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English
Etymology
From classical + music.
Noun
classical music (usually uncountable, plural classical musics)
- (music) Music of the classical period; the music of Mozart, Haydn, etc; the musical period before the romantic.
- (music) The more serious forms of music, taught through formal education and performed according to strict rules, as opposed to folk music or popular music.
Translations
music of the classical period
- Afrikaans: klassieke musiek
- Arabic: مُوسِيقَى كْلَاسِيكِيَّة f (mūsīqā klāsīkiyya)
- Azerbaijani: klassik musiqi
- Belarusian: класі́чная му́зыка f (klasíčnaja múzyka), клясы́чная му́зыка f (kljasýčnaja múzyka) (Taraškievica), кла́сіка f (klásika), кля́сыка f (kljásyka) (Taraškievica)
- Bulgarian: класи́ческа му́зика f (klasíčeska múzika)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 古典音樂／古典音乐 (zh) (gǔdiǎn yīnyuè), 古典樂／古典乐 (zh) (gǔdiǎnyuè)
- Corsican: musica classica f
- Czech: klasická hudba (cs) f
- Danish: klassisk musik c
- Dutch: klassieke muziek f
- Esperanto: klasika muziko
- Finnish: klassinen musiikki (fi)
- French: musique classique (fr) f, classique (fr) m
- Galician: música clásica (gl) f
- Georgian: კლასიკური მუსიკა (ḳlasiḳuri musiḳa)
- German: Klassik (de) f, Klassische Musik f
- Greek: κλασική μουσική f (klasikí mousikí)
- Irish: ceol clasaiceach m
- Italian: musica classica (it) f
- Japanese: クラシック音楽 (クラシックおんがく, kurasshiku ongaku), クラシック (kurasshiku), 古典音楽 (こてんおんがく, koten ongaku)
- Korean: 고전 음악 (gojeon eumak), 클래식 음악 (keullaesik eumak), 클래식 (ko) (keullaesik)
- Macedonian: класицистичка музика f (klasicistička muzika), класична музика f (klasična muzika)
- Manx: ard-chiaull
- Maori: puoro ōkawa
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: klassisk musikk m
- Persian: موسیقی کلاسیک (fa) (musiqi-ye kelâsik)
- Polish: muzyka poważna f
- Portuguese: música clássica (pt) f
- Romanian: muzică clasică f
- Russian: класси́ческая му́зыка (ru) f (klassíčeskaja múzyka), кла́ссика (ru) f (klássika)
- Sardinian: musica classica f
- Scots: classical muisic
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: класична музика f, класична глазба f
- Roman: klasična muzika f, klasična glasba f
- Sicilian: mùsica clàssica f
- Slovak: klasická hudba f
- Slovene: klasična glasba f
- Spanish: música clásica (es) f
- Swahili: muziki wa klasiki
- Swedish: klassisk musik c
- Turkish: klasik müzik
- Ukrainian: класи́чна му́зика f (klasýčna múzyka), кла́сика f (klásyka)
- Uzbek: klassik musiqa
- Vietnamese: nhạc cổ điển
- West Frisian: klassike muzyk f
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