musique

See also: musiqué and mûsique

English

Noun

musique (usually uncountable, plural musiques)

1. Obsolete form of music.

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /my.zik/
• IPA^(key): /my.zɪk/, /mʏ.zɪk/
• Homophones: musiques, musiquent

• Audio (France):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ik

Etymology 1

From Old French musique, reborrowed from Latin mūsica, borrowed from Ancient Greek μουσική (mousikḗ, “art of the Muses”), derived from Μοῦσα (Moûsa, “Muse”).

Noun

musique f (countable and uncountable, plural musiques)

1. music

Alternative forms

• zicmu, zikmu (Verlan)
• zik (clipping)

Related terms

• musicale
• musicien

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

musique

1. first/third-person singular present indicative of musiquer
2. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of musiquer
3. second-person singular imperative of musiquer

Further reading

• “musique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Middle English

Noun

musique (plural musiques)

1. 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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Norman

Alternative forms

• mûsique (Jersey)

Etymology

From Old French musique, from Latin musica, from Ancient Greek μουσική (mousikḗ, “art of the Muses”), derived from Μοῦσα (Moûsa, “Muse”).

Noun

musique f (plural musiques)

1. (France) music

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Old French

Alternative forms

• musike

Etymology

From Ancient Greek via Latin, see above.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /myˈzikə/

Noun

musique oblique singular, f (oblique plural musiques, nominative singular musique, nominative plural musiques)

1. music
   • circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     La tierce oevre fu de musique

     The third work was of music

Descendants

• Middle English: musike
  • English: music
• French: musique

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muˈsike/ [muˈsi.ke]

Verb

musique

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of musicar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of musicar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of musicar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of musicar.