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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.
1.
Producing music or agreeable sounds; as a musical voice.2.
Melodious; harmonious; pleasing to the ear; as musical sounds or numbers.Definition 2024
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musical
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See also: Musical
English
Adjective
musical (comparative more musical, superlative most musical)
- Of or relating to music.
- Gifted or skilled in music.
- Pleasing to the ear.
- Her voice had a musical tone.
- 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.
- 1962, Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?: A Play, Simon and Schuster (ISBN 9780743255257), page 34
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Translations
of or relating to music
gifted or skilled in music
pleasing to the ear
Noun
musical (plural musicals)
- a stage performance, show or film which involves singing, dancing and musical numbers performed by the cast as well as acting.
Translations
stage performance, show or film
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Catalan
Adjective
musical m, f (masculine and feminine plural musicals)
Noun
musical m (plural musicals)
Danish
Etymology
Borrowing from English musical.
Noun
musical c (singular definite musicalen, plural indefinite musicaler or musicals)
- A musical.
Inflection
Inflection of musical
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | musical | musicalen | musicaler musicals |
musicalerne |
| genitive | musicals | musicalens | musicalers musicals' |
musicalernes |
Alternative forms
Derived terms
- film-musical
French
Pronunciation
Adjective
musical m (feminine singular musicale, masculine plural musicaux, feminine plural musicales)
Related terms
Anagrams
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowing from English musical.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmjuzikɛl]
- Hyphenation: mu‧si‧cal
Noun
musical (plural musicalek)
- 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
- ↑ 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
- musical (relating to music)
Synonyms
Portuguese
Etymology
música (“music”) + -al (“adjective-forming suffix”)
Pronunciation
Adjective
musical m, f (plural musicais, comparable)
Quotations
For usage examples of this term, see Citations:musical.
Synonyms
Noun
musical m (plural musicais)
- musical (stage performance, show or film that focuses on singing and dancing)
Quotations
For usage examples of this term, see Citations:musical.