Art & MusicGreek → English
Music
/ˈmjuːzɪk/
The art of arranging sound in time.
The Greek roots
μουσική
mousikḗ
art of the Muses
Literally: “the art of the Muses”
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The story of the word
The Muses presided over the arts, and mousikḗ téchnē — 'the art of the Muses' — narrowed over time to the art of sound.
The same roots elsewhere
Other languages reached for exactly the same Greek pieces.
In a sentence
Music drifted from the open café door.