different between music vs quadrille

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kw?d???l/
• Rhymes: -?l

Etymology 1

French, in sense of “group of knights”, from Spanish cuadrilla, diminutive of cuadra (“square”) (compare also cuadra (“four”)), from Latin quadra.

Noun

quadrille (plural quadrilles)

1. A dance originating in the mid-1700s with four couples forming a square, rather much like the modern square dance.
2. The music for this dance.
3. (card games) A Spanish trick-taking card game from the 1700s played with a 40-card deck.
4. A choreographed dressage ride, commonly performed to music, with a minimum of four horses.

Translations

Verb

quadrille (third-person singular simple present quadrilles, present participle quadrilling, simple past and past participle quadrilled)

1. (intransitive) To dance the quadrille.
   • 1834, Arthur Courtenay, Autobiography and Letters of Arthur Courtenay (page 36)

     We quadrilled, waltzed, and conversed, in all of which my clever partner excelled; and her charms, combined with the excellent champagne I imbibed, fairly dazzled my imagination.

Etymology 2

From French quadrillé.

Noun

quadrille (plural quadrilles)

1. Quadrille ruled graph paper, quad paper.

Derived terms

• quadrille paper

Related terms

• quad
• quadrella

References

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.d?ij/

Noun

quadrille m or f (plural quadrilles)

1. (bullfighting) cuadrilla

Verb

quadrille

1. first-person singular present indicative of quadriller
2. third-person singular present indicative of quadriller
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of quadriller
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of quadriller
5. second-person singular imperative of quadriller

Further reading

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