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masculine

/muˈse.o/

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Translation

museum

Word origin

From Latin museum, from Greek mouseion ('seat of the Muses, place of study'), from Mousa ('Muse').

Origin: Greek
Root: mouseion
English cognates: museum, muse, music

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluralmuseos

Examples

The museum is closed on Mondays.

Madrid.

We visited an art museum in Madrid.

There are many old paintings in the museum.

The museum is free for children.

My father works at a museum in the city.

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This word is part of lesson 42.