different between music vs strathspey

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

After Strathspey, valley of the river Spey.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?

Noun

strathspey (plural strathspeys)

1. A Scottish dance with gliding steps, slower than a reel.
2. A piece of music composed for or in the rhythm of this dance.
   • 1817, Walter Scott, Rob Roy:

     He muttered an exclamation in Gaelic, strode across the floor, and then, with an air of dogged resolution, as if fixed and prepared to see the scene to an end, sate himself down on the oak table, and whistled a strathspey.

   • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 239:

     Arms are raised, the cheers are deafening, the pipes turn to a strathspey and a whole section of the crowd launches into a mad jig.