Musical in Different Languages
Discover 'Musical' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Musical
Afrikaans musiekblyspel | ||
Albanian muzikore | ||
Amharic ሙዚቃዊ | ||
Arabic موسيقي | ||
Armenian երաժշտական | ||
Assamese মিউজিকেল | ||
Aymara musical uñt’ayaña | ||
Azerbaijani musiqi | ||
Bambara dɔnkilidacogo | ||
Basque musikala | ||
Belarusian музычны | ||
Bengali বাদ্যযন্ত্র | ||
Bhojpuri संगीत के काम होला | ||
Bosnian muzički | ||
Bulgarian музикални | ||
Catalan musical | ||
Cebuano musikal | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 音乐 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 音樂 | ||
Corsican musicale | ||
Croatian glazbeni | ||
Czech hudební | ||
Danish musikalsk | ||
Dhivehi މިއުޒިކަލް ފިލްމެކެވެ | ||
Dogri संगीतमय | ||
Dutch musical | ||
English musical | ||
Esperanto muzika | ||
Estonian muusikaline | ||
Ewe hadzidzi | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) musikal | ||
Finnish musikaali | ||
French musical | ||
Frisian muzikaal | ||
Galician musical | ||
Georgian მიუზიკლი | ||
German musical | ||
Greek μιούζικαλ | ||
Guarani musical rehegua | ||
Gujarati સંગીતવાદ્યો | ||
Haitian Creole mizikal | ||
Hausa m | ||
Hawaiian mele mele | ||
Hebrew מוּסִיקָלִי | ||
Hindi संगीत | ||
Hmong suab paj nruas | ||
Hungarian zenei | ||
Icelandic söngleikur | ||
Igbo egwu | ||
Ilocano musikal nga | ||
Indonesian musikal | ||
Irish ceoil | ||
Italian musicale | ||
Japanese ミュージカル | ||
Javanese musikal | ||
Kannada ಸಂಗೀತ | ||
Kazakh музыкалық | ||
Khmer តន្ត្រី | ||
Kinyarwanda umuziki | ||
Konkani संगीत नाटकीय | ||
Korean 뮤지컬 | ||
Krio myuzik we dɛn kin ple | ||
Kurdish mûsîqî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) مۆسیقی | ||
Kyrgyz музыкалык | ||
Lao ດົນຕີ | ||
Latin musicis | ||
Latvian muzikāls | ||
Lingala miziki ya miziki | ||
Lithuanian muzikinis | ||
Luganda musical | ||
Luxembourgish musikalesch | ||
Macedonian мјузикл | ||
Maithili संगीतमय | ||
Malagasy mozika | ||
Malay muzikal | ||
Malayalam മ്യൂസിക്കൽ | ||
Maltese mużikali | ||
Maori whakatangitangi | ||
Marathi वाद्य | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯃ꯭ꯌꯨꯖꯤꯀꯦꯜ ꯑꯣꯏꯕꯥ꯫ | ||
Mizo musical lam a ni | ||
Mongolian хөгжмийн | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ဂီတ | ||
Nepali संगीत | ||
Norwegian musikalsk | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) nyimbo | ||
Odia (Oriya) ବାଦ୍ୟଯନ୍ତ୍ର | ||
Oromo muuziqaa | ||
Pashto میوزیکل | ||
Persian موزیکال | ||
Polish musical | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) musical | ||
Punjabi ਸੰਗੀਤਕ | ||
Quechua musiku | ||
Romanian muzical | ||
Russian музыкальный | ||
Samoan musika | ||
Sanskrit संगीतमयम् | ||
Scots Gaelic ceòlmhor | ||
Sepedi mmino wa mmino | ||
Serbian музички | ||
Sesotho mino | ||
Shona mumhanzi | ||
Sindhi ميوزڪ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) සංගීත | ||
Slovak hudobný | ||
Slovenian glasbeni | ||
Somali muusig ah | ||
Spanish musical | ||
Sundanese musikal | ||
Swahili muziki | ||
Swedish musikalisk | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) musikal | ||
Tajik мусиқӣ | ||
Tamil இசை | ||
Tatar музыкаль | ||
Telugu సంగీత | ||
Thai ดนตรี | ||
Tigrinya ሙዚቃዊ ፊልም እዩ። | ||
Tsonga vuyimbeleri bya vuyimbeleri | ||
Turkish müzikal | ||
Turkmen sazly | ||
Twi (Akan) nnwom a wɔde di dwuma | ||
Ukrainian музичний | ||
Urdu موسیقی | ||
Uyghur مۇزىكا | ||
Uzbek musiqiy | ||
Vietnamese âm nhạc | ||
Welsh cerddorol | ||
Xhosa umculo | ||
Yiddish מוזיקאַליש | ||
Yoruba gaju ni | ||
Zulu ezomculo |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word 'musiekblyspel' derives from Dutch and initially referred to a type of theatrical play that featured music and singing. |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "muzikorë", derived from the Greek word μουσικη "mousiki,", originally referred to the art of the muses and encompassed poetry, dance, and other performing arts. |
