amusia
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English
Etymology
From Late Latin amusia, from Ancient Greek ἀμουσία (amousía, “without harmony”), from ἄμουσος (ámousos, “without song”). The Muses were nine daughters of Zeus and the goddesses of arts and sciences.
Noun
amusia (countable and uncountable, plural amusias)
- The inability to comprehend or respond to music.
Derived terms
Translations
the inability to comprehend or respond to music
Finnish
Etymology
Internationalism (see English amusia), ultimately from Late Latin amusia.
Pronunciation
Noun
amusia
Declension
| Inflection of amusia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | amusia | amusiat | |
| genitive | amusian | amusioiden amusioitten | |
| partitive | amusiaa | amusioita | |
| illative | amusiaan | amusioihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | amusia | amusiat | |
| accusative | nom. | amusia | amusiat |
| gen. | amusian | ||
| genitive | amusian | amusioiden amusioitten amusiain rare | |
| partitive | amusiaa | amusioita | |
| inessive | amusiassa | amusioissa | |
| elative | amusiasta | amusioista | |
| illative | amusiaan | amusioihin | |
| adessive | amusialla | amusioilla | |
| ablative | amusialta | amusioilta | |
| allative | amusialle | amusioille | |
| essive | amusiana | amusioina | |
| translative | amusiaksi | amusioiksi | |
| abessive | amusiatta | amusioitta | |
| instructive | — | amusioin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧mu‧si‧a
Noun
amusia f (uncountable)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “amusia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
Noun
amusia f (uncountable)
Further reading
- “amusia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28