"museum" in seven languages
Meaningmuseum
Spanish
museo
/muˈseo/
masc.learned
French
musée
/myze/
masc.learned
Italian
museo
/muˈzɛo/
masc.learned
Portuguese
museu
/muˈzew/
masc.learned
Romanian
muzeu
/muˈzeu/
neut.borrowed · French musée (and Latin MŪSĒUM)
plural: muzee
Catalan
museu
/muˈzɛw/
masc.learned
English
museum
/mjuˈziəm/
from Latin/French · Latin
English → ItalianmuseummuseoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
MŪSĒUM‘place of the Muses (from Greek mouseîon)’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A book word everywhere: the Mouseion of Alexandria was a temple of learning. French musée is masculine despite its -ée.
English relatives: museum, muse, music, amuse
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In a sentence
- esEl museo cierra los lunes.
- frLe musée est fermé le lundi.
- itIl museo è chiuso il lunedì.
- ptO museu fecha às segundas.
- roMuzeul este închis lunea.
- caEl museu tanca els dilluns.
- enThe museum is closed on Mondays.