música

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mūsica, from Ancient Greek μουσική (mousikḗ, “of a Muse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmusika/,
• Rhymes: -usika
• Hyphenation: mu‧si‧ca

Noun

música f (uncountable)

1. music (sound, organized in time in a melodious way)

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mūsica, from Ancient Greek μουσική (mousikḗ, “of a Muse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

• Audio

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Noun

música f (plural músiques)

1. music
2. female equivalent of músic

Derived terms

• musical

Adjective

música

1. feminine singular of músic

Further reading

• “música” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Etymology

Attested since circa 1300. Borrowed from Latin mūsica, from Ancient Greek μουσική (mousikḗ, “of a Muse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

música f (plural músicas)

1. music
   • c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Archivum, page 16:

     Jubal [...] achou primeyramẽte a arte de musica que he arte de cantar et de fazer sones.

     Jubal was the first to find the art of music, which is the art of singing and making sounds

2. female equivalent of músico (“musician”)

Adjective

música f sg

1. feminine singular of músico

References

• “musica” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “musica” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “música” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “música” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “música” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mūsica, borrowed from Ancient Greek μουσική (mousikḗ, “of a Muse”), derived from Μοῦσα (Moûsa, “Muse”). By surface analysis, musa +‎ -ica.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uzikɐ
• Hyphenation: mú‧si‧ca

Noun

música f (plural músicas)

1. music (melodic and rhythmic sounds made as art)

   Synonym: (informal) som

   Que tipo de música você gosta mais?

   What kind of music do you like the most?

2. song (any musical composition)

   Synonym: canção

   Esta música me lembra de minha infância

   This song reminds me of my childhood.

3. female equivalent of músico (“female musician”)
4. music; musicology (the study of music)

   Synonym: musicologia

5. (figurative) music (any pleasing arrangement of sounds)

   Antonyms: ruído, barulho, cacofonia

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:música.

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• Papiamentu: musika
• → Tetum: muzika

Adjective

música

1. feminine singular of músico

Spanish

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música

Wikipedia ^es

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mūsica, from Ancient Greek μουσική (τέχνη) (mousikḗ (tékhnē), “(art) of the Muses”). Compare the doublet murga, which probably resulted from a semi-popular form of the word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmusika/

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -usika
• Syllabification: mú‧si‧ca

Noun

música f (plural músicas)

1. music
2. female equivalent of músico, (female) musician

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• → Basque: musika
• → Chayuco Mixtec: mazica
• → Hiligaynon: musika
• → Ilocano: musika
• → Tagalog: musika

Adjective

música f

1. feminine singular of músico

Further reading

• “músico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014