What does musical mean?
Definitions for musical
ˈmyu zɪ kəlmu·si·cal
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word musical.
Princeton's WordNet
musical, musical comedy, musical theateradjective
a play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancing
musicaladjective
characterized by or capable of producing music
"a musical evening"; "musical instruments"
musicaladjective
talented in or devoted to music
"comes from a very musical family"
musicaladjective
characteristic of or resembling or accompanied by music
"a musical speaking voice"; "a musical comedy"
melodious, melodic, musicaladjective
containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody
"the melodious song of a meadowlark"
GCIDE
Musicalnoun
A drama in which music and song are prominent features; a musical drama or musical play; as, Oklahoma! was a breakthrough in the form and popularity of the musical.
Wiktionary
musicalnoun
a stage performance, show or film which involves singing, dancing and musical numbers performed by the cast as well as acting.
musicaladjective
Of or relating to music.
musicaladjective
Gifted or skilled in music.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Musicaladjective
Etymology: musical, Fr. from musick.
The merry birds
Chanted above their chearful harmony,
And made emongst themselves a sweet consort,
That quicken’d the dull sp’rit with musical comfort F. Qu.Sweet bird that shunn’st the noise of folly,
Most musical, most melancholly;
Thee chauntress oft the wood among,
I woo to hear thy even-song. John Milton.Neither is it enough to give his author’s sense, in poetical expressions and in musical numbers. Dryden.
Several musical instruments are to be seen in the hands of Apollo’s muses, which might give great light to the dispute between the ancient and modern music. Addison.
Wikipedia
Musical
Musical is the adjective of music.
ChatGPT
musical
Musical refers to anything that is related to or characterized by music, a form of art that uses sound and rhythm to express ideas and emotions. It can also refer to a genre of theater or film where a story is told primarily through songs and often accompanied by dancing. In general, it relates to the production, performance, study, or appreciation of music.
Webster Dictionary
Musicaladjective
of or pertaining to music; having the qualities of music; or the power of producing music; devoted to music; melodious; harmonious; as, musical proportion; a musical voice; musical instruments; a musical sentence; musical persons
Musicalnoun
music
Musicalnoun
a social entertainment of which music is the leading feature; a musical party
Etymology: [Cf. F. musical.]
Wikidata
Musical
The musical film is a film genre in which songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, though in some cases they serve merely as breaks in the storyline, often as elaborate "production numbers". The musical film was a natural development of the stage musical after the emergence of sound film technology. Typically, the biggest difference between film and stage musicals is the use of lavish background scenery and locations that would be impractical in a theater. Musical films characteristically contain elements reminiscent of theater; performers often treat their song and dance numbers as if there is a live audience watching. In a sense, the viewer becomes the deictic audience, as the performer looks directly into the camera and performs to it.
Editors Contribution
musical
The ability to create, dance, hear and move to music.
They had musical moments dancing together in each others arms.
Submitted by MaryC on March 7, 2020
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'musical' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3318
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'musical' in Adjectives Frequency: #460
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of musical in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of musical in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of musical in a Sentence
As unfortunate and unsettling as the incident was, Chappelle went on with the show, jamie Foxx and Chris Rock helped calm the crowd with humor before Chappelle introduced the last and featured musical guests for the evening.
I've always said, if you can comfortably manage a Broadway musical, you can manage anything. But I never tested that but it all works the same way, my actors are the nurses here. The ones giving the shots are the stars of our show. That's who we're promoting. And the rest of us who are working here, who are all industry people, are the crew that supports the actors in doing the show. Instead of doing an inventory of tickets, I'm doing an inventory of vaccines.
This whole life is so magical, musical. Magic happens, it simply happens and more when you believe that out of nowhere miracles will pop up & pop out, like you did one day on this earth. Let magic miracles pop-u-la-rise, allow them to happen and simply MickeyMize.
The band's offer to allow me to participate in this week's MusiCares and Grammy celebrations for red carpet photo ops only, is appreciated ; however, with a fill-in drummer playing on stage at two events honoring our collective musical contributions, it is extremely hurtful to me.
It will be an immersive experience, we're going to be building our own stage and it's going to be 360 degrees so you can see from anywhere in the arena and it should be really great visually. The sets we've designed are going to be reminiscent of some of the special moments in the show so it should be a great musical experience but also a great visual experience.
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- мюзикълBulgarian
- musicalCatalan, Valencian
- muzikálCzech
- sioe gerddWelsh
- musikal, musicalDanish
- MusicalGerman
- μιούζικαλ, μουσικόςGreek
- muzikema, muzikaEsperanto
- musicalSpanish
- موسیقیPersian
- musikaali, musikaalinen, musiikillinen, melodinen, sointuva, musiikkiFinnish
- comédie musicaleFrench
- ceoldráma, ceolmharIrish
- músicoGalician
- מחזמרHebrew
- մյուզիքլArmenian
- 音楽的な, ミュージカルの, ミュージカルJapanese
- მიუზიკლიGeorgian
- мјузиклMacedonian
- muzikalMalay
- mużikaliMaltese
- musikalNorwegian
- musical, muzikaalDutch
- musikalNorwegian Nynorsk
- melodioso, musical, musicista, melódicoPortuguese
- музыкальный, мюзиклRussian
- mjuzikl, glazbenski, glazbenikSerbo-Croatian
- glasben, muzikálen, mjuzikl, muzikalSlovene
- melodisk, välljudande, musikalisk, musikalfilm, musik-, musikalSwedish
- müzikalTurkish
- музичний, м'юзиклUkrainian
- âm nhạcVietnamese
- מוזיקאַלישער ספּעקטאַקל, מיוזיקלYiddish
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