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)

1. music
2. 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)

1. Alternative form of musique