musical

musical

See also: Musical

English

Alternative forms

• musicall (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English musical, from Old French [Term?], from Medieval Latin mūsicālis, from Latin mūsica (“music”) +‎ -ālis (suffix forming adjectives); equivalent to music +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmju.zɪ.kəl/

• Audio (US)

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Adjective

musical (comparative more musical, superlative most musical)

1. Of, belonging or relating to music, or to its performance or notation.

   musical proportion; musical instruments

2. Pleasing to the ear; sounding agreeably; having the qualities of music; melodious; harmonious.

   She had a musical voice.

3. Fond of music; discriminating with regard to music; gifted or skilled in music.

   the child is musical; having a musical ear

4. Pertaining to a class of games in which players move while music plays, but have to take a fixed position when it stops; by extension, any situation where people repeatedly change positions.
   • 1962, Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?: A Play, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 34:

     Musical beds is the faculty sport around here.

   • 2004, Mike Bright, A Dream Realized: A Collection of Poems by Cowboy Mike Bright, Xulon Press, →ISBN, page 341:

     Musical seats upon an airplane is not a game I recommend.

   • 2006, Evelyn Palfrey, The Price of Passion, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 441:

     “Sounds like y'all are playing musical houses. How did you convince your mama to move to Austin?”

   • 2011, Leonard James Schoppa, The Evolution of Japan's Party System: Politics and Policy in an Era of Institutional Change, University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, page 14:

     Parties were splitting, forming, merging, and dissolving in such rapid succession that the game of musical chairs seemed to describe what was going on better than any known theory of political science.

   • 2014, Tyler McMahon, Kilometer 99: A Novel, St. Martin's Griffin, →ISBN, page 138:

     Among my small circle of college friends, and even more so among the volunteers here, couples are so often changing places, people playing musical lovers.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• musical bow
• musical film
• musical instrument
• musical theatre

Related terms

• music
• musicality
• musically

Translations

of or relating to music

Albanian: muzikor (sq) Arabic: مُوسِيقِيّ‎ (ar) (mūsīqiyy) Armenian: երաժշտական (hy) (eražštakan) Azerbaijani: musiqi (az) Belarusian: музы́чны (muzýčny) Bulgarian: музика́лен (bg) (muzikálen) Burmese: ဂီတ (my) (gita.) Catalan: musical (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 音樂的／音乐的 (zh) (yīnyuè de) Czech: hudební (cs) Danish: musik- (da) Dutch: muzikaal (nl), muziek- (nl) Esperanto: muzika Estonian: muusika- (et) Finnish: musiikki- (fi), musiikillinen (fi) French: musical (fr) Galician: músico (gl) Georgian: მუსიკალური (musiḳaluri), სამუსიკო (samusiḳo) German: musikalisch (de), Musik- (de) Greek: μουσικός (el) (mousikós) Ancient: μουσικός (mousikós) Hungarian: zenei (hu) Irish: ceolmhar Italian: musicale (it) Japanese: ミュージカルの (myūjikaru no), 音楽の (ja) (おんがくの, ongaku no) Kazakh: музыкалық (muzykalyq), музыка (kk) (muzyka) Khmer: តន្ត្រី (dɑntrəy), ភ្លេង (km) (phleing) Korean: 음악의 (ko) (eumag-ui) Kyrgyz: музыкалык (ky) (muzıkalık), музыкалуу (muzıkaluu), музыка (ky) (muzıka) Lao: ດົນຕີ (lo) (don tī), ເພງ (phēng) Latin: mūsicus, (Medieval) mūsicālis Latvian: mūzikas, muzikāls Lithuanian: muzikinis Macedonian: музика́лен (muzikálen) Malay: muzikal, muzik (ms) Malayalam: സംഗീത (saṅgīta) Maltese: mużikali Norwegian: Bokmål: musikk- (no) Occitan: musical (oc) Persian: موسیقی‎ (fa) (musiqi) Polish: muzyczny (pl) Portuguese: musical (pt) Romanian: muzical (ro) Russian: музыка́льный (ru) (muzykálʹnyj) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: гла̀збен, му̏зика̄лан Roman: glàzben (sh), mȕzikālan (sh) Slovak: hudobný (sk) Slovene: glasben, muzikálen Sorbian: Upper: hudźbny Spanish: musical (es) Swedish: musik- (sv) Tajik: мусиқӣ (tg) (musiqī) Thai: ดนตรี (th) (don-dtrii) Ukrainian: музи́чний (uk) (muzýčnyj) Uzbek: musiqiy (uz), musiqali Vietnamese: âm nhạc (vi)

