museu
Catalan
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
museu m (plural museus)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Verb
museu
- inflection of musar:
- second-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person plural imperative
Galician
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /muˈsɛw/ [muˈs̺ɛw], /muˈsew/ [muˈs̺ew]
- Rhymes: -ɛw, -ew
- Hyphenation: mu‧seu
Noun
museu m (plural museus)
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), 2014–2025
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]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /muˈzew/
- Rhymes: -ew
- Hyphenation: mu‧seu
Noun
museu m (plural museus)
Descendants
- →? Tetum: muzeu
Further reading
- “museu”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “museu”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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)