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): /muˈsɛw/ [muˈs̺ɛw], /muˈsew/ [muˈs̺ew]
• Rhymes: -ɛw, -ew
• Hyphenation: mu‧seu

Noun

museu m (plural museus)

1. museum

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “museu”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Further reading

• “museu”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

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

Further reading

• “museu”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “museu”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “museu”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Sicilian

Etymology

From an expected *musìu, italianized through Italian museo; ultimately 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