| Amharic | In Amharic, 'ሙዚቃዊ' can also refer to a person who performs or composes music. |
| Arabic | The word "موسيقي" in Arabic originally meant "song" or "poetry set to music". |
| Azerbaijani | The word "musiqi" in Azerbaijani derives from the Persian "موسیقی" and ultimately the Arabic "موسيقى", both meaning "music". In addition to its primary meaning, "musiqi" can also refer to musicians or musical instruments. |
| Basque | "Musikala" comes from the Basque words "musi" (music) and "kal" (house or place), meaning literally "music house". |
| Belarusian | The word "музычны" in Belarusian stems from the Greek "μουσικός" meaning "of or pertaining to the Muses". |
| Bengali | Derived from "বাদন", meaning "to play" and "যন্ত্র", meaning "device or instrument", "বাদ্যযন্ত্র" (musical) implies a device that is played to create musical sounds. |
| Bosnian | In Bosnian, "muzički" also means "sound" and "noise." |
| Bulgarian | In Bulgarian, "музикални" can also refer to a person who studies music or is involved in music. |
| Catalan | The word « musical » comes from the Latin « musica », and its meaning has been extended to refer not only to music but also to theater, dance, opera, or film. |
| Cebuano | "Musikal" can be used to describe anything from a stage play to a TV show that features music. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "音乐"（musical）一词源自希腊语"μουσική"（mousike），原意为"缪斯女神的艺术"（art of the Muses） |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The first character of "音樂" (樂) can also mean "enjoyment" or "happiness". |
| Corsican | Corsican "musicale" does not mean musical. It means the song sung by a shepherd or goatherd during the day on the high pastures. |
| Croatian | The word "glazbeni" in Croatian comes from the Latin word "classicus", meaning "of the highest class". |
| Czech | The word "hudební" also has the meaning of "noisy" in Czech. |
| Danish | In addition to pertaining to music, in Danish "musikalsk" can mean "melodic, harmonious, pleasing to the ear" or "rhythmically balanced." |
| Dutch | In Dutch, the word "musical" can also refer to a musical instrument or a type of music. |
| Esperanto | "Muziko" is derived from the Greek "mousike", referring to the art of the Muses, and also means "art" in Esperanto. |
| Estonian | The word "muusikaline" in Estonian comes from the Latin word "musica", meaning "art of the muses". |
| Finnish | In Finnish, "musikaali" can also refer to a type of opera that incorporates spoken dialogue. |
| French | In French, the word "musical" can also mean "related to the theater." |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "muzikaal" is not derived from the Latin "musica", but from the Dutch "muzikaal", which in turn comes from the French "musical". |
| German | The word "Musical" in German also has the alternate meaning of "music box". |
| Greek | While μιούζικαλ means musical in English, in Greek its other meaning is "music box", which is also the main meaning of the word "μουσικό κουτί" (Mousiko Kouti). |
| Haitian Creole | The word "mizikal" in Haitian Creole can also mean "melodious" or "rhythmic" |
| Hausa | The word 'm' can also mean 'mother' in Hausa, with the tone being the only difference between the two meanings. |
| Hawaiian | "Mele mele" also means "to sing" or "to chant" in Hawaiian. |
| Hebrew | The word "מוּסִיקָלִי" ("musical") in Hebrew can also refer to something that is harmonious or pleasing to the ear. |
| Hindi | The word "संगीत" (sangit) is derived from the Sanskrit word "सम" (sam), meaning "together," and "गान" (gan), meaning "song," literally translating to "coming together of songs." |
| Hmong | The word "suab paj nruas" can also mean "instrumental music" or "band" in Hmong. |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "zenei" is a cognate of the Proto-Uralic word "*śoŋe", meaning "sound" or "voice". |
