Dictionary Definition
musical adj
1 characterized by or capable of producing music;
"a musical evening"; "musical instruments"
2 talented in or devoted to music; "comes from a
very musical family" [ant: unmusical]
3 characteristic of or resembling or accompanied
by music; "a musical speaking voice"; "a musical comedy" [ant:
unmusical]
4 containing or constituting or characterized by
pleasing melody; "the melodious song of a meadowlark" [syn:
melodious, melodic] [ant: unmelodious] n : a play or
film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and
dancing [syn: musical
comedy, musical
theater]
User Contributed Dictionary
see Musical
English
Etymology
- musical < Latin musicalis < Ancient Greek μουσικός < μουσική (= music)
Pronunciation
Adjective
Related terms
Translations
of or relating to music
- Dutch: muzikaal
- Finnish: musiikki-, musiikillinen
- Greek: μουσικός, μουσική, μουσικό
- Serbian: glazbenski, glazbenik
- Slovene: glasben , glasbena , glasbeno
- Swedish: musik-
gifted or skilled in music
pleasing to the ear
- ttbc German: musikalisch
- ttbc Romanian: muzical
Noun
- a stage performance, show or film which involves singing, dancing and musical numbers performed by the cast as well as acting.
Translations
stage performance, show or film
- Bulgarian: мюзикъл
- Croatian: mjuzikl
- Czech: muzikál
- Dutch: musical
- Finnish: musikaali
- German: Musical
- Greek: μιούζικαλ
- Hebrew: מחזמר
- Macedonian: мјузикл
- Slovene: muzikal , mjuzikl
- Swedish: musikal , musikalfilm
- Yiddish: מיוזיקל , מוזיקאַלישער ספּעקטאַקל
Interlingua
IPA: [muzikˈal]
Adjective
musicalExtensive Definition
Musical is the adjective form of music. It may also refer to:
- Musical theatre, a live theatrical show on stage where the drama progresses by means of music, song and (often) dance
- Musical film, the film analog of the musical theatre
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Broadway musical, Singspiel, Thalia, achingly sweet, agreeable, agreeable-sounding,
appealing, ariose, arioso, arlequinade, ballad opera,
ballet, ballet
divertissement, black comedy, blending, broad comedy,
burlesque, burletta, camp, canorous, cantabile, catchy, chiming, chorus show, comedie
bouffe, comedie larmoyante, comedie rosse, comedietta, comedy, comedy ballet, comedy of
humors, comedy of ideas, comedy of intrigue, comedy of manners,
comedy of situation, comedy relief, comic muse, comic opera, comic
relief, consonant,
dance drama, dark comedy, domestic comedy, dulcet, euphonic, euphonious, euphonous, exode, farce, farce comedy, fine-toned,
genteel comedy, golden,
golden-tongued, golden-voiced, grand opera, harlequinade, harmonic, harmonious, high camp,
honeyed, light comedy,
light opera, low camp, low comedy, lyric drama, lyrical, melic, mellifluent, mellifluous, mellisonant, mellow, melodic, melodious, mime, minstrel, minstrel show, music
drama, music-flowing, music-like, music-loving, musical comedy,
musical stage, musical theater, musically inclined, musicianly, musicophile, opera, opera ballet, opera bouffe,
opera buffa, operetta,
philharmonic,
pleasant,
pleasant-sounding, raw comedy, realistic comedy, rich, romantic comedy, satyr play,
sentimental comedy, silver-toned, silver-tongued, silver-voiced,
silvery, singable, situation comedy,
slapstick, slapstick
comedy, song-and-dance act, song-play, songful, songlike, sonorous, sweet, sweet-flowing,
sweet-sounding, symphonic, symphonious, tragicomedy, tunable, tuned, tuneful, virtuose, virtuosic, virtuoso