musicien

French

Etymology

From musique (“music”) +‎ -ien.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /my.zi.sjɛ̃/

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Noun

musicien m (plural musiciens, feminine musicienne)

1. musician

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: mizisyen
• → Persian: موزیسین (muzisiyan)
• → Turkish: müzisyen

Further reading

• “musicien”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• muscicien, musician, musicion, musicyen, musissien, musycion, musycyen, musyssyen

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French musicien; equivalent to musike +‎ -ien.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miu̯ˌzisiˈɛːn/, /miu̯ˈzisi.ɛn/, /miu̯ˈzisjən/

Noun

musicien (plural musiciens) (uncommon)

1. A performer of music; a musician.

   Synonyms: (rare) musiker, mynstral

2. One who writes music; a composer.

Hyponyms

• organistre
• organer

References

• “mūsicien, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-02.

Norman

Etymology

mûsique (“music”) +‎ -ien

Noun

musicien m (plural musiciens, feminine musicienne)

1. (Jersey) musician