music

See also: Music, Musić, and músic

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Alternative forms

musick, musicke, musique (all obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English musik, musike, borrowed from Anglo-Norman musik, musike, Old French musique, and their source Latin mūsica, from Ancient Greek μουσική (mousikḗ)

Pronunciation

enPR: myo͞oʹzĭk
- (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmjuːzɪk/
- (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmjuzɪk/
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Rhymes: -uːzɪk

Noun

music (usually uncountable, plural musics)

A series of sounds organized in time, employing melody, harmony, tempo etc. usually to convey a mood.
I keep listening to this music because it's a masterpiece.
- 2013 November 22, Ian Sample, “Music lessons in early childhood may improve brain's performance”, in The Guardian Weekly‎^[1], volume 189, number 24, page 32:
  Music lessons in early childhood lead to changes in the brain that could improve its performance far into adulthood, researchers say.
(figuratively) Any pleasing or interesting sounds.
- 1856, John Esten Cooke, The Virginia Comedians‎^[2], page 247:
  “Oh! this was very kind,” she said, with that simplicity and tenderness, which at times made her voice pure music, “I could not have expected you so soon.”
An art form, created by organizing of pitch, rhythm, and sounds made using musical instruments and sometimes singing.
A guide to playing or singing a particular tune; sheet music.
(military, slang) Electronic signal jamming.
(US, slang, dated) Heated argument.
(US, slang, dated) Fun; amusement.

Synonyms

melody
vibe

Derived terms

Translations

sound, organized in time in a melodious way

Abkhaz: амузика (amuzikʼa)
Afrikaans: musiek (af)
Albanian: muzikë (sq) f
Amharic: ሙዚቃ ? (muziḳa)
Arabic: مُوسِيقَى f (mūsīqā), مُوسِيقَا (ar) f (mūsīqā), طَرَب (ar) m (ṭarab)
Hijazi Arabic: مُسيقى f (musīgā)
Aragonese: mosica (an) f
Armenian: երաժշտություն (hy) (eražštutʻyun)
Aromanian: muzicã f
Asturian: música (ast) f
Azerbaijani: musiqi (az)
Bashkir: музыка (muzıka)
Basque: musika
Bavarian: Musi ?
Belarusian: му́зыка f (múzyka)
Bengali: সঙ্গীত (bn) (śoṅgit)
Breton: sonerezh m
Bulgarian: му́зика (bg) f (múzika)
Burmese: ဂီတ (my) (gita.)
Buryat: хүгжэм (xügžem)
Catalan: música (ca) f
Old Catalan: musica f
Chechen: музыка (muzyka), эшар (ešar)
Cherokee: ᏗᎧᏃᎩᏛ (dikanogidv)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 音樂／音乐 (jam¹ ngok⁶), 音乐 (jam¹ ngok⁶)

Dungan: йинйүә (yinyüə)

Hakka: 音樂／音乐, 音乐 (yîm-ngo̍k)

Mandarin: 音樂／音乐 (zh) (yīnyuè), 音乐 (zh) (yīnyuè)

Min Dong: 音樂／音乐 (ĭng-ngŏk), 音乐 (ĭng-ngŏk)

Min Nan: 音樂／音乐 (zh-min-nan), 音乐 (im-ga̍k)

Wu: 音樂／音乐 (¹in-yaq), 音乐 (in hhiaq)
Chuvash: кӗвӗ (kĕvĕ), мусӑк (mus̬ăk)
Coptic: ⲟⲩⲗⲗⲉ ? (oulle)
Cornish: musik f, ilow f
Corsican: musica (co) f
Czech: hudba (cs) f, muzika (cs) f
Danish: musik (da) c
Dhivehi: މިއުޒިކް (miuzik̊)
Dutch: muziek (nl) f
Elfdalian: musik m
Erzya: музыка (muzika)
Esperanto: muziko (eo)
Estonian: muusika (et)
Faroese: tónleikur m
Finnish: musiikki (fi)
French: musique (fr) f
Old French: musique f, musike f

