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noun, masculine

musée

/my.ze/

noun, masculine/my.ze/plural: musées

museum (a building or institution dedicated to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical, cultural or artistic value)

Tous les dimanches, nous allons au musée.We go to the museum every Sunday.

Related: muséal, musée imaginaire

From Latin mūsēum (“library, study”), from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon), shrine of the Muses (Μοῦσα (Moûsa)).