museum
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin mūsēum (“library, study”), from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon), shrine of the Muses (Μοῦσα (Moûsa)).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /mjuːˈziːəm/, /mjəˈziːəm/
- (US) IPA(key): /mjuˈziəm/
- (US, dialectal) IPA(key): /mjuˈzæm/, [mjuˈzɛəm]
Audio (GA) (file) - Rhymes: -iːəm
Noun[edit]
museum (plural museums or musea)
- A building or institution dedicated to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical, cultural or artistic value.
- visit the history museum
- They're opening a new coin exhibition at the local museum.
Usage notes[edit]
The plural "musea" has always been very rare in English.
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Verb[edit]
museum (third-person singular simple present museums, present participle museuming, simple past and past participle museumed)
- (transitive, intransitive) To place in a museum.
- 2013, Jeanette Winterson, Art Objects: Essays on Ecstasy and Effrontery:
- I use daily those books that for others are museumed. The glass case approach depresses me, makes books into porcelain, guts them of what they are.
- 2016, Pamela Erskine-Loftus, Mariam Ibrahim Al-Mulla, Victoria Hightower, Representing the Nation, page 77:
- Such museuming provides evidence that the Gulf has started building up its defences to protect its national culture, which might be seen as threatened by modern, global societies.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To visit museums.
- 2014, Robin Reardon, Educating Simon, page 212:
- I told her I'd do just one visit to start; I don't really have time to do a lot of museuming.
References[edit]
- “museum, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, May 2022.: “Brit. /mjuːˈziːəm/, /mjᵿˈziːəm/, U.S. /mjuˈziəm/”
Afrikaans[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Dutch museum, from Latin museum.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
museum (plural museums)
Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin mūsēum, from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon, “a shrine of the Muses”), from Μοῦσα (Moûsa, “Muse”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
museum n (definite singular museet, indefinite plural museer, definite plural museerne)
Declension[edit]
References[edit]
- “museum” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Noun[edit]
museum n (plural musea or museums, diminutive museumpje n)
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Indonesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Malay museum, from Dutch museum,[1] from Latin museum, from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon, “a shrine of the Muses”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
museum (plural museum-museum, first-person possessive museumku, second-person possessive museummu, third-person possessive museumnya)
- museum: a building or institution dedicated to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical, cultural or artistic value.
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Compounds[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Kwik Khing Djoen (1923) Kitab Vortaro: Segala Perkatahan-Perkatahan Asing Jang Soeda Oemoem Di Goena Ken Di Dalem Soerat-Soerat Kabar Melayoe, Batavia: Sin Po, page 218
Further reading[edit]
- “museum” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon, “a shrine of the Muses”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /muːˈseː.um/, [muːˈs̠eːʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /muˈse.um/, [muˈs̬ɛːum]
Noun[edit]
mūsēum n (genitive mūsēī); second declension
- a place or temple devoted to the Muses
- collection, especially a private collection of scientific curiosities, instruments, etc.
- Museum Adolpho-Fridericianum
- The Adolf Friderik Collection
- library, a collection of books
- museum
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | mūsēum | mūsēa |
Genitive | mūsēī | mūsēōrum |
Dative | mūsēō | mūsēīs |
Accusative | mūsēum | mūsēa |
Ablative | mūsēō | mūsēīs |
Vocative | mūsēum | mūsēa |
References[edit]
- museum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s 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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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.[1] Doublet of muzium.
Noun[edit]
museum (Jawi spelling موسيوم, plural museum-museum, informal 1st possessive museumku, 2nd possessive museummu, 3rd possessive museumnya)
- (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.
- Synonym: muzium
Alternative forms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Kwik Khing Djoen (1923) Kitab Vortaro: Segala Perkatahan-Perkatahan Asing Jang Soeda Oemoem Di Goena Ken Di Dalem Soerat-Soerat Kabar Melayoe, Batavia: Sin Po, page 218
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
museum n (definite singular museet, indefinite plural museer, definite plural musea or museene)
- a museum
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “museum” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
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Noun[edit]
museum n (definite singular museet, indefinite plural museum, definite plural musea)
- a museum
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “museum” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
museum n
- a museum
Usage notes[edit]
As the first part of a compound, the form musei- is used.
Declension[edit]
Declension of museum | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | museum | museet | museer | museerna |
Genitive | museums | museets | museers | museernas |
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References[edit]
- museum in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- museum in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- museum in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
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- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *men- (think)
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- en:Buildings
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- da:Buildings
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- nl:Buildings
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