musikant

See also: Musikant

Afrikaans

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: mu‧si‧kant

Noun

musikant (plural musikante)

1. musician

Descendants

• → Zulu: umaskanda
  • → English: maskanda

Swedish

Etymology

Ultimately from Medieval Latin mūsicāns, present participle of mūsicō (“to play music”), perhaps via German Musikant.

Noun

musikant c

1. musician

Declension

Declension of musikant

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	musikant	musikants
	definite	musikanten	musikantens
plural	indefinite	musikanter	musikanters
	definite	musikanterna	musikanternas

Synonyms

• musiker

Further reading

• “musikant”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)