musike

Middle English

Alternative forms

music, musice, musik, musique, musyk, musyke

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French musique, from Latin mūsica; equivalent to Muse +‎ -ik.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /miu̯ˈziːk(ə)/, /ˈmiu̯zik(ə)/

Noun

musike (plural musikes)

music
musical performance

Related terms

musicien

Descendants

English: music (see there for further descendants)
Scots: muisic

References

“mūsik(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-01.

Old French

Noun

musike oblique singular, f (oblique plural musikes, nominative singular musike, nominative plural musikes)

Alternative form of musique

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