musical
French, adjective/my.zi.kal/
musical is spelled M-U-S-I-C-A-L (7 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written French, the 5,537th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Musical is a French adjective meaning “music, musical” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui appartient ou qui est relatif à la musique”.
What does musical mean in English?
adjective
- 1
music, musical
comédie musicale
- 2
melodious (pleasing to the ear; sounding agreeably)
Near-synonym: mélodieux
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui appartient ou qui est relatif à la musique. 2. Qui a une sonorité agréable à l’oreille.
noun: 1. Comédie musicale (dans le contexte d’un pays anglophone).
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of musical
- musicale feminine
- musicaux masculine plural
- musicales feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce musical?
- /my.zi.kal/
- \my.zi.kal\
- [my.zi.kal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to musical
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is musical in French?
musical appears 13 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).