different between music vs orchestral

English

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Alternative forms

• musick, musicke, musique (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English musik, musike, borrowed from Anglo-Norman musik, musike, Old French musique, and their source Latin m?sica, from Ancient Greek ??????? (mousik?), from Ancient Greek ????? (Moûsa, “Muse”), an Ancient Greek deity of the arts. Surface analysis muse +? -ic (“pertaining to”). Displaced native Old English dr?am, which was a cognate with English dream.

Pronunciation

• enPR: myo?o?z?k
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /?mju?z?k/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /?mjuz?k/
• Rhymes: -u?z?k

Noun

music (usually uncountable, plural musics)

1. A series of sounds organized in time, employing melody, harmony, tempo etc. usually to convey a mood.
2. (figuratively) Any pleasing or interesting sounds.
3. An art form, created by organizing of pitch, rhythm, and sounds made using musical instruments and sometimes singing.
4. A guide to playing or singing a particular tune; sheet music.
5. (military, slang) Electronic signal jamming.
6. (US, slang, dated) Heated argument.
7. (US, slang, dated) Fun; amusement.

Synonyms

• melody
• vibe

Derived terms

Descendants

• Jamaican Creole: myuuzik
• Pitcairn-Norfolk: myuusik
• Tok Pisin: musik
• ? Dhivehi: ????????? (miuzik?)
• ? Japanese: ?????? (my?jikku)
• ? Malay: muzik
• ? Swahili: muziki

Translations

Verb

music (third-person singular simple present musics, present participle musicking, simple past and past participle musicked)

1. (transitive) To seduce or entice with music.

See also

• Wikipedia article on the definition of music
• MusicNovatory: the science of music encyclopedia
• Category:Music

References

• music in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• music at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• MICUs

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?muzik]

Adjective

music (comparative plus music, superlative le plus music)

1. musical, of, or pertaining to music.

Synonyms

• musical

Middle English

Noun

music

1. Alternative form of musike

English

Etymology

orchestra +? -al.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /????k?st??l/

Adjective

orchestral (not comparable)

1. Relating to an orchestra or to music played by an orchestra.

Derived terms

• orchestrally

Translations

Noun

orchestral (plural orchestrals)

1. (uncommon) An orchestral performance.
   • 2011, Dorien Grey, Short Circuits: A Life in Blogs: - Book 1 (?ISBN):

     I also enjoy, still using music as an analogy, when Nature segues from quieter contemplative pieces featuring fog and overcast and rain to the full orchestrals of storms: booming tympani of thunder, cymbal crashes of lightning, full-brass of wind ...

   • 2017, Karrie Gavin, Moon Philadelphia: Including Pennsylvania Dutch Country (?ISBN):

     Classical composers like Alexander Reinagle, Rayner Taylor, and Susannah Haswell Rowson made their names in the 18th century, while the 19th century was given over to English opera, religious orchestrals, and gospel.

Anagrams

• trochlears

French

Adjective

orchestral (feminine singular orchestrale, masculine plural orchestraux, feminine plural orchestrales)

1. orchestral

Further reading

• “orchestral” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Romanian

Etymology

From French orchestre. Adjectival form of orchestr?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?or.ces?tral/

Adjective

orchestral m or n (feminine singular orchestral?, masculine plural orchestrali, feminine and neuter plural orchestrale)

1. orchestral

Declension