museu

See also: muséu and musèu

Catalan

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [muˈzɛw]

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Noun

museu m (plural museus)

1. museum

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [muˈzɛw]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [muˈzəw]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [muˈzew]

Verb

museu

1. inflection of musar:
   1. second-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person plural imperative

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muˈs̺ɛw/, /muˈs̺ew/

Noun

museu m (plural museus)

1. museum

References

• “museu” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.

Portuguese

museu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /muˈzew/ [muˈzeʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muˈzew/

• Rhymes: -ew
• Hyphenation: mu‧seu

Noun

museu m (plural museus)

1. museum

Descendants

• →? Tetum: muzeu

Sicilian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: mu‧sè‧u

Noun

museu m (plural musei)

1. museum