museum
/mjuːˈziː.əm/
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Translation
A building where people go to look at old or important things.
Word origin
From Latin museum, from Greek mouseion, a place of the Muses and learning.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- museum
Grammar
Gender
Pluralmuseums
Examples
.
"Museum" is the building where old things are kept.
three .
"Museums" is the plural, meaning more than one museum.
class.
Here "museum" is the place they went to visit.
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