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English
Noun
musique (usually uncountable, plural musiques)
- Obsolete form of music.
See also
French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old French musique, borrowed from Latin mūsica, borrowed from Ancient Greek μουσική (mousikḗ, “art of the Muses”), derived from Μοῦσα (Moûsa, “Muse”).
Noun
musique f (countable and uncountable, plural musiques)
- music
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Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
musique
- inflection of musiquer:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
Middle English
Noun
musique
- Alternative form of musike
Norman
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French musique, from Latin musica, from Ancient Greek μουσική (mousikḗ, “art of the Muses”), derived from Μοῦσα (Moûsa, “Muse”).
Noun
musique f (plural musiques)
- (France) music
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin mūsica, borrowed from Ancient Greek μουσική (mousikḗ, “art of the Muses”), derived from Μοῦσα (Moûsa, “Muse”).
Pronunciation
Noun
musique oblique singular, f (oblique plural musiques, nominative singular musique, nominative plural musiques)
- music
Descendants
Portuguese
Verb
musique
- inflection of musicar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /muˈsike/
- Rhymes: -ike
- Syllabification: mu‧si‧que
Verb
musique
- inflection of musicar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative