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musical
English
Alternative forms
- musicall (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English musical, from Old French [Term?], from Medieval Latin m?sic?lis, from Latin m?sica (“music”) +? -?lis (suffix forming adjectives); equivalent to music +? -al.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mju.z?.k?l/
Adjective
musical (comparative more musical, superlative most musical)
- Of, belonging or relating to music, or to its performance or notation.
- Pleasing to the ear; sounding agreeably; having the qualities of music; melodious; harmonious.
- Fond of music; discriminating with regard to music; gifted or skilled in music.
- 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, 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, page 341
- Musical seats upon an airplane is not a game I recommend.
- 2006, Evelyn Palfrey, The Price of Passion, Simon and Schuster ?ISBN, 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, 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, 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, page 34
Derived terms
Related terms
- music
- musicality
- musically
Translations
Noun
musical (plural musicals)
- A stage performance, show or film that involves singing, dancing and musical numbers performed by the cast as well as acting.
- (probably archaic or obsolete) A meeting or a party for a musical entertainment; a musicale.
Translations
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /mu.zi?kal/
Adjective
musical (masculine and feminine plural musicals)
- musical
Derived terms
Noun
musical m (plural musicals)
- musical
Further reading
- “musical” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “musical” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “musical” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “musical” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from English musical.
Noun
musical c (singular definite musicalen, plural indefinite musicaler or musicals)
- A musical.
Inflection
Alternative forms
- musikal
Derived terms
- film-musical
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /my.zi.kal/
Adjective
musical (feminine singular musicale, masculine plural musicaux, feminine plural musicales)
- musical
Derived terms
- chaises musicales
- comédie musicale
- scie musicale
Related terms
- musique
Further reading
- “musical” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- musclai
Galician
Adjective
musical m or f (plural musicais)
- musical; of or pertaining to music
Synonyms
- (musical): músico
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from English musical.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?mjuzik?l]
- Hyphenation: mu?si?cal
- Rhymes: -?l
Noun
musical (plural musicalek)
- musical (a show or film which involves singing, dancing and musical numbers)
Declension
References
Interlingua
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [muzik?al]
Adjective
musical
- musical (relating to music)
Synonyms
- music
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English musical.
Noun
musical m (invariable)
- musical
Occitan
Adjective
musical m (feminine singular musicala, masculine plural musicals, feminine plural musicalas)
- musical (of or relating to music)
- musical (pleasing to the ear)
Derived terms
- musicalitat
Related terms
- musica
Piedmontese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /myzi?kal/
- Rhymes: -al
Adjective
musical
- musical
Related terms
- mùsica
Polish
Etymology
From English musical, from Middle English musical, from Old French, from Medieval Latin m?sic?lis, from Latin m?sica + -?lis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mju?zi.kal/
Noun
musical m inan
- (film, music, theater) musical (stage performance, show or film)
Declension
Derived terms
- (adjective) musicalowy
Further reading
- musical in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- musical in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
música (“music”) +? -al (“adjective-forming suffix”).
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mu.zi.?ka?/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /mu.zi.?kaw/
- Hyphenation: mu?si?cal
Adjective
musical m or f (plural musicais, comparable)
- musical (of or relating to music)
- musical (pleasing to the ear)
- Synonyms: melodioso, melódico
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:musical.
Noun
musical m (plural musicais)
- musical (stage performance, show or film that focuses on singing and dancing)
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:musical.
Related terms
- músico
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /musi?kal/, [mu.si?kal]
- Hyphenation: mu?si?cal
Adjective
musical (plural musicales)
- musical
Noun
musical m (plural musicales)
- musical
Derived terms
Related terms
- música
Further reading
- “musical” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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detune
English
Alternative forms
- de-tune (music)
Etymology
de- +? tune.
Verb
detune (third-person singular simple present detunes, present participle detuning, simple past and past participle detuned)
- (music) To intentionally lower or raise the pitch produced by a musical instrument. Often done to produce sounds not normally possible, or in the case of stringed instruments to reduce tension for the purposes of shipping or maintenance.
- Synonym: untune
- Some avant-garde composers request that performers detune their instruments before playing.
- (electronics) To alter the capacitance of a circuit such that its resonant frequency differs from the incoming frequency.
Translations
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [de?tune]
Verb
detune
- third-person singular present subjunctive of detuna
- third-person plural present subjunctive of detuna
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