| Icelandic | "Söngleikur" also means "song" and derives from "Söngva" (song) and "leikur" (play), indicating an association between music and performance. |
| Igbo | Egwu, meaning "musical," also refers to a form of traditional Igbo dance performed at festivals and important events. |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word "musikal" can also refer to a theatrical or cinematic genre featuring singing, dancing, and acting. |
| Irish | In Irish, 'ceoil' can also refer specifically to traditional Irish folk music. |
| Italian | The word "musicale" can also mean a social gathering where music is performed. |
| Japanese | In Japanese, the word "ミュージカル" (myūjikaru) can also refer to a type of play that incorporates elements of music and dance, similar to a Western musical comedy or operetta. |
| Javanese | In Javanese, "musikal" can also refer to a theatrical performance with music and dance. |
| Kannada | The Kannada word "ಸಂಗೀತ" can also mean "melody" or "concert". |
| Kazakh | The word "музыкалық" can also refer to a person who plays musical instruments or sings. |
| Khmer | In Sanskrit, "តន្ត្រី" also refers to a philosophical system that emphasizes the importance of sound and rhythm in spiritual practice. |
| Korean | The word "뮤지컬" is derived from the English word "musical comedy" and has an alternate meaning of "music video" in Korean. |
| Kurdish | The word "mûsîqî" is derived from the Arabic word "mūsīqā", which in turn is derived from the Greek word "mousikē", meaning "the art of the Muses." |
| Kyrgyz | The word "музыкалык" can also mean "melodious" or "tuneful" in Kyrgyz. |
| Latin | Musicis is the Latin adjective form of musice, meaning art or science, and is related to Musa, the Roman goddess of music and poetry. |
| Latvian | “Muzikāls” is the original Latvian term for opera, but now it is only used for the Broadway-type musical genre. |
| Lithuanian | The word "muzikinis" can also mean "singer" or "musician" in Lithuanian. |
| Luxembourgish | "Musikalesch" (musical) is derived from the Latin "musica" (music) and the Greek "μουσική" (mousike, art of the Muses). |
| Malagasy | Mozika' is borrowed from French 'musique', meaning 'music' and was also spelled 'Mozika' in Proto-Austronesian. |
| Malay | The Malay word "muzikal" can refer to either a form of theater or a genre of film. |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "mużikali" can also refer to a type of traditional Maltese folk music and dance. |
| Maori | The word 'whakatangitangi' can also refer to making a sound or noise, or to the act of singing or playing a musical instrument. |
| Marathi | The word "वाद्य" can also refer to a musical instrument, and is derived from the Sanskrit word "वादयति," meaning "to play (a musical instrument)". |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word “хөгжим” (khögjim), meaning “musical,” also has the connotation of “melodious,” and is used to describe something that is pleasing to the ear. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | ဂီတ derives from Pali and Sanskrit, meaning "sung" |
| Nepali | The term "संगीत" also refers to musical composition, music therapy, and sound engineering in certain contexts. |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "musikalsk" also has the meaning of "musicality," referring to a person's natural talent or ability in music. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "nyimbo" in Nyanja can also refer to a song or hymn, a type of dance, or a play. |
| Pashto | The word "musical" in Pashto can also mean "play" or "drama" |
| Persian | The Persian word "موزیکال" is borrowed from the English word "musical" and primarily means "musical", but can also refer to a musical instrument. |
