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Webster 1913 Edition


Museum

Mu-se′um

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Noun.
[L., a temple of the Muses, hence, a place of study, fr. Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] a Muse.]
A repository or a collection of natural, scientific, or literary curiosities, or of works of art.
Museum beetle
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Museum pest
.
(Zool.)

Webster 1828 Edition


Museum

MUSE'UM

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Noun.
[Gr. a place for the muses or for study.]
A house or apartment appropriated as a repository of things that have an immediate relation to the arts; a cabinet of curiosities.

Definition 2024


Museum

Museum

See also: museum, muséum, and .museum

German

Noun

Museum n (genitive Museums, plural Museen)

  1. museum

Declension

museum

museum

See also: Museum, muséum, and .museum

English

Alternative forms

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.

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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

Noun

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

  1. museum

Derived terms

  • museaal

Latin

Etymology

Borrowing 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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Noun

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

  1. a museum

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɵ'seːˌɵm/

Noun

museum n

  1. a museum

Declension

Inflection of museum 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative museum museet museer museerna
Genitive museums museets museers museernas

Usage notes

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

Related terms

  • bilmuseum
  • flygmuseum
  • friluftsmuseum
  • konstmuseum
  • länsmuseum
  • marinmuseum
  • musa
  • museal
  • museibesök
  • museibesökare
  • museichef
  • museiföremål
  • museiföreståndare
  • museiintendent
  • museilektor
  • museiman
  • museimonter
  • museimässig
  • museipedagog
  • museipedagogisk
  • museisal
  • museiverksamhet
  • museivärde
  • nationalmuseum
  • traktormuseum

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