Meaning

8 senses
  1. Of or relating to the first class or rank, especially in literature or art.

    of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially their art, literature, or culture

  2. Of or pertaining to established principles in a discipline.

  3. Describing Western music and musicians of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

  4. (informal)Describing art music (rather than pop, jazz, blues, etc), especially when played using instruments of the orchestra.

    klassisch

  5. Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially to Greek or Roman authors of the highest rank, or of the period when their best literature was produced; of or pertaining to places inhabited by the ancient Greeks and Romans, or rendered famous by their deeds.

    klassisch

    класси́ческийklassíčeskij

  6. Knowledgeable or skilled in the classics; versed in the classics.

    a classical scholar

  7. Conforming to the best authority in literature and art; chaste; pure; refined

    classical dance

    1848, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume 1, page 151. Classical, provincial, and national synods.

    klassisch, klassisch

    класси́ческийklassíčeskij, класси́ческийklassíčeskij

    класи́чнийklasýčnyj

  8. Pertaining to models of physical laws that do not take quantum or relativistic effects into account; Newtonian or Maxwellian.

    klassisch

Examples

258 sentences
  1. I don't have any classical music.

    У мене немає класичної музики. — deniko

  2. I like music, especially classical music.

    Я люблю музику, особливо класичну. — mkazarian

    ruЯ люблю музыку, особенно классическую. — Tonari

    deIch mag Musik, besonders klassische Musik. — MUIRIEL

  3. I only listen to classical music.

    Я слухаю лише класичну музику. — deniko

  4. Tom doesn't know anything about classical music.

    Том нічого не знає про класичну музику. — deniko

    ruТом ничего не знает о классической музыке. — odexed

  5. Tom likes classical music, but Mary doesn't.

    Тому подобається класична музика, а Мері ні. — deniko

    ruТом любит классическую музыку, а Мэри нет. — marafon

    deTom hört gern klassische Musik – Maria nicht. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
literature, etc.:
Русский
By meaning 1
Greek and Roman:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
describing a style of music:

Origin

See classic § Etymology for history. By surface analysis, class + -ical or classic + -al o

See classic § Etymology for history. By surface analysis, class + -ical or classic + -al or class + -ic + -al

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Forms

more classical, most classical
Comparativemore classical Lesson
Superlativemost classical Lesson

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • of or relating to the first significant period of a civilization, culture, area of study, etc.:classic
  • of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially their art, literature, or culture:Greco-RomanGraeco-Roman
  • well-known and long-established in form or style:classic

Antonyms

7 antonyms

Word family

50 related words

Collocations

9 patterns
  • classical music
  • to classical music
  • listening to classical
  • like classical music
  • about classical music
  • like classical
  • lot about classical
  • much about classical
  • classical music is

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
classical — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto