— ethnomusicological /eth'noh myooh'zi keuh loj"i keuhl/ , adj. — ethnomusicologically , adv. — ethnomusicologist , n.
/eth'noh myooh'zi kol"euh jee/ , n.
the study of folk and primitive music and of their relationship to the peoples and cultures to which they belong.
[ 1945-50; ETHNO- + MUSICOLOGY ]