musical
Syllables: mu·si·cal/ˈmju.zɪ.kəl/
musical adjective: of, belonging or relating to music, or to its performance or notation.
Adjective
musical (comparative more musical, superlative most musical)
- Of, belonging or relating to music, or to its performance or notation.
- musical proportion
- musical instruments
- Pleasing to the ear; sounding agreeably; having the qualities of music; melodious; harmonious.
- She had a musical voice.
- Fond of music; discriminating with regard to music; gifted or skilled in music.
- having a musical ear
- The child is musical.
- 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.
- Musical beds is the faculty sport around here.1962, Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?: A Play, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 34
- Musical seats upon an airplane is not a game I recommend.2004, Mike Bright, A Dream Realized: A Collection of Poems by Cowboy Mike Bright, Xulon Press, →ISBN, page 341
Noun
musical (plural musicals)
- A stage performance, show or film that involves singing, dancing and musical numbers performed by the cast as well as acting.
- It is unthinkable for a straight play to enjoy a life span like those of the blockbuster musicals or to earn such astronomical grosses.2004, Steven Adler, On Broadway: Art and Commerce on the Great White Way, SIU Press, →ISBN, page 221
- A meeting or a party for a musical entertainment; a musicale.
musical meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
musical in Hindi
- stage performance, show or film
- म्यूज़िकल myūzikal
musical in Tamil
- இசையான, இசை
musical in Marathi
- संगीतमय
musical in Urdu
- musical
- سریلا surīlā
More languagesFewer languages
- musical in Bengali
- সুরেলা śurela
- musical in Malayalam
- സംഗീത saṅgīta
- musical in Kannada
- ಮ್ಯೂಸಿಕಲ್, ಸಂಗೀತಮಯ
- musical in Punjabi
- ਸੰਗੀਤਕ
- musical in Gujarati
- સંગીતમય
- musical in Odia
- ମ୍ଯ଼ୁଜିକାଲ୍, ମ୍ଯ଼ୁଜିକାଲ
- musical in Nepali
- साङ्गीतिक, सङ्गीतमय, म्युजिकल
- musical in Arabic
- مُوسِيقِيّ mūsīqiyy, مَسْرَح مُوسِيقِيّ masraḥ mūsīqiyy
- musical in Malay
- muzikal, muzik, teater muzikal
- musical in Persian
- موسیقایی musiqâyi, تئاتر موزیکال te'âtr-e muzikâl
- musical in Thai
- ดนตรี don-dtrii, ละครเพลง, มิวสิคัล
- musical in Vietnamese
- âm nhạc, nhạc kịch
- musical in Myanmar
- ဂီတ gita.
Examples of musical in a sentence
- “Sounds like y'all are playing musical houses.2006, Evelyn Palfrey, The Price of Passion, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 441:
- Among my small circle of college friends, and even more so among the volunteers here, couples are so often changing places, people playing musical lovers.2014, Tyler McMahon, Kilometer 99: A Novel, St. Martin's Griffin, →ISBN, page 138:
Forms of musical
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more musical |
| superlative | most musical |
| alternative form (obsolete) | musicall |
| Noun | |
| plural | musicals |
Origin of musical
From Middle English musical, from Old French [Term?], from Medieval Latin mūsicālis, from Latin mūsica (“music”) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives); equivalent to music + -al.
Words formed from musical
- amusical
- antimusical
- biomusical
- dramatico-musical
- dramaticomusical
- electromusical
- ethnomusical
- extramusical
- immusical
- ludomusical
- minimusical
- multimusical
- musical bow
- musical box
- musical chairs
- musical comedy
- musical ear syndrome
- musical film
- musical glasses
- musical instrument
- musical interval
- musicalise
- musicalization
- musicalize
- musicalness
- musical notation
- musical saw
- musical sawist
- musical scale
- musical statues
- musical theater
- musical theatre
- musical theory
- musical time
- nonmusical
- philomusical
- premusical
- pseudomusical
- pyromusical
- quasimusical
- sociomusical
- theory of musical equilibration
- unmusical
- 2.5D musical
- dancical
- jukebox musical
- megamusical
- Seussical
- supermusical
Phrases with musical
Questions about musical
- What does musical mean?
- Musical means of, belonging or relating to music, or to its performance or notation.
- What is musical in Hindi?
- Musical in Hindi is म्यूज़िकल (myūzikal). See Musical meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use musical in a sentence?
- “Sounds like y'all are playing musical houses.
- What part of speech is musical?
- Musical can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce musical?
- Musical is pronounced /ˈmju.zɪ.kəl/.
Words near musical in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: musical (page history and authors); musical (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); musical (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); سریلا (Urdu) (page history and authors); সুরেলা (Bengali) (page history and authors); musical (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); musical (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); musical (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); musical (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); musical (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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