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See Musical

English

Etymology

  • musical < Latin musicalis < Ancient Greek μουσικός < μουσική (= music)


Pronunciation

  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-musical.ogg


Adjective

  1. Of or relating to music.
  2. gifted|Gifted or skilled in music.
  3. Pleasing to the ear. (Her voice had a musical tone.)


Related terms


Translations

  • Dutch: muzikaal
  • Finnish: musiikki-, musiikillinen
  • Greek: {{t+|el|μουσικός|m|sc=Grek}}, {{t+|el|μουσική|f|sc=Grek}}, {{t+|el|μουσικό|n|sc=Grek}}
  • Finnish:
  • Finnish: ,

Noun

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


Translations

  • Bulgarian: мюзикъл
  • Croatian: {{t-|hr|mjuzikl|m}}
  • Czech: {{t-|cs|muzikál|m}}
  • Dutch: {{t-|nl|musical|m}}
  • Finnish:
  • German: {{t-|de|Musical|n}}
  • Greek: {{t+|el|μιούζικαλ|n|sc=Grek}}
  • Hebrew: מחזמר

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Interlingua

IPA: [muzikˈal]

Adjective

musical

  1. Musical; Of, or pertaining to music. Synonym: music.


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Musical \Mu"sic*al\, n.
1. Music. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]

To fetch home May with their musical. --Spenser.
[1913 Webster]

2. A social entertainment of which music is the leading
feature; a musical party. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]

3. A drama in which music and song are prominent features; a
musical drama or musical play; as, Oklahoma! was a
breakthrough in the form and popularity of the musical.
[PJC]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Musical \Mu"sic*al\, a. [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.
[1913 Webster]

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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet musical
adj 1: characterized by or capable of producing music; "a musical
evening"; "musical instruments"
2: talented in or devoted to music; "comes from a very musical
family" [ant: unmusical]
3: characteristic of or resembling or accompanied by music; "a
musical speaking voice"; "a musical comedy" [ant: unmusical]
4: containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing
melody; "the melodious song of a meadowlark" [syn: melodious,
melodic] [ant: unmelodious]
n : a play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed
with singing and dancing [syn: musical comedy, {musical
theater}]
Moby Dictionary
Broadway musical , Singspiel , Thalia , achingly sweet , agreeable ,
agreeable-sounding , appealing , ariose , arioso , arlequinade ,
ballad opera , ballet , ballet divertissement , black comedy ,
blending , broad comedy , burlesque , burletta , camp , canorous ,
cantabile , catchy , chiming , chorus show , comedie bouffe ,
comedie larmoyante , comedie rosse , comedietta , comedy ,
comedy ballet , comedy of humors , comedy of ideas ,
comedy of intrigue , comedy of manners , comedy of situation ,
comedy relief , comic muse , comic opera , comic relief , consonant ,
dance drama , dark comedy , domestic comedy , dulcet , euphonic ,
euphonious , euphonous , exode , farce , farce comedy , fine-toned ,
genteel comedy , golden , golden-tongued , golden-voiced , grand opera ,
harlequinade , harmonic , harmonious , high camp , honeyed ,
light comedy , light opera , low camp , low comedy , lyric drama ,
lyrical , melic , mellifluent , mellifluous , mellisonant , mellow ,
melodic , melodious , mime , minstrel , minstrel show , music drama ,
music-flowing , music-like , music-loving , musical comedy ,
musical stage , musical theater , musically inclined , musicianly ,
musicophile , opera , opera ballet , opera bouffe , opera buffa ,
operetta , philharmonic , pleasant , pleasant-sounding , raw comedy ,
realistic comedy , rich , romantic comedy , satyr play ,
sentimental comedy , silver-toned , silver-tongued , silver-voiced ,
silvery , singable , situation comedy , slapstick , slapstick comedy ,
song-and-dance act , song-play , songful , songlike , sonorous , sweet ,
sweet-flowing , sweet-sounding , symphonic , symphonious , tragicomedy ,
tunable , tuned , tuneful , virtuose , virtuosic , virtuoso


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