museum
English
/mjuːˈziːəm/, /mjuˈzi.əm/
noun
Definitions
- A building or institution dedicated to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical, cultural or artistic value.
Etymology
Derived from Latin mūsēum (library, study) derived from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (a shrine of the Muses, seat of the Muses).
Origin
Ancient Greek
Μουσεῖον
Gloss
a shrine of the Muses, seat of the Muses
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antimuseum English
- cybermuseum English
- ecomuseum English
- goer English
- going English
- minimuseum English
- multimuseum English
- museological English
- museologist English
- museology English
- museomics English
- museum-goer English
- museumesque English
- museumgoer English
- museumgoing English
- museumification English
- museumization English
- museumize English
- museumless English
- museumlike English
- museumobile English
- museumwide English
- museumworthy English
- nonmuseum English
- museo Finnish
- museum Latin
- mūsēum Latin
- Museum German
- muséal French
- musée French
- muséologie French
- écomusée French
- музе́й Russian
- Μουσεῖον Ancient Greek
- Μοῦσᾰ Ancient Greek
- μουσεῖον Ancient Greek
- muse Norwegian Bokmål
- musé Norwegian Bokmål
- museu Portuguese
- ミュージアム Japanese
- muzeum Polish
- muse Norwegian Nynorsk
- musé Norwegian Nynorsk
- museum Danish
- muzeo Esperanto
- müze Turkish
- muzium Malay
- museu Sicilian
- musiọmu Yoruba