musicology
/mjuːzɪˈkɒlədʒi/
musicology noun: the scholarly or scientific study of music, as in historical research, music theory, or the physical nature of sound.
Noun
musicology (usually uncountable, plural musicologies)
- The scholarly or scientific study of music, as in historical research, music theory, or the physical nature of sound.
musicology meaning in Kannada, Tagalog, Arabic and Indonesian
musicology in Kannada
- ಹಾಡಿಕೆಯರಿಮೆ
musicology in Tagalog
- study of music
- musikolohiya
musicology in Arabic
- study of music
- علم الموسيقى ʕilm al-mūsīqā
musicology in Indonesian
- study of music
- musikologi
More languagesFewer languages
- musicology in Persian
- موسیقیشناسی musiqi-šenâsi
- musicology in Vietnamese
- âm nhạc học
- musicology in Myanmar
- ဂီတပညာ gita.pa.nya, ဂီတဗေဒ gita.beda.
Forms of musicology
| plural | musicologies |
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Origin of musicology
From music + -logy.
Words formed from musicology
Words that rhyme with musicology
- homology
- topology
- technology
- mythology
- ontology
- theology
- typology
- aetiology
- anthology
- archaeology
- biology
- buttonology
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- etymology
- pathology
- phraseology
- psychology
- scatology
- tautology
- apology
- cosmology
- cryptology
- ecology
- neurology
- teleology
- aerology
- anthropology
- arcology
- Christology
- cohomology
- cosmetology
- cytology
- deontology
- epistemology
- eschatology
- ethology
- eucology
- geology
- gerontology
- graphology
- haplology
- heterology
- hydrology
- ideology
- lepidopterology
- oology
- phonology
- radiology
- tricknology
- xenobiology
- zoology
- zymology
- acanthology
- acarology
- accidentology
- acology
- acridology
- actinology
- aeromycology
- alcohology
- appropriate technology
Questions about musicology
- What does musicology mean?
- Musicology means the scholarly or scientific study of music, as in historical research, music theory, or the physical nature of sound.
- What is musicology in Kannada?
- Musicology in Kannada is ಹಾಡಿಕೆಯರಿಮೆ. See Musicology meaning in Kannada.
- What part of speech is musicology?
- Musicology is a noun.
- How do you pronounce musicology?
- Musicology is pronounced /mjuːzɪˈkɒlədʒi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of musicology?
- The plural of musicology is musicologies.
Words near musicology in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: musicology (page history and authors); musicology (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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