museum
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- musæum (archaic)
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.
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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)
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- “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”).
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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: Language Development and Fostering Agency — 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 |
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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
- muzium (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)
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
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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
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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
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Noun edit
museum n
- a museum
Usage notes edit
As the first part of a compound, the form musei- is used.
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Declension of museum | ||||
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Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | museum | museet | museer | museerna |
Genitive | museums | museets | museers | museernas |