musicology

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UK/mjuːzɪˈkɒlədʒi/

noun

The scholarly or scientific study of music, as in historical research, music theory, or the physical nature of sound.

Less commonScrabble 18

Meanings

nounmusicology (usually uncountable, plural musicologies)

plural musicologies

  1. uncountableusuallyentertainmentThe scholarly or scientific study of music, as in historical research, music theory, or the physical nature of sound.

Origin

  1. Englishmusic
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
  4. Proto-Hellenic*lógos
  5. Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
  6. Englishmusicology

From music + -logy.

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Translations

Arabic علم الموسيقى
  • علم الموسيقى (ʕilm al-mūsīqā)study of music
Bulgarian музикология
  • музикология (muzikologija)study of music
Catalan musicologia
  • musicologiastudy of music
Chinese Mandarin 音樂學 /音乐学
  • 音樂學 /音乐学 (yīnyuèxué)study of music
Czech muzikologie
  • muzikologiestudy of music
Danish musikvidenskab
  • musikvidenskabstudy of music
Dutch musicologie, muziekwetenschap
  • musicologiestudy of music
  • muziekwetenschapstudy of music
Esperanto muzikologio
  • muzikologiostudy of music
Estonian muusikateadus
  • muusikateadusstudy of music
Finnish musiikkitiede, musikologia
  • musiikkitiedestudy of music
  • musikologiastudy of music
French musicologie
  • musicologiestudy of music
German Musikwissenschaft
  • Musikwissenschaftstudy of music
Greek μουσικολογία
  • μουσικολογία (mousikología)study of music
Hebrew מוזיקולוגיה
  • מוזיקולוגיה (muzikológya)study of music
Hungarian zenetudomány
  • zenetudománystudy of music
Icelandic tónlistarfræði
  • tónlistarfræðistudy of music
Indonesian musikologi
  • musikologistudy of music
Italian musicologia
  • musicologiastudy of music
Japanese 音楽学
  • 音楽学 (ongakugaku)study of music
Korean 음악학
  • 음악학 (eumakhak)study of music
Latvian muzikoloģija
  • muzikoloģijastudy of music
Lithuanian muzikologija
  • muzikologijastudy of music
Norwegian Bokmål musikkvitenskap
  • musikkvitenskapstudy of music
Persian موسیقیشناسی
  • موسیقیشناسی (musiqi-šenâsi)study of music
Polish muzykologia
  • muzykologiastudy of music
Portuguese musicologia
  • musicologiastudy of music
Romanian muzicologie
  • muzicologiestudy of music
Russian музыкове́дение, музыкозна́ние
  • музыкове́дение (muzykovédenije)study of music
  • музыкозна́ние (muzykoznánije)study of music
Slovak muzikológia
  • muzikológiastudy of music
Spanish musicología
  • musicologíastudy of music
Swedish musikvetenskap
  • musikvetenskapstudy of music
Tagalog musikolohiya
  • musikolohiyastudy of music
Turkish müzikoloji
  • müzikolojistudy of music
Ukrainian музикозна́вство
  • музикозна́вство (muzykoznávstvo)study of music
Vietnamese âm nhạc học
  • âm nhạc họcstudy of music
Welsh cerddoleg
  • cerddolegstudy of music
Yiddish מוזיקאָלאָגיע
  • מוזיקאָלאָגיע (muzikologye)study of music

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Cite this entry
APA

musicology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/musicology

MLA

“musicology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/musicology. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “musicology,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/musicology.

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