gifted or skilled in music

Bulgarian: музика́лен (bg) (muzikálen) Esperanto: muzikema Finnish: musikaalinen (fi) French: musicien (fr) m, musicienne (fr) f Georgian: მუსიკალური (musiḳaluri) German: musikalisch (de) Greek: μουσικός (el) (mousikós) Ancient: μουσικός (mousikós) Japanese: 音楽的な (おんがくてきな, ongakuteki na) Korean: 음악적(音樂的) (ko) (eumakjeok) Portuguese: musicista (pt) Romanian: muzical (ro) Swedish: musikalisk (sv), musikbegåvad (sv) Russian: музыка́льный (ru) (muzykálʹnyj) Sorbian: Upper: muzikaliski, muzikalny

pleasing to the ear

Belarusian: мелады́чны (mjeladýčny) Bulgarian: мелоди́чен (bg) (melodíčen) Esperanto: melodia (eo), orelplaĉa, belsona Finnish: sointuva, melodinen (fi) Georgian: მელოდიური (melodiuri), კეთილხმოვანი (ḳetilxmovani) Greek: μουσικός (el) (mousikós) Latin: canōrus Portuguese: musical (pt), melodioso, melódico (pt) Romanian: muzical (ro), melodios (ro), armonios (ro) Russian: мелоди́чный (ru) (melodíčnyj) Swedish: melodisk (sv), välljudande Ukrainian: мелоді́йний (uk) (melodíjnyj), мелоди́чний (uk) (melodýčnyj)

Noun

musical (plural musicals)

1. A stage performance, show or film that involves singing, dancing and musical numbers performed by the cast as well as acting.
2. (probably archaic or obsolete) A meeting or a party for a musical entertainment; a musicale.

Translations

stage performance, show or film

Arabic: مَسْرَح مُوسِيقِيّ‎ m (masraḥ mūsīqiyy) Armenian: մյուզիքլ (hy) (myuzikʿl) Azerbaijani: müzikl Belarusian: мю́зікл m (mjúzikl), м'ю́зыкал m (mʺjúzykal) Bulgarian: мю́зикъл m (mjúzikǎl) Chinese: Mandarin: 歌舞片 (zh) (gēwǔpiàn), 音樂劇／音乐剧 (zh) (yīnyuèjù) Cornish: gwari kan m Czech: muzikál (cs) m Danish: musical (da) c, musikal c Dutch: musical (nl) m Esperanto: muzikalo Estonian: muusikal Finnish: musikaali (fi) French: comédie musicale (fr) f Georgian: მიუზიკლი (ka) (miuziḳli), მუსიკალური ფილმი (musiḳaluri pilmi) German: Musical (de) n Greek: μιούζικαλ (el) n (mioúzikal) Hebrew: מַחֲזֶמֶר‎ (he) m (makhazémer) Hindi: म्यूज़िकल (myūzikal) Hungarian: musical (hu) Icelandic: söngleikur m Irish: ceoldráma m Japanese: ミュージカル (myūjikaru) Kazakh: мюзикл (müzikl) Korean: 뮤지컬 (ko) (myujikeol) Kyrgyz: мюзикл (myuzikl) Latvian: mūzikls m Lithuanian: miuziklas m Macedonian: мјузикл m (mjuzikl) Malay: teater muzikal Norwegian: Bokmål: musikal m Nynorsk: musikal m Persian: تئاتر موزیکال‎ (te'âtr-e muzikâl) Polish: musical (pl) m Portuguese: musical (pt) m Romanian: muzical (ro) n Russian: мю́зикл (ru) m (mjúzikl) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: мју̀зикл m Roman: mjùzikl (sh) m Slovak: muzikál m Slovene: muzikal m, mjuzikl m Spanish: musical (es) m Swedish: musikal (sv) c, musikalfilm c Thai: ละครเพลง, มิวสิคัล Turkish: müzikal (tr) Ukrainian: мю́зикл m (mjúzykl), м'ю́зикл m (mʺjúzykl) Uzbek: myuzikl Vietnamese: nhạc kịch (vi) Welsh: sioe gerdd (cy) f Yiddish: מיוזיקל‎ m (myuzikl), מוזיקאַלישער ספּעקטאַקל‎ m (muzikalisher spektakl)

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /mu.ziˈkal/

Adjective

musical (masculine and feminine plural musicals)

1. musical

Derived terms

• instrument musical
• musicalment

 

Noun

musical m (plural musicals)

1. musical

Further reading

• “musical” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “musical”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “musical” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “musical” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English musical.

