"musical" in seven languages
Meaningmusical
Spanish
musical
/musiˈkal/
learned
French
musical
/myzikal/
learned
A musical instrument is un instrument de musique.
Italian
musicale
/muziˈkale/
learned
Portuguese
musical
/muziˈkaw/
learned
Romanian
muzical
/muziˈkal/
learned
Catalan
musical
/muziˈkal/
learned
English
musical
/ˈmjuzɪkəl/
from Latin/French · Old French musical, from Medieval Latin MŪSICĀLIS
English → ItalianmusicalmusicaleCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
MŪSICĀLEM (Medieval Latin)‘of music’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
From Greek mousikḗ 'the art of the Muses'. The stage show is el musical, la comédie musicale, il musical.
English relatives: music, musician, muse, museum
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In a sentence
- esViene de una familia muy musical.
- frElle vient d'une famille très musicale.
- itViene da una famiglia molto musicale.
- ptEla vem de uma família muito musical.
- roVine dintr-o familie foarte muzicală.
- caVe d'una família molt musical.
- enShe comes from a very musical family.
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