musée

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French

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /my.ze/
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Noun

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musée m (plural musées)

  1. museum
    Tous les dimanches, nous allons au musée.
    We go to the museum every Sunday.
    Nous irons au musée dimanche la semaine prochaine.
    We will go to the museum on Sunday next week.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Haitian Creole: mize
  • Chadian Arabic: موزي (mūzē)
  • Luxembourgish: Musée
  • Persian: موزِه (muze)
  • Turkish: müze

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Norman

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Etymology

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

Noun

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musée m (plural musées)

  1. (Jersey, Guernsey) museum