Noun

musical c (singular definite musicalen, plural indefinite musicaler or musicals)

1. A musical.

Inflection

Declension of musical

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	musical	musicalen	musicaler musicals	musicalerne
genitive	musicals	musicalens	musicalers musicals'	musicalernes

Alternative forms

• musikal

Derived terms

• film-musical

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin mūsicālis. Morphologically, from musique +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /my.zi.kal/

• Audio

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Adjective

musical (feminine musicale, masculine plural musicaux, feminine plural musicales)

1. musical

Derived terms

• chaises musicales
• comédie musicale
• scie musicale

Derived terms

• musicalité

Related terms

• musique

Further reading

• “musical”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• musclai

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Galician

Adjective

musical m or f (plural musicais)

1. musical; of or pertaining to music

Synonyms

• (musical): músico

Further reading

• “musical” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

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Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from English musical.[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmjuzikɛl]
• Hyphenation: mu‧si‧cal
• Rhymes: -ɛl

Noun

musical (plural musicalek)

1. musical (a show or film which involves singing, dancing and musical numbers)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	musical	musicalek
accusative	musicalt	musicaleket
dative	musicalnek	musicaleknek
instrumental	musicallel	musicalekkel
causal-final	musicalért	musicalekért
translative	musicallé	musicalekké
terminative	musicalig	musicalekig
essive-formal	musicalként	musicalekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	musicalben	musicalekben
superessive	musicalen	musicaleken
adessive	musicalnél	musicaleknél
illative	musicalbe	musicalekbe
sublative	musicalre	musicalekre
allative	musicalhez	musicalekhez
elative	musicalből	musicalekből
delative	musicalről	musicalekről
ablative	musicaltől	musicalektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	musicalé	musicaleké
non-attributive possessive - plural	musicaléi	musicalekéi

Possessive forms of musical
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	musicalem	musicaljeim
2nd person sing.	musicaled	musicaljeid
3rd person sing.	musicalje	musicaljei
1st person plural	musicalünk	musicaljeink
2nd person plural	musicaletek	musicaljeitek
3rd person plural	musicaljük	musicaljeik

References

1. Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

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Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [muzikˈal]

Adjective

musical

1. musical (relating to music)

Synonyms

• music

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English musical.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmju.zi.kol/[1]
• Rhymes: -uzikol

Noun

musical m (invariable)

1. musical

References

1. musical in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

• masculi

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

musical m (definite singular musicalen, indefinite plural musicaler, definite plural musicalene)

1. form removed by a 1982 spelling decision; superseded by musikal

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Occitan

Alternative forms

• musicau (Gascon, Provençal)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /myziˈkal/

• Audio (Languedocien)

  (file)

Adjective

musical m (feminine singular musicala, masculine plural musicals, feminine plural musicalas)

1. musical (of or relating to music)
2. musical (pleasing to the ear)

Derived terms

• musicalitat

Related terms

• musica

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Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /myziˈkal/
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

musical

1. musical

Related terms

• mùsica

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English musical, from Middle English musical, from Old French, from Medieval Latin mūsicālis, from Latin mūsica + -ālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mjuˈzi.kal/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ikal
• Syllabification: mu‧si‧cal

Noun

musical m inan

1. (film, music, theater) musical (stage performance, show or film)

Declension

Declension of musical

	singular	plural
nominative	musical	musicale
genitive	musicalu	musicali
dative	musicalowi	musicalom
accusative	musical	musicale
instrumental	musicalem	musicalami
locative	musicalu	musicalach
vocative	musicalu	musicale

Derived terms

adjective

• musicalowy

 

Further reading

• musical in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• musical in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology

From música (“music”) +‎ -al (“of or relating to”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mu.ziˈkaw/ [mu.ziˈkaʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mu.ziˈkal/ [mu.ziˈkaɫ]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: mu‧si‧cal

Adjective

musical m or f (plural musicais)

1. musical (of or relating to music)
2. musical (pleasing to the ear)

   Synonyms: melodioso, melódico

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:musical.

Derived terms

• musicalmente

Noun

musical m (plural musicais)

1. musical (stage performance, show or film that focuses on singing and dancing)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:musical.

Related terms

• músico

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /musiˈkal/ [mu.siˈkal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: mu‧si‧cal

Adjective

musical (plural musicales)

1. musical

Noun

musical m (plural musicales)

1. musical

Derived terms

• instrumento musical
• musicalmente
• notación musical

 

Related terms

• música

Further reading

• “musical”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014