| Polish | The word "muzyczny" (musical) in Polish also means "relating to music" or "melodious". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | Em português, "musical" também pode significar "que contém música" ou "que é relacionado à música". |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "muzical" also means "related to muzes", from the Greek "μουσικος" (mousikos), meaning "of or pertaining to the Muses". |
| Russian | "Музыкальный" in Russian originally referred to an organ with air pressure. In modern usage, it can also refer to a stage actor in an opera. |
| Samoan | It is also occasionally used to mean "music" or "music composition." |
| Scots Gaelic | The Gaelic word ceòlmhor (pronounced 'kay-ohl-vor') can also mean 'melodious' or 'sweet-sounding'. |
| Serbian | In Serbian, "музички" can also refer to a music store or a musical instrument. |
| Sesotho | It can also mean 'song' or 'dance'. |
| Shona | The word 'mumhanzi' can also refer to someone who plays music professionally. |
| Sindhi | The word "ميوزڪ" in Sindhi can also refer to the act of singing. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | In Sanskrit, the word 'sangeeta' means "that which is sung," and in Sinhala, it refers to both vocal and instrumental music. |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "hudobný" can also mean "harmonic" or "consonant". |
| Slovenian | In music theory, 'glasbeni' (musical) can refer to notes with stems or the musical interval used to form the major and minor scales. |
| Somali | The Somali word 'muusig ah' is derived from the Arabic word 'mūsiqī', which means 'art of the Muses'. |
| Spanish | In Spanish, "musical" can also refer to a stage show featuring singing and dancing. |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "musikal" can also refer to a type of traditional Sundanese music that is performed with a set of bamboo instruments. |
| Swahili | The word "muziki" in Swahili is derived from the Arabic word "musiqa," which means "music" or "singing." |
| Swedish | The Swedish word 'musikalisk' can also refer to a person or thing that is related to music or musical instruments, having or showing a talent or understanding for music. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | Musikal in Tagalog also refers to a person who works as a singer and musician in church |
| Tajik | The word "мусиқӣ" in Tajik originally meant "science of music" and is cognate with the Persian word "موسیقی" (mūsīqī). |
| Tamil | 'இசை' also means the consonant 'ச' (sa) in Tamil script. |
| Telugu | The word "సంగీత" originates from the Sanskrit word "सङ्गीत" (saṅgīta), which means "sung together" or "united with music." |
| Thai | The word "ดนตรี" derives from Sanskrit "dhvani", meaning "sound". |
| Turkish | The Turkish word "müzikal" can also be used as a noun to describe a musical composition for the stage, while the adjective "müzikal" means 'relating to music'. |
| Ukrainian | The alternate meaning of "музичний" or "музычный" in Russian in English is "amusing", which dates back to the 15th century in German, "lustig". |
| Urdu | Urdu's "موسیقی" originates from Arabic, where it additionally means "the science of harmony". |
| Uzbek | The word "musiqiy" in Uzbek is derived from the Arabic word "musiqa", which means "the art of sound" or "the science of music". |
| Vietnamese | "Âm nhạc" (musical) derives from Chinese "音" (sound, tone) and "樂" (enjoyment, music), also meaning "noise" or "sound effect". |
| Welsh | The word "cerddorol" can also mean "concerning song" or "concerning music". |
| Yiddish | From the Middle High German word 'musicalis'. |
| Yoruba | The word "gaju ni" is also used to describe a traditional Yoruba instrument that produces a bell-like sound. |
| Zulu | In Zulu, 'ezomculo' has the dual meanings of 'music' and 'a song,' capturing the multifaceted nature of musical expression. |
| English | The word "musical", derived from the Latin "musica", can also refer to a dramatic performance set entirely to music, as in "Broadway musical". |