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Webster 1913 Edition


Musical

Mu′sic-al

,
Adj.
[Cf. F.
musical
.]
Of or pertaining to music; having the qualities of music; or the power of producing music; devoted to music; melodious; harmonious;
as,
musical
proportion; a
musical
voice;
musical
instruments; a
musical
sentence;
musical
persons.
Musical box
, or
Music box
,
a box or case containing apparatus moved by clockwork so as to play certain tunes automatically. The apparatus may be driven by a wind-up spring mechanism or by batteries.
Musical fish
(Zool.)
,
any fish which utters sounds under water, as the drumfish, grunt, gizzard shad, etc.
Musical glasses
,
glass goblets or bowls so tuned and arranged that when struck, or rubbed, they produce musical notes. Cf.
Harmonica
, 1.

Mu′sic-al

,
Noun.
1.
Music.
[Obs.]
To fetch home May with their
musical
.
Spenser.
2.
A social entertainment of which music is the leading feature; a musical party.
[Colloq.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Musical

MU'SICAL

,
Adj.
Belonging to music; as musical proportion; a musical instrument.
1.
Producing music or agreeable sounds; as a musical voice.
2.
Melodious; harmonious; pleasing to the ear; as musical sounds or numbers.

Definition 2024


Musical

Musical

See also: musical

German

Noun

Musical n (genitive Musicals, plural Musicals)

  1. a musical

musical

musical

See also: Musical

English

Adjective

musical (comparative more musical, superlative most musical)

  1. Of or relating to music.
  2. Gifted or skilled in music.
  3. Pleasing to the ear.
    Her voice had a musical tone.
  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 9780743255257), 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 9781594672637), page 341
      Musical seats upon an airplane is not a game I recommend.
    • 2006, Evelyn Palfrey, The Price of Passion, Simon and Schuster (ISBN 9780671042219), 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 9781442611672), 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 9781466847453), 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.


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Derived terms

Translations

Noun

musical (plural musicals)

  1. a stage performance, show or film which involves singing, dancing and musical numbers performed by the cast as well as acting.

Translations


Catalan

Adjective

musical m, f (masculine and feminine plural musicals)

  1. musical

Noun

musical m (plural musicals)

  1. musical

Danish

Etymology

Borrowing from English musical.

Noun

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

  1. A musical.

Inflection

Alternative forms

Derived terms

  • film-musical

French

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. musical

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Anagrams


Galician

Adjective

musical m, f (plural musicais)

  1. musical; of or pertaining to music

Synonyms


Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowing from English musical.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmjuzikɛl]
  • Hyphenation: mu‧si‧cal

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
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. Tinta Könyvkiadó, Budapest, 2005, ISBN 963 7094 20 2

Interlingua

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [muzikˈal]

Adjective

musical

  1. musical (relating to music)

Synonyms


Italian

Etymology

Borrowing from English musical.

Noun

musical m (invariable)

  1. musical

Portuguese

Etymology

música (music) + -al (adjective-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /mu.zi.ˈkaɫ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /mu.zi.ˈkaw/
  • Hyphenation: mu‧si‧cal

Adjective

musical m, f (plural musicais, comparable)

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

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:musical.

Synonyms

Noun

musical m (plural musicais)

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

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:musical.

Related terms


Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mu.siˈkal/

Adjective

musical m, f (plural musicales)

  1. musical

Noun

musical m (plural musicales)

  1. musical