musical

See also: Musical

English

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musical

Wikipedia

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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• 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.

   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.

   having a musical ear

   The child is musical.

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

• amusical
• antimusical
• biomusical
• dramatico-musical
• electromusical
• ethnomusical
• extramusical
• immusical
• ludomusical
• minimusical
• multimusical
• musical bow
• musical box
• musical chairs
• musical comedy
• musical ear syndrome
• musical film
• musical glasses
• musical instrument
• musical interval
• musicalise
• musicalization
• musicalize
• musicalness
• musical notation
• musical saw
• musical sawist
• musical scale
• musical theater
• musical theatre
• musical theory
• musical time
• nonmusical
• philomusical
• premusical
• pseudomusical
• pyromusical
• quasimusical
• sociomusical
• theory of musical equilibration
• unmusical

Related terms

• music
• musicality
• musically

Translations

of or relating to music

Afrikaans: musikaal 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 (ja) (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: موسیقایی (fa) (musiqâyi) 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) (musiqi) Thai: ดนตรี (th) (don-dtrii) Ukrainian: музи́чний (uk) (muzýčnyj) Uzbek: musiqiy (uz), musiqali Vietnamese: âm nhạc (vi)

gifted or skilled in music

Afrikaans: musikaal 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) Russian: музыка́льный (ru) (muzykálʹnyj) Sorbian: Upper: muzikaliski, muzikalny Swedish: musikalisk (sv), musikbegåvad (sv)

pleasing to the ear

Afrikaans: musikaal 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 (pt), 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)

2. A stage performance, show or film that involves singing, dancing and musical numbers performed by the cast as well as acting.
   • 2004, Steven Adler, On Broadway: Art and Commerce on the Great White Way, SIU Press, →ISBN, page 221:

     It is unthinkable for a straight play to enjoy a life span like those of the blockbuster musicals or to earn such astronomical grosses.

3. (probably archaic or obsolete) A meeting or a party for a musical entertainment; a musicale.

Derived terms

• 2.5D musical
• dancical
• jukebox musical
• megamusical
• supermusical

Translations

stage performance, show or film

Afrikaans: musiekblyspel Arabic: مَسْرَح مُوسِيقِيّ m (masraḥ mūsīqiyy) Armenian: մյուզիքլ (hy) (myuzikʻl) 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 (ja) (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)

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [mu.ziˈkal]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Hyphenation: mu‧si‧cal

Adjective

musical m or f (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 [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “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

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

musical

Wikipedia ^da

Alternative forms

• musikal

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

Derived terms

• film-musical

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /my.zi.kal/

• Audio:

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• 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

• musicalement
• musicalité

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).