Meaning

4 senses
  1. Of, belonging or relating to music, or to its performance or notation.

    musical proportion

    musical instruments

    musikalisch, Musik-

    музыка́льныйmuzykálʹnyj

    музи́чнийmuzýčnyj

  2. Pleasing to the ear; sounding agreeably; having the qualities of music; melodious; harmonious.

    She had a musical voice.

    мелоди́чныйmelodíčnyj

    мелоді́йнийmelodíjnyj, мелоди́чнийmelodýčnyj

  3. Fond of music; discriminating with regard to music; gifted or skilled in music.

    having a musical ear

    The child is musical.

    musikalisch

    музыка́льныйmuzykálʹnyj

  4. Pertaining to a class of games in which players move while music plays, but have to take a fixed position when it stops; by extension, any situation where people repeatedly change positions.

More definitions
  • characteristic of or resembling or accompanied by music
  • talented in or devoted to music
  • characterized by or capable of producing music
  • containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody

Examples

192 sentences
  1. Do you play a musical instrument?

    Чи ви граєте на якомусь музичному інструменті? — leyla

    ruВы играете на каком-нибудь музыкальном инструменте? — leyla

    deSpielst du ein Musikinstrument? — MUIRIEL

  2. Do you play any musical instrument?

    Ти граєш на якомусь музичному інструменті? — deniko

    ruВы играете на каком-нибудь музыкальном инструменте? — leyla

  3. This play is a musical.

    Ця вистава - мюзікл. — miketheknight

    ruЭто представление — мюзикл. — odexed

  4. The trumpet is a musical instrument.

    Труба — це музичний інструмент. — Internecivus

    ruТруба — это музыкальный инструмент. — glavkos

    deDie Trompete ist ein Musikinstrument. — muzikanta_hipopotamo

  5. Can you play any musical instruments?

    ruВы умеете играть на каких-нибудь музыкальных инструментах? — marafon

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
of or relating to music:
pleasing to the ear:
Русский
By meaning 2
of or relating to music:
pleasing to the ear:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
of or relating to music:

Origin

From Middle English musical, from Old French [Term?], from Medieval Latin mūsicālis, from

From Middle English musical, from Old French [Term?], from Medieval Latin mūsicālis, from Latin mūsica (“music”) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives); equivalent to music + -al.

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Forms

more musical, most musical
Comparativemore musical Lesson
Superlativemost musical Lesson

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

41 related words

Collocations

6 patterns
  • musical instrument
  • a musical instrument
  • play a musical
  • musical talent
  • musical family
  • is a musical

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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