musica

Etymology

From Latin mūsica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmu.zi.ka]

• Audio (la musica)

  (file)

Noun

musica f (plural musiche)

1. music

Verb

musica

1. third-person singular present indicative of musicare
2. second-person singular imperative of musicare

Anagrams

• camusi

Alternative forms

• mūsicē

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μουσική (mousikḗ, “of a Muse”), derived from Μοῦσα (Moûsa, “Muse”).

Etymology 2

Inflected form of mūsicus (“musical, of or pertaining to music”).

References

• musica in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• musica in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• musica in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• musica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to learn, study music: artem musicam discere, tractare
    
• musica in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• musica in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Alternative forms

• musico (Mistralian)

Etymology

From Latin mūsica.

Noun

musica f (plural musicas)

1. music

Etymology

From Latin mūsica.

Noun

musica f

1. music

Verb

musica

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of musicar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of musicar.
3. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of musicar.