musique
French
Etymology
From Old French musique, reborrowed from Latin mūsica, borrowed from Ancient Greek μουσική (mousikḗ, “art of the Muses”), derived from Μοῦσα (Moûsa, “Muse”).
Pronunciation
Verb
musique
Further reading
- “musique” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle English
References
- “mūsik(e (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-01.
Norman
Alternative forms
- mûsique (Jersey)
Etymology
From Old French musique, from Latin musica, from Ancient Greek μουσική (mousikḗ, “art of the Muses”), derived from Μοῦσα (Moûsa, “Muse”).
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek via Latin, see above.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /myˈzikə/
Noun
musique f (oblique plural musiques, nominative singular musique, nominative plural musiques)
- music
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, 'Érec et Énide':
- La tierce oevre fu de musique
- The third work was of music
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Spanish
Verb
musique
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