museum

See also: Museum, muséum, and .museum

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin mūsēum (“library, study”), from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon), shrine of the Muses (Μοῦσα (Moûsa)).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /mjuːˈziːəm/
  • (US) IPA(key): /mjuˈzi.əm/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːəm

Noun

museum (plural museums or musea)

  1. A building or institution dedicated to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical, cultural or artistic value.

Derived terms

Usage note

The plural "musea" has always been very rare in English.

Translations

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch museum.

Noun

museum (plural museums)

  1. museum

Danish

Noun

museum n (definite singular museet, indefinite plural museer, definite plural museerne)

  1. museum

References

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

museum n (plural musea or museums, diminutive museumpje n)

  1. museum

Derived terms

  • museaal

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon, “a shine of the Muses”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /muːˈseː.um/, [muːˈseː.ũ]

Noun

mūsēum n (genitive mūsēī); second declension

  1. museum

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative mūsēum mūsēa
genitive mūsēī mūsēōrum
dative mūsēō mūsēīs
accusative mūsēum mūsēa
ablative mūsēō mūsēīs
vocative mūsēum mūsēa

References

  • museum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • museum in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
  • museum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • museum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

museum n (definite singular museet, indefinite plural museer, definite plural musea or museene)

  1. a museum

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Noun

museum n (definite singular museet, indefinite plural museum, definite plural musea)

  1. a museum

Derived terms

References

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɵˈseːˌɵm/
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Noun

museum n

  1. a museum

Usage notes

As the first part of a compound, the form musei- is used.

Declension

Declension of museum 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative museum museet museer museerna
Genitive museums museets museers museernas
  • museibesökare
  • museichef
  • museiföremål
  • museiföreståndare
  • museiintendent
  • museilektor
  • museiman
  • museimonter
  • museimässig
  • museipedagog
  • museipedagogisk
  • museisal
  • museiverksamhet
  • museivärde
  • nationalmuseum
  • traktormuseum

References

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