museu

See also: muséu and musèu

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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), 2014–2025

Portuguese

 museu on Portuguese Wikipedia

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, 2008–2025
• “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)

1. museum