musique
English edit
Noun edit
musique (usually uncountable, plural musiques)
See also edit
French edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /my.zik/
- (Quebec) IPA(key): /my.zɪk/, /mʏ.zɪk/
- Homophones: musiques, musiquent
Audio (France) (file) - Rhymes: -ik
Etymology 1 edit
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 edit
musique f (countable and uncountable, plural musiques)
Alternative forms edit
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Antillean Creole: mizik
- Haitian Creole: mizik
- ⇒ Guianese Creole: lanmizik
- ⇒ Seychellois Creole: lanmizik
- → Dutch: muziek
- → Luxembourgish: Musek
- → Persian: موزیک (muzik)
- → Turkish: müzik
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
musique
- inflection of musiquer:
Further reading edit
- “musique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English edit
Noun edit
musique
- Alternative form of musike
Norman edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old French musique, from Latin musica, from Ancient Greek μουσική (mousikḗ, “art of the Muses”), derived from Μοῦσα (Moûsa, “Muse”).
Noun edit
musique f (plural musiques)
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin mūsica, borrowed from Ancient Greek μουσική (mousikḗ, “art of the Muses”), derived from Μοῦσα (Moûsa, “Muse”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
musique oblique singular, f (oblique plural musiques, nominative singular musique, nominative plural musiques)
- music
- c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
- La tierce oevre fu de musique
- The third work was of music
Descendants edit
Portuguese edit
Verb edit
musique
- inflection of musicar:
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
musique
- inflection of musicar: