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Webster 1913 Edition
Museum
Mu-se′um
,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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Museum
MUSE'UM
,Noun.
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
museum
English
Alternative forms
- musæum (archaic)
Noun
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.
Related terms
- museography
- museology
- museophile
- museum beetle
- museum pest
Translations
building or institution
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Danish
Noun
museum n (definite singular museet, indefinite plural museer, definite plural museerne)
References
- “museum” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
museum n (plural musea or museums, diminutive museumpje n)
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
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)
- a museum
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Noun
museum n (definite singular museet, indefinite plural museum, definite plural musea)
- a museum
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɵ'seːˌɵm/
Noun
museum n
- a museum
Declension
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| Singular | Plural | |||
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| 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
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References
- museum in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)