How do you pronounce musician?

The recorded pronunciation is /mjuˈzɪʃən/.

Where does musician come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

musician

/mjuˈzɪʃən/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.01 in modern English

Syllables: mu-si-cian
IPA: /mjuˈzɪʃən/

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Meaning

noun

A composer, conductor, or performer of music; specifically, a person who sings and/or plays a musical instrument as a hobby, occupation, or profession.

Example Sentences

"Jenny is a talented musician, playing the cello, saxophone, piano and guitar."
"He joined Little Jewford and other musicians — all with outlandish stage names, like Wichita Culpepper and Sky Cap Adams — to form Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys in 1973."
"Mr. Smith, a flesh-and-blood musician, produced A.I.-generated music and played it billions of times using bots he had programmed, according to the indictment."

Etymology

From Middle English musician, musicien, from Old French musicien (“musician”), equivalent to musike + -ien. By surface analysis, music + -ician.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: musician, musicien

Inflected Forms

musicians (plural) musitian (alternative, obsolete)

Derived Forms

ethnomusician musicianer musicianess musicianless musicianly musicianship muso nonmusician

Phrases

outsider musician pop musician session musician street musician musical instrument

Frequently Paired Words

:Category:Musicians musical instrument

Synonyms

musicianer musician musitian player instrumentalist

Rhymes With

position addition competition commission mission condition edition definition opposition permission tradition recognition