museu

See also: muséu and musèu

Catalan

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [muˈzɛw]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

museu m (plural museus)

  1. museum

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

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

Further reading

  • museu”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025

Portuguese

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]

  • Rhymes: -ew
  • Hyphenation: mu‧seu

Noun

museu m (plural museus)

  1. museum

Descendants

  • ? Tetum: muzeu

Further reading

Sicilian

Etymology

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