música

See also: musica, mùsica, and mušica

Asturian

Etymology

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

Noun

música f (uncountable)

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

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Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈmu.zi.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈmu.zi.ka]

• 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.

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Galician

Galician medieval parchment with musical and lyrical compositions by Martin Codax

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmusikɐ]

Noun

música f (plural músicas)

1. music
   • c1300, R. Martínez López (ed.), 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. musician (female)

Related terms

• músico

Adjective

música f sg

1. feminine singular of músico

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “musica”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “musica”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “música”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “música”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “música”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmu.zi.kɐ/

• Hyphenation: mú‧si‧ca

Noun

música f (plural s)

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

   Que tipo de música você gosta mais?

   What kind of music do you like the most?

   Synonym: (informal) som

2. song (any musical composition)

   Esta música me lembra de minha infância

   This song reminds me of my childhood.

3. female equivalent of músico
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

• música absoluta
• música clássica
• música country
• música de câmara
• música folclórica
• música folk
• música house
• música para os ouvidos de
• música pop
• (augmentative) musicão
• musicar
• musicologia
• musicólogo
• (augmentative) musicona
• musiquear
• musiqueiro
• (diminutive) musiqueta
• (diminutive) musiquinha

 

Related terms

• musa
• musical
• musicista

 

Descendants

• Papiamentu: musika
• → Tetum: muzika

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Spanish

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/ [ˈmu.si.ka]
• Hyphenation: mú‧si‧ca

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

Adjective

música f

1. feminine singular of músico

Noun

música f (plural músicas)

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

Derived terms

• caja de música
• música house
• música pop
• música popular
• vete con la música a otra parte

 

Descendants

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

Related terms

• musa
• musical
• músico

Further reading

• “música”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16