museum

== English == === Alternative forms === musæum (archaic) === Etymology === From Latin mūsēum (“library, study”), from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon), shrine of the Muses (Μοῦσα (Moûsa)). Doublet of mosaic. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /mjuːˈziːəm/ (General American) IPA(key): /mjuˈziəm/ (US, dialectal) IPA(key): /mjuˈzim/, /mjuˈzæm/ (South Asia) IPA(key): /ˈmju.zɪ.jəm/ Rhymes: -iːəm === Noun === museum (plural museums or (rare) musea) A building or institution dedicated to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical, cultural or artistic value. ==== Usage notes ==== The plural musea has always been very rare in English. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Malay: muzium ==== Translations ==== === Verb === museum (third-person singular simple present museums, present participle museuming, simple past and past participle museumed) (ambitransitive) To place in a museum. (intransitive, colloquial) To visit museums. === References === “museum, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, May 2022: “Brit. /mjuːˈziːəm/, /mjᵿˈziːəm/, U.S. /mjuˈziəm/” == Afrikaans == === Etymology === From Dutch museum, from Latin museum. === Pronunciation === === Noun === museum (plural museums) museum ==== Hyponyms ==== == Danish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin mūsēum, from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon, “a shrine of the Muses”), from Μοῦσα (Moûsa, “Muse”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [muˈsɛːɔm] === Noun === museum n (definite singular museet, indefinite plural museer, definite plural museerne) museum ==== Declension ==== === References === “museum” in Den Danske Ordbog == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin museum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌmyˈzeː.ʏm/ Hyphenation: mu‧se‧um === Noun === museum n (plural musea or museums, diminutive museumpje n) museum ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: museum → Malay: museum Indonesian: museum == Indonesian == === Etymology === Inherited from Malay museum, from Dutch museum, from Latin museum, from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon, “a shrine of the Muses”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [mʊˈsjʊm], [muˈseʊm] Rhymes: -ʊm, -m Hyphenation: mu‧sé‧um === Noun === museum (plural museum-museum) museum: a building or institution dedicated to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical, cultural or artistic value ==== Alternative forms ==== musium muzium (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore) ==== Affixed terms ==== ==== Compounds ==== === References === === Further reading === “museum”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon, “a shrine of the Muses”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [muːˈseː.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [muˈs̬ɛː.um] === Noun === mūsēum n (genitive mūsēī); second declension a place or temple devoted to the Muses collection, especially a private collection of scientific curiosities, instruments, etc. library, a collection of books museum ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). === References === "museum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “museum”, in The Perseus Project (1999), Perseus Encyclopedia‎[1] “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 == Malay == === Etymology === From Dutch museum, from Latin museum, from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon, “a shrine of the Muses”). First attested in the Kitab Vortaro published in 1923. Doublet of muzium. === Noun === museum (Jawi spelling موسيوم, plural museum-museum or museum2) (Indonesia) museum: a building or institution dedicated to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical, cultural or artistic value. Synonyms: muzium, ajaibkhanah ==== Alternative forms ==== muzium (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore) === References === == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === musé === Noun === museum n (definite singular museet, indefinite plural museer, definite plural musea or museene) a museum ==== Derived terms ==== friluftsmuseum kunstmuseum === References === “museum” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === muse, musé === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mʉˈseːʉm/ === Noun === museum n (definite singular museet, indefinite plural museum, definite plural musea) a museum ==== Derived terms ==== friluftsmuseum kunstmuseum === References === “museum” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin museum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mɵˈseːˌɵm/ === Noun === museum n a museum ==== Usage notes ==== As the first part of a compound, the form musei- is used. ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === “museum”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “museum”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “museum”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) == West Frisian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /myˈseːəm/ === Noun === museum n (plural museums or musea, diminutive museumke) museum