museum
substantivoverbocorrente nos diálogos
- Reino Unido//mjuːˈziːəm//
- Estados Unidos//mjuˈziəm//
- Estados Unidos//mjuˈzim//
- Estados Unidos//mjuˈzæm//
- //ˈmju.zɪ.jəm//
A building or institution dedicated to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical, cultural or artistic value.
substantivo
- 1
A building or institution dedicated to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical, cultural or artistic value.
visit the history museum
They're opening a new coin exhibition at the local museum.
Etimologia
From Latin mūsēum (“library, study”), from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon), shrine of the Muses (Μοῦσα (Moûsa)). Doublet of mosaic.
verbo
- 1
To place in a museum.
I use daily those books that for others are museumed. The glass case approach depresses me, makes books into porcelain, guts them of what they are.
Such museuming provides evidence that the Gulf has started building up its defences to protect its national culture, which might be seen as threatened by modern, global societies.
- 2
To visit museums.
I told her I'd do just one visit to start; I don't really have time to do a lot of museuming.
Formas
- plural
- museums, musea
- pretérito
- museumed
- particípio passado
- museumed
- gerúndio
- museuming
- 3.ª pessoa do singular