musical
/ˈmju.zɪ.kəl/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.51 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of, belonging or relating to music, or to its performance or notation.
adj
Fond of music; discriminating with regard to music; gifted or skilled in music.
adj
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.
noun
A stage performance, show or film that involves singing, dancing and musical numbers performed by the cast as well as acting.
noun
A meeting or a party for a musical entertainment; a musicale.
Example Sentences
- "musical proportion"
- "musical instruments"
- "She had a musical voice."
- "having a musical ear"
- "The child is musical."
- "Musical beds is the faculty sport around here."
Etymology
From Middle English musical, from Old French [Term?], from Medieval Latin mūsicālis, from Latin mūsica (“music”) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives); equivalent to music + -al.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Music.
Inflected Forms
more musical (comparative)
most musical (superlative)
musicall (alternative, obsolete)
musicals (plural)