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musicale

[myoo-zi-kal] Origin

mu·si·cale

[myoo-zi-kal]
noun
a music program forming the main part of a social occasion.

Origin:
1840–50, Americanism; < French, short for soirée musicale musical evening

musical, musicale.
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musicale (ˌmjuːzɪˈkɑːl)
 
n
(US), (Canadian) a party or social evening with a musical programme
 
[C19: shortened from French soirée musicale musical evening]

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musicale
1872, from Fr. musicale, short for soirée musicale "musical evening (party)."
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