Muse

See also: Appendix:Variations of "muse"

English

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Muse

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Etymology 1

From Middle English Muse, from Latin Musa, from Ancient Greek Μοῦσα (Moûsa).

Pronunciation

• enPR: myo͞oz, IPA^(key): /mjuːz/
• Homophone: mews
• Rhymes: -uːz

Noun

Muse (plural Muses)

1. One of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts.
   • 1645, John Milton, Il Penseroso:

     And hears the Muſes in a ring,
     Ay round about Joves Altar ſing.

Usage notes

The plural Musae can also be found, though it is much rarer than Muses.

Hyponyms

• (Greek mythology Muses) Muse; Calliope, Clio, Erato, Euterpe, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia, Urania

Derived terms

• musal, Musal

Related terms

• museum
• music

Translations

one of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts

Armenian: մուսա (hy) (musa) Belarusian: му́за f (múza) Breton: muzenn f muzezed pl Bulgarian: му́за (bg) f (múza) Chinese: Mandarin: 繆斯 / 缪斯 (zh) (Miùsī) Coptic: ⲡⲉⲣⲓⲇⲱⲛ (peridōn), ⲙⲟⲩⲥⲁ (mousa) Czech: múza f Danish: Muse Dutch: muse (nl), Nadenken Esperanto: Muzo Finnish: muusa (fi) French: muse (fr) f, Muse (fr) f Georgian: მუზი (muzi) German: Muse (de) f Greek: μούσα (el) f (moúsa) Ancient: Μοῦσα f (Moûsa) Interlingua: musa Irish: Bé f Italian: Musa (it), musa (it) f Japanese: ムーサ (Mūsa) Korean: 무사 (ko) (Musa) Latin: Mūsa f, Camēna f Luxembourgish: Muse Macedonian: муза f (muza) Polish: muza (pl) f Portuguese: musa (pt) f Russian: му́за (ru) f (múza) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: му́за f Roman: múza (sh) f Slovak: múza f Slovene: muza (sl) f Spanish: Musa f Swahili: Muza Swedish: Musa Thai: มิวส์ Turkish: Müz Ukrainian: му́за f (múza)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Shan မူႇၸေႊ (mùu tse᷈e).

Proper noun

Muse

1. A city in Shan State, Myanmar.

Anagrams

• Semu, emus, umes

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Muse f (genitive Muse, plural Musen)

1. A Muse (deity).
2. A source of inspiration.

Declension

Declension of Muse [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Muse	die	Musen
genitive	einer	der	Muse	der	Musen
dative	einer	der	Muse	den	Musen
accusative	eine	die	Muse	die	Musen

Further reading

• “Muse” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Muse” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Muse” in Duden online
• Muse on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Middle English

Alternative forms

• muse, mwse

Etymology

From Latin Mūsa, either directly or from Old French muse. Ultimately from Ancient Greek Μοῦσᾰ (Moûsă).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiu̯z(ə)/

Noun

Muse (plural Muses)

1. (Greek mythology) A Muse
2. A source of inspiration for artists.
3. (rare) A kind of art.

Related terms

• musike

Descendants

• English: Muse, muse
• Scots: Muse, muse

References

• “Mūse, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 30 October 2018.