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The scholarly or scientific study of music, as in historical research, music theory, or the physical nature of sound.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
the scholarly and scientific study of music
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts, arts
Etymology tree English music Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English musicology From music + -logy.
Across languages
Translations
54 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Albanian:
muzikologji
— study of music
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Arabic:
علم الموسيقى
(ʕilm al-mūsīqā)
— study of music
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Armenian:
երաժշտագիտություն
(eražštagitutʻyun)
— study of music
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Azerbaijani:
musiqişünaslıq
— study of music
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Bulgarian:
музикология
(muzikologija)
— study of music
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Burmese:
ဂီတပညာ
(gita.pa.nya)
— study of music
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Burmese:
ဂီတဗေဒ
(gita.beda.)
— study of music
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Catalan:
musicologia
— study of music
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Chinese Mandarin:
音樂學 /音乐学
(yīnyuèxué)
— study of music
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Czech:
muzikologie
— study of music
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Danish:
musikvidenskab
— study of music
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Dutch:
musicologie
— study of music
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Dutch:
muziekwetenschap
— study of music
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Esperanto:
muzikologio
— study of music
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Estonian:
muusikateadus
— study of music
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Finnish:
musiikkitiede
— study of music
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Finnish:
musikologia
— study of music
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French:
musicologie
— study of music
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Georgian:
მუსიკათმცოდნეობა
(musiḳatmcodneoba)
— study of music
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German:
Musikwissenschaft
— study of music
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Greek:
μουσικολογία
(mousikología)
— study of music
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Hebrew:
מוזיקולוגיה
(muzikológya)
— study of music
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Hungarian:
zenetudomány
— study of music
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Icelandic:
tónlistarfræði
— study of music
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Indonesian:
musikologi
— study of music
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Italian:
musicologia
— study of music
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Japanese:
音楽学
(ongakugaku)
— study of music
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Kazakh:
сазтану
(saztanu)
— study of music
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Kazakh:
музыкатану
(muzykatanu)
— study of music
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Korean:
음악학
(eumakhak)
— study of music
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Latvian:
muzikoloģija
— study of music
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Lithuanian:
muzikologija
— study of music
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Norwegian Bokmål:
musikkvitenskap
— study of music
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
musikkvitskap
— study of music
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Persian:
موسیقیشناسی
(musiqi-šenâsi)
— study of music
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Polish:
muzykologia
— study of music
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Portuguese:
musicologia
— study of music
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Romanian:
muzicologie
— study of music
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Russian:
музыкове́дение
(muzykovédenije)
— study of music
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Russian:
музыкозна́ние
(muzykoznánije)
— study of music
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Scots:
muisicologie
— study of music
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Serbo-Croatian:
музикологија
— study of music
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Serbo-Croatian:
muzikologija
— study of music
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Slovak:
muzikológia
— study of music
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Slovene:
muzikologija
— study of music
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Spanish:
musicología
— study of music
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Swedish:
musikvetenskap
— study of music
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Tagalog:
musikolohiya
— study of music
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Turkish:
müzikoloji
— study of music
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Ukrainian:
музикозна́вство
(muzykoznávstvo)
— study of music
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Uzbek:
musiqashunoslik
— study of music
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Vietnamese:
âm nhạc học
— study of music
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Welsh:
cerddoleg
— study of music
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Yiddish:
מוזיקאָלאָגיע
(muzikologye)
— study of music
