David has a keen interest in aesthetics — the qualities that make a painting, sculpture, musical composition, or poem pleasing to the eye, ear, or mind.
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Musical
//ˈmju.zɪ.kəl//
Synonyms for "musical" (142 found)
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Strong matches (42)
Related words (71)
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Noun(2 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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Translations
176 translations across 64 languages.
Afrikaans
4 entries- musikaal adj (of or relating to music)
- musikaal adj (gifted or skilled in music)
- musikaal adj (pleasing to the ear)
- musiekblyspel noun (stage performance, show or film)
Albanian
1 entries- muzikor adj (of or relating to music)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- μουσικός adj (of or relating to music)
- μουσικός adj (gifted or skilled in music)
Arabic
2 entries- مُوسِيقِيّ adj (of or relating to music)
- مَسْرَح مُوسِيقِيّ noun (stage performance, show or film)
Armenian
2 entries- երաժշտական adj (of or relating to music)
- մյուզիքլ noun (stage performance, show or film)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- musiqi adj (of or relating to music)
- müzikl noun (stage performance, show or film)
Belarusian
4 entries- мелады́чны adj (pleasing to the ear)
- музы́чны adj (of or relating to music)
- м'ю́зыкал noun (stage performance, show or film)
- мю́зікл noun (stage performance, show or film)
Bulgarian
4 entries- мелоди́чен adj (pleasing to the ear)
- музика́лен adj (of or relating to music)
- музика́лен adj (gifted or skilled in music)
- мю́зикъл noun (stage performance, show or film)
Burmese
1 entries- ဂီတ adj (of or relating to music)
Catalan
1 entries- musical adj (of or relating to music)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 音樂的 /音乐的 adj (of or relating to music)
- 歌舞片 noun (stage performance, show or film)
- 音樂劇 /音乐剧 noun (stage performance, show or film)
Cornish
1 entries- gwari kan noun (stage performance, show or film)
Czech
2 entries- hudební adj (of or relating to music)
- muzikál noun (stage performance, show or film)
Danish
3 entries- musik adj (of or relating to music)
- musical noun (stage performance, show or film)
- musikal noun (stage performance, show or film)
Dutch
3 entries- muziek adj (of or relating to music)
- muzikaal adj (of or relating to music)
- musical noun (stage performance, show or film)
Esperanto
4 entries- belsona adj (pleasing to the ear)
- melodia adj (pleasing to the ear)
- muzika adj (of or relating to music)
- muzikema adj (gifted or skilled in music)
Estonian
2 entries- muusika adj (of or relating to music)
- muusikal noun (stage performance, show or film)
Finnish
4 entries- melodinen adj (pleasing to the ear)
- musiikillinen adj (of or relating to music)
- musiikki adj (of or relating to music)
- musikaalinen adj (gifted or skilled in music)
French
4 entries- musical adj (of or relating to music)
- musicien adj (gifted or skilled in music)
- musicienne adj (gifted or skilled in music)
- comédie musicale noun (stage performance, show or film)
Galician
1 entries- músico adj (of or relating to music)
Georgian
4 entries- კეთილხმოვანი adj (pleasing to the ear)
- მელოდიური adj (pleasing to the ear)
- მუსიკალური adj (of or relating to music)
- მუსიკალური adj (gifted or skilled in music)
German
4 entries- Musik adj (of or relating to music)
- musikalisch adj (of or relating to music)
- musikalisch adj (gifted or skilled in music)
- Musical noun (stage performance, show or film)
Greek
4 entries- μουσικός adj (of or relating to music)
- μουσικός adj (gifted or skilled in music)
- μουσικός adj (pleasing to the ear)
- μιούζικαλ noun (stage performance, show or film)
Hebrew
1 entries- מַחֲזֶמֶר noun (stage performance, show or film)
Hindi
1 entries- म्यूज़िकल noun (stage performance, show or film)
Hungarian
2 entries- zenei adj (of or relating to music)
- musical noun (stage performance, show or film)
Icelandic
1 entries- söngleikur noun (stage performance, show or film)
Irish
2 entries- ceolmhar adj (of or relating to music)
- ceoldráma noun (stage performance, show or film)
Italian
1 entries- musicale adj (of or relating to music)
Japanese
4 entries- ミュージカルの adj (of or relating to music)
- 音楽の adj (of or relating to music)
- 音楽的な adj (gifted or skilled in music)
- ミュージカル noun (stage performance, show or film)
Kazakh
3 entries- музыка adj (of or relating to music)
- музыкалық adj (of or relating to music)
- мюзикл noun (stage performance, show or film)
Khmer
2 entries- តន្ត្រី adj (of or relating to music)
- ភ្លេង adj (of or relating to music)
Korean
3 entries- 음악의 adj (of or relating to music)
- 음악적 adj (gifted or skilled in music)
- 뮤지컬 noun (stage performance, show or film)
Kyrgyz
4 entries- музыка adj (of or relating to music)
- музыкалуу adj (of or relating to music)
- музыкалык adj (of or relating to music)
- мюзикл noun (stage performance, show or film)
Lao
2 entries- ດົນຕີ adj (of or relating to music)
- ເພງ adj (of or relating to music)
Latin
3 entries- canōrus adj (pleasing to the ear)
- mūsicus adj (of or relating to music)
- mūsicālis adj (of or relating to music)
Latvian
3 entries- muzikāls adj (of or relating to music)
- mūzikas adj (of or relating to music)
- mūzikls noun (stage performance, show or film)
Lithuanian
2 entries- muzikinis adj (of or relating to music)
- miuziklas noun (stage performance, show or film)
Macedonian
2 entries- музика́лен adj (of or relating to music)
- мјузикл noun (stage performance, show or film)
Malay
3 entries- muzik adj (of or relating to music)
- muzikal adj (of or relating to music)
- teater muzikal noun (stage performance, show or film)
Malayalam
1 entries- സംഗീത adj (of or relating to music)
Maltese
1 entries- mużikali adj (of or relating to music)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- musikk adj (of or relating to music)
- musikal noun (stage performance, show or film)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- musikal noun (stage performance, show or film)
Occitan
1 entries- musical adj (of or relating to music)
Persian
2 entries- موسیقایی adj (of or relating to music)
- تئاتر موزیکال noun (stage performance, show or film)
Polish
2 entries- muzyczny adj (of or relating to music)
- musical noun (stage performance, show or film)
Portuguese
4 entries- melodioso adj (pleasing to the ear)
- melódico adj (pleasing to the ear)
- musical adj (of or relating to music)
- musical adj (pleasing to the ear)
Romanian
4 entries- armonios adj (pleasing to the ear)
- melodios adj (pleasing to the ear)
- muzical adj (of or relating to music)
- muzical adj (gifted or skilled in music)
Russian
4 entries- мелоди́чный adj (pleasing to the ear)
- музыка́льный adj (of or relating to music)
- музыка́льный adj (gifted or skilled in music)
- мю́зикл noun (stage performance, show or film)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- glàzben adj (of or relating to music)
- mȕzikālan adj (of or relating to music)
- гла̀збен adj (of or relating to music)
- му̏зика̄лан adj (of or relating to music)
Slovak
2 entries- hudobný adj (of or relating to music)
- muzikál noun (stage performance, show or film)
Slovene
4 entries- glasben adj (of or relating to music)
- muzikálen adj (of or relating to music)
- mjuzikl noun (stage performance, show or film)
- muzikal noun (stage performance, show or film)
Spanish
2 entries- musical adj (of or relating to music)
- musical noun (stage performance, show or film)
Swedish
4 entries- melodisk adj (pleasing to the ear)
- musik adj (of or relating to music)
- musikalisk adj (gifted or skilled in music)
- musikbegåvad adj (gifted or skilled in music)
Tajik
1 entries- мусиқӣ adj (of or relating to music)
Thai
3 entries- ดนตรี adj (of or relating to music)
- มิวสิคัล noun (stage performance, show or film)
- ละครเพลง noun (stage performance, show or film)
Turkish
1 entries- müzikal noun (stage performance, show or film)
Ukrainian
4 entries- мелоди́чний adj (pleasing to the ear)
- мелоді́йний adj (pleasing to the ear)
- музи́чний adj (of or relating to music)
- м'ю́зикл noun (stage performance, show or film)
Upper Sorbian
3 entries- hudźbny adj (of or relating to music)
- muzikaliski adj (gifted or skilled in music)
- muzikalny adj (gifted or skilled in music)
Uzbek
3 entries- musiqali adj (of or relating to music)
- musiqiy adj (of or relating to music)
- myuzikl noun (stage performance, show or film)
Vietnamese
2 entries- âm nhạc adj (of or relating to music)
- nhạc kịch noun (stage performance, show or film)
Welsh
1 entries- sioe gerdd noun (stage performance, show or film)
Yiddish
2 entries- מוזיקאַלישער ספּעקטאַקל noun (stage performance, show or film)
- מיוזיקל noun (stage performance, show or film)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
Do you play a musical instrument?
Source: tatoeba (21260)
Some learned to play musical instruments.
Source: tatoeba (21261)
Can you play any musical instruments?
Source: tatoeba (25181)
Showing 4 of 21 available sentences.
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