Middle French: musique f
Friulian: musiche f
Galician: música (gl) f
Georgian: მუსიკა (ka) (musiḳa)
German: (sound, composition) Musikstück (de), Musik (de); (art) Musik (de) f, Tonkunst (de) f
Greek: μουσική (el) f (mousikí)
Ancient Greek: μουσική f (mousikḗ)
Greenlandic: nipilersorneq
Gujarati: સંગીત n (saṅgīt)
Haitian Creole: mizik
Hawaiian: mele (vocal), pila hoʻokani (instrumental)
Hebrew: מוּזִיקָה (he) f (múzika)
Hiligaynon: musika
Hindi: संगीत (hi) m (saṅgīt)
Hungarian: zene (hu), muzsika (hu)
Icelandic: tónlist (is), músík (is) (possibly nonstandard, slightly dated)
Ido: muziko (io)
Indonesian: musik (id)
Irish: ceol (ga) m
Old Irish: ceól n
Italian: musica (it) f
Japanese: 音楽 (ja) (おんがく, ongaku), ミュージック (myūjikku)
Javanese: musik
Kalmyk: көгҗм (kögjm)
Kannada: ಸಂಗೀತ (kn) (saṅgīta)
Kashmiri: موسیٖقی ? (mōsīqī)
Kashubian: mùzyka f
Kazakh: музыка (kk) (muzyka), саз (saz)
Khmer: ភ្លេង (km) (phleing), តន្ត្រី (dɑntrəy)
Korean: 음악 (ko) (eumak) (音樂 (ko))
Kurdish:
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Sorani: موسیقی (musîqî), موسیقا (musîqa), مووزیک (mûzîk)
Kyrgyz: музыка (ky) (muzıka)
Ladino: muzika f, מוזיקה f
Lao: ດົນຕີ (lo) (don tī), ເພງ (phēng)
Latin: (art) mūsica f, musice f
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Latvian: mūzika f
Lithuanian: muzika (lt) f
Low German:
Dutch Low Saxon: meziek ?

German Low German: Musik ?
Luxembourgish: Musek (lb) f
Macedonian: музика f (muzika)
Malay: muzik, gita (archaic, now obsolete), bunyi-bunyian
Malayalam: സംഗീതം (ml) (saṅgītaṁ)
Maltese: mużika f
Manx: bingys m, kiaull m
Marathi: संगीत n (saṅgīt)
Middle English: musike, drem, song
Mongolian: хөгжим (mn) (xögžim)
Nahuatl: cuīcayōtl (nah), kuikayotl (nah)
Nepali: संगीत (saṅgīt)
Norman: musique f (continental Normandy), mûsique f (Jersey)
Northern Sami: musihkka
Norwegian: musikk (no) m
Occitan: musica (oc) f
Okinawan: 音楽 (うんがく, ungaku)
Old English: drēam m, sōncræft m
Old Occitan: muzica f
Old Polish: gędźba f
Old Portuguese: musica f
Oriya: ସଂଗୀତ (or) (sôṅgitô)
Ossetian: музыкӕ (muzykæ)
Pashto: موسيقي f (musiqi)
Persian: موسیقی (fa) (musiqi), موزیک (fa) (muzik)
Picard: musique f
Polish: muzyka (pl) f
Portuguese: música (pt) f
Punjabi: ਸੰਗੀਤ (pa) m (saṅgīt)
Romanian: muzică (ro) f
Romansch: musica f
Russian: му́зыка (ru) f (múzyka)
Rusyn: музика f (muzyka)
Sardinian: musica f
Sanskrit: सङ्गीत (sa) n (saṅgīta)
Scots: muisic
Scottish Gaelic: ceòl m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: му̀зика f, гла̀зба f

Roman: mùzika (sh) f, glàzba (sh) f
Sicilian: mùsica (scn) f
Sindhi: ميوزڪ ?
Sinhalese: සංගීතය ? (saṁgītaya)
Slovak: hudba f, muzika f
Slovene: glasba (sl) f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: muzika f

Upper Sorbian: hudźba f
Spanish: música (es) f
Old Spanish: musica
Sranan Tongo: poku
Swahili: muziki (sw) ?, mziki (sw) ?
Swedish: musik (sv) c
Tagalog: musika (tl), palalinigan
Tajik: мусиқӣ (tg) (musiqī)
Tamil: சங்கீதம் (ta) (caṅkītam), இசை (ta) (icai)
Tatar: музыка (muzıqa)
Telugu: సంగీతం (te) (saṅgītaṁ)
Thai: ดนตรี (th) (don-dtrii), เพลง (th) (pleeng)
Tibetan: རོལ་གཞས (rol gzhas)
Tigrinya: ሙዚቃ (muziḳa)
Tofa: һобус
Turkish: müzik (tr)
Turkmen: saz
Tuvan: хөгжүм (xögjüm), музыка (muzıka), аялга (ayalga)
Ukrainian: музи́ка (uk) f (muzýka)
Urdu: سنگیت m (sangīt), موسیقی f (moseqī)
Uyghur: مۇزىكا (muzika)
Uzbek: musiqa (uz), muzika (uz)
Venetian: mùxega f
Vietnamese: âm nhạc (vi) (音樂)
Volapük: musig (vo)
Walloon: muzike (wa) f
Welsh: cerddoriaeth (cy) f
West Frisian: muzyk (fy) ?
Western Panjabi: موسیقی ?
Yakut: музыка (muzıka)
Yiddish: מוזיק f (muzik)
Yoruba: orin
Zhuang: yinhyoz

any pleasing or interesting sounds

Armenian: երաժշտություն (hy) (eražštutʻyun)
Bengali: ^{(please verify)} গান (gan)
Catalan: música (ca) f
Czech: hudba (cs) f
Danish: musik (da) c
Dutch: muziek (nl) f
Estonian: muusika (et)
Finnish: musiikki (fi)
German: Musik (de) f
Greek: μουσική (el) f (mousikí)
Hungarian: zene (hu), muzsika (hu)
Irish: ceol (ga) m
Japanese: 音楽 (ja)
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Macedonian: му́зика f (múzika)
Nahuatl: tlatzotzonaliztli (nah)
Norwegian: musikk (no) m
Portuguese: música (pt) f
Romanian: muzică (ro) f, melodie (ro) f
Russian: му́зыка (ru) f (múzyka)
Scottish Gaelic: ceòl m
Slovene: glasba (sl) f
Spanish: música (es) f
Swahili: muziki (sw) ?
Swedish: musik (sv) c
Telugu: మృదుధ్వని (mr̥dudhvani)
West Frisian: muzyk (fy) ?

sheet music

Chinese:
Mandarin: 樂譜／乐谱 (zh) (yuèpǔ), 乐谱 (zh) (yuèpǔ)
Czech: notace f, partitura f
Danish: noder pl
Dutch: bladmuziek (nl) f, partituur (nl) f
Estonian: noodipaber
Finnish: nuotit (fi) pl
French: partition (fr) f
German: Noten (de) f pl
Greek: παρτιτούρα (el) f (partitoúra), νότες (el) f pl (nótes)
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Hungarian: kotta (hu)
Italian: spartito (it) m, partitura f
Japanese: 楽譜 (ja) (gakufu), 音楽 (ja)
Macedonian: ноти f pl (noti), партиту́ра f (partitúra)
Norwegian: noter pl
Portuguese: partitura (pt) f
Romanian: partitură (ro) f
Russian: но́ты (ru) f pl (nóty)
Scottish Gaelic: ceòl m
Slovak: noty f pl, hudobnina f
Spanish: música (es) f

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Translations to be checked

Alabama: ^{(please verify)} olaachi
Azerbaijani: ^{(please verify)} not (az), ^{(please verify)} musiqi (az)
Bengali: ^{(please verify)} বাজনা (bajn)
Breton: ^{(please verify)} sonerezh m, ^{(please verify)} muzik m
Chamorro: ^{(please verify)} música, ^{(please verify)} dandan
Dutch Low Saxon: ^{(please verify)} meziek ?
Gilbertese: ^{(please verify)} te katangitang
Haitian Creole: ^{(please verify)} mizik
Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} מוסיקה (he) f (musika), ^{(please verify)} מוזיקה (he) f (muzika)
Hiligaynon: ^{(please verify)} lanton
Hindi: ^{(please verify)} संगीत विद्या m (saṅgīt vidyā), ^{(please verify)} संगीत (hi) m (saṅgīt), ^{(please verify)} राग (hi) m (rāg), ^{(please verify)} लय (hi) f (lay), ^{(please verify)} ताल (hi) m (tāl), ^{(please verify)} सुर (hi) m (sur), ^{(please verify)} सुस्वर (hi) ? (susvar), ^{(please verify)} तालैक्य ? (tālaikya)
Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} tónlist (is)
Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} musica
Korean: ^{(please verify)} 음악 (ko) (eumak) (^{(please verify)} 音樂 (ko))
Latin: ^{(please verify)} mūsica f
Latvian: ^{(please verify)} mūzika f
Macedonian: ^{(please verify)} музика f (muzika)
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Malagasy: ^{(please verify)} mozika (mg)
Malayalam: ^{(please verify)} സംഗീതം (ml) (saṅgītaṁ)
Maltese: ^{(please verify)} mużika f
Marathi: ^{(please verify)} संगीत ? (saṅgīt)
Nahuatl: ^{(please verify)} cuīcayōtl (nah)
Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} musikk (no) m
Old English: ^{(please verify)} drēam m
Persian: ^{(please verify)} آهنگ (fa) (âhang), ^{(please verify)} خنیا (fa) (xoniyâ)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ^{(please verify)} гла̀зба f, ^{(please verify)} му̀зика f

Roman: ^{(please verify)} glàzba (sh) f, ^{(please verify)} mùzika (sh) f
Telugu: ^{(please verify)} సంగీతం (te) (saṅgītaṁ)
Thai: ^{(please verify)} ดนตรี (th) (dondtree)
Turkish: ^{(please verify)} müzik (tr)
Yiddish: ^{(please verify)} מוזיק f (muzik)

Verb

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(transitive) To seduce or entice with music.

References

“music”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
“music”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Interlingua

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈmuzik]

Adjective

music (comparative plus music, superlative le plus music)

musical, of, or pertaining to music.

Synonyms

musical

Middle English

Noun

music (plural musics)

Alternative form of musike

References

“mūsik(e (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-01.

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