music
English
/ˈmjuːzɪk/, /ˈmjuzɪk/
noun
Definitions
- A series of sounds organized in time, employing melody, harmony, tempo etc. usually to convey a mood.
- (figuratively) Any pleasing or interesting sounds.
- An art form, created by organizing of pitch, rhythm, and sounds made using and sometimes singing.
- A guide to playing or singing a particular tune; sheet music.
- (military) Electronic signal jamming.
- (US) Heated argument.
- (US) Fun; amusement.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English musik derived from musik derived from Old French musique (mosaic) derived from Latin mūsica (music) derived from Ancient Greek μουσική (of a Muse, art of the Muses).
Origin
Ancient Greek
μουσική
Gloss
of a Muse, art of the Muses
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- amusical English
- antimusic English
- antimusical English
- antivideo English
- biomusic English
- biomusical English
- chip English
- chipmusic English
- classical English
- classical music English
- disk English
- ecomusicology English
- ethnomusic English
- ethnomusical English
- ethnomusicologic English
- ethnomusicology English
- extramusical English
- immusical English
- logic English
- ludomusical English
- making English
- megamusical English
- micromusic English
- minimusical English
- miskin English
- multimusical English
- music video English
- musicaholic English
- musical English
- musicalise English
- musicality English
- musicalization English
- musicalize English
- musically English
- musicalness English
- musicaster English
- musicdisk English
- musicing English
- musicked English
- musicker English
- musicking English
- musicless English
- musiclessness English
- musiclike English
- musicmaking English
- musicness English
- musicographer English
- musicographic English
- musicography English
- musicologic English
- musicologist English
- musicology English
- musicophile English
- musicscape English
- musicstick English
- musiczine English
- nonmusic English
- nonmusical English
- nonvideo English
- philomusical English
- postvideo English
- pseudomusical English
- pyromusical English
- quasimusical English
- sociomusical English
- stick English
- supermusical English
- unmusical English
- veejay English
- vidcast English
- video English
- video gaming English
- video ho English
- video jockey English
- videoblogger English
- videoblogging English
- videoboard English
- videobook English
- videochat English
- videoconference English
- videocracy English
- videodisc English
- videoframe English
- videogenic English
- videography English
- videoholic English
- videoless English
- videolibrary English
- videolike English
- videolink English
- videomail English
- videomaker English
- videomaking English
- videophile English
- videophilia English
- videophobia English
- videophone English
- videoscreen English
- videotape English
- videotex English
- videozine English
- zine English
- zoomusicology English
- video Finnish
- musica Latin
- musicalis Latin
- mūsica Latin
- mūsicāle(m), mūsicālem Latin
- mūsicālis Latin
- videō Latin
- Musik German
- musical Hungarian
- muzsika Hungarian
- videó Hungarian
- mosaico Italian
- musica Italian
- musical Italian
- video Italian
- videomusic Italian
- muziek Dutch, Flemish
- video Dutch, Flemish
- musique French
- vidéo French
- му́зыка Russian
- видео Russian
- мюзикл Russian
- murga Spanish, Castilian
- música Spanish, Castilian
- μουσική Ancient Greek
- μουσική (τέχνη) Ancient Greek
- μουσῐκή Ancient Greek
- música Portuguese
- musik Swedish
- ミュージカル Japanese
- ミュージック Japanese
- ミュージックビデオ Japanese
- musical Polish
- muzyka Polish
- wideo Polish
- musical Middle English
- musicke Middle English
- musik Middle English
- musike Middle English
- musycke Middle English
- musical Danish
- musik Danish
- musikvideo Danish
- muzika Czech
- video Czech
- فيديو Arabic
- مُوسِيقَى Arabic
- musique Old French
- muzika Serbo-Croatian
- video Serbo-Croatian
- музика Serbo-Croatian
- música Catalan, Valencian
- vídeó Icelandic
- वीडियो Hindi
- música Galician
- วิดีโอ Thai
- βίντεο Greek (modern)
- μουσική Greek (modern)
- musica Old High German
- muzikar Ido
- bhidio Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- musique Norman
- muzik Malay
- музика Bulgarian
- ဗီဒီယို Burmese
- וידאו Hebrew (modern)
- מוזיקה Hebrew (modern)
- video Slovak
- muziki Swahili
- mwanamuziki Swahili
- musica Occitan
- 뮤지컬 Korean
- 뮤직비디오 Korean
- 비디오 Korean
- musica Romansh
- música Asturian
- musiche Friulian
- ভিডিও Bengali
- mùxega Venetian
- musik Tok Pisin
- musikel Tok Pisin
- musik xno
- wikiō Hawaiian
- މިއުޒިކް Divehi, Dhivehi, Maldivian
- myuusik Pitcairn-Norfolk
- zine
- chip
- disk
- video
- logic
- stick
- making
- miskin
- veejay
- vidcast
- musical
- amusical
- musicing
- nonmusic
- videotex
- biomusic
- video ho
- musicked
- nonvideo
- musicker
- musicless
- videozine
- unmusical
- antimusic
- chipmusic
- videolike
- musiczine
- musicking
- videobook
- videolink
- videotape
- musicness
- videochat
- antivideo
- videodisc
- videoless
- videomail
- immusical
- postvideo
- musically
- musiclike
- classical
- musicdisk
- musicalize
- biomusical
- videoboard
- musicality
- micromusic
- videogenic
- videophile
- nonmusical
- videophone
- ethnomusic
- musicstick
- musicaster
- musicology
- videocracy
- videoholic
- videomaker
- videoframe
- musicscape
- musicalise
- musicologic
- ludomusical
- videophilia
- videophobia
- musicmaking
- musicalness
- music video
- videoscreen
- videography
- musicophile
- antimusical
- musicaholic
- megamusical
- minimusical
- pyromusical
- videomaking
- supermusical
- musicologist
- multimusical
- quasimusical
- musicography
- philomusical
- videolibrary
- video gaming
- extramusical
- sociomusical
- ethnomusical
- video jockey
- videoblogger
- videoblogging
- musicographic
- musiclessness
- zoomusicology
- pseudomusical
- musicographer
- ecomusicology
- musicalization
- ethnomusicology
- classical music
- videoconference
- ethnomusicologic