ/, [ˈɑmuˌs̠iɑ]
- Rhymes: -iɑ
- Syllabification(key): a‧mu‧si‧a
Noun
amusia
- amusia
Declension
| Inflection of amusia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | amusia | amusiat | |
| genitive | amusian | amusioiden amusioitten | |
| partitive | amusiaa | amusioita | |
| illative | amusiaan | amusioihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | amusia | amusiat | |
| accusative | nom. | amusia | amusiat |
| gen. | amusian | ||
| genitive | amusian | amusioiden amusioitten amusiainrare | |
| partitive | amusiaa | amusioita | |
| inessive | amusiassa | amusioissa | |
| elative | amusiasta | amusioista | |
| illative | amusiaan | amusioihin | |
| adessive | amusialla | amusioilla | |
| ablative | amusialta | amusioilta | |
| allative | amusialle | amusioille | |
| essive | amusiana | amusioina | |
| translative | amusiaksi | amusioiksi | |
| instructive | — | amusioin | |
| abessive | amusiatta | amusioitta | |
| comitative | — | amusioineen | |
| Possessive forms of amusia (type kulkija) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | amusiani | amusiamme |
| 2nd person | amusiasi | amusianne |
| 3rd person | amusiansa | |
Portuguese
Noun
amusia f (uncountable)
- (neurology) amusia (the inability to comprehend or respond to music)
Spanish
Noun
amusia f (uncountable)
- amusia
Further reading
- “amusia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014