musical

musical

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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/
  • Hyphenation: mu‧si‧cal

Adjective

musical (comparative more musical, superlative most musical)

  1. Of, belonging or relating to music, or to its performance or notation.
  2. Pleasing to the ear; sounding agreeably; having the qualities of music; melodious; harmonious.
  3. Fond of music; discriminating with regard to music; gifted or skilled in music.
  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.

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Translations

Noun

musical (plural musicals)

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

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Translations

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [mu.ziˈkal]
  • Hyphenation: mu‧si‧cal

Adjective

musical m or f (masculine and feminine plural musicals)

  1. musical

Derived terms

Noun

musical m (plural musicals)

  1. musical

Further reading

  • “musical”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
  • “musical”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
  • “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.

Danish

Alternative forms

  • musikal

Etymology

Borrowed from English musical.

Noun

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

  1. A musical.

Inflection

Derived terms

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin mūsicālis. By surface analysis, musique +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /my.zi.kal/
  • Hyphenation: mu‧si‧cal

Adjective

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

  1. (relational) music, musical
    comédie musicale ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    oreille musicale ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    scie musicale ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    chaises musicales ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. melodious (pleasing to the ear; sounding agreeably)
    Near-synonym: mélodieux
    très musical ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Haitian Creole: mizikal
  • → Persian: موزیکال (muzikâl)
  • → Turkish: müzikal

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • musclai

Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /musiˈkal/ [mu.s̺iˈkɑɫ]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Hyphenation: mu‧si‧cal

Adjective

musical m or f (plural musicais)

  1. musical; of or pertaining to music
    Synonym: músico

Further reading

  • “musical”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
  • “musical” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from English musical.

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

References

Interlingua

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [muzikˈal]

Adjective

musical

  1. musical (relating to music)

Synonyms

  • music

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English musical.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmju.zi.kol/
  • Rhymes: -uzikol

Noun

musical m (invariable)

  1. musical

References

Anagrams

  • masculi

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

Occitan

Alternative forms

  • musicau (Gascony, Provençal)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /myziˈkal/

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

Further reading

  • Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 463.

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /myziˈkal/
  • Rhymes: -al

Adjective

musical

  1. musical

Related terms

  • mùsica

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mjuˈzi.kal/
  • Rhymes: -ikal
  • Syllabification: mu‧si‧cal

Noun

musical m inan

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

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • 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

Derived terms

Noun

musical m (plural musicais)

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

Related terms

Further reading

  • “musical”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
  • “musical”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

musical m or f (masculine and feminine plural musicales)

  1. musical

Derived terms

Noun

musical m (plural musicales)

  1. musical

Related terms

Further reading

  • “musical”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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