Complete Definition of "museum"

see|Museum|.museum
English

Etymology
Greek �ο��είον (Mouseîon) shrine of the Muses (�ο��α, Moûsa)

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-museum.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
wikipedia
en-noun|pl2=musea

  1. A building or institution dedicated to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical, cultural or artistic value.

Related terms
museography
museology
museophile

Translations
trans-top|building or institution
Arabic: Arab|�تح� IPAchar|(mátħaf) m
Bosnian: t-|bs|muzej|m
Chinese: ��� (bówùgu�n)
Croatian: t+|hr|muzej|m
Czech: t-|cs|muzeum|m
Danish: t+|da|museum
Dutch: t+|nl|museum|n
Esperanto: t-|eo|muzeo|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: t-|fi|museo
French: t+|fr|musée|m
German: t+|de|Museum|n
Hungarian: t+|hu|múzeum
Icelandic: t+|is|safn|n
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Italian: t+|it|museo|m
Japanese: (art) ��館 (������, bijutsukan); (the other) ��館 (������, hakubutsukan)
Korean: �물� (bakmulgwan)
Kurdish: KUchar|ع���ت�ک�� خا���, KUchar|���ز��خا���
Norwegian: t+|no|museum
Portuguese: t+|pt|museu|m
Russian: t+|ru|м�зей|m|trmuzéj|scCyrl
Serbian:

Spanish: t-|es|museo|f
Swedish: t-|sv|museum|n
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Category:Buildings


Dutch
Noun
nl-noun|gn|pl1musea|pl2museums|dimmuseumpje

  1. museum

Derived terms
museaal


Swedish

Pronunciation
audio|Sv-museum.ogg|audio

sv-noun-n-zero|3=muse
sv-noun-reg-r-n|2=musee
sv-noun-reg-r-n|2=musée
Noun
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#museum#English|museum

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