muzeo

Esperanto

muzeo

Etymology

Borrowed from English museum, Italian museo, German Museum, Polish muzeum, and Russian музе́й (muzéj), from Latin mūsēum. Compare French musée, muséum, Spanish museo, Portuguese museu. Doublet of mozaiko.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muˈzeo/

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• Rhymes: -eo
• Syllabification: mu‧ze‧o

Noun

muzeo (accusative singular muzeon, plural muzeoj, accusative plural muzeojn)

2. (architecture) museum
   • 2025 November 27, Renée Triolle, “La unua eŭropano, kiu vizitis Tibeton Alexandra David-Néel (1868-1969)”, in uea.facila‎^[1], archived from the original on 23 December 2025:

     Ĉe la muzeo Guimet en Parizo ŝi ekinteresiĝis pri la aziaj artoj kaj kulturoj

     At the Guimet museum in Paris, she started to become interested about Asian art and cultures.

Further reading

• “muzeo”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “muzeo”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026
• Wells, John C. (1992), “muze/o, museum”, in Concise Esperanto and English Dictionary‎^[2], →ISBN, pages 118, 313
• Benson, Peter J. (1995), “museum”, in Comprehensive English-Esperanto Dictionary‎^[3], →ISBN, page 340
• Butler, Montagu C. (1967), “muze-o”, in Esperanto-English Dictionary‎^[4], →OL, page 279
• Motteau, Achille (1907), “muze-o”, in Esperanto-English Dictionary‎^[5], →OCLC, page 97

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto muzeo, English museum, French musée, muséum, German Museum, Italian museo, Russian музе́й (muzéj), Spanish museo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muˈzeo/

Noun

muzeo (plural muzei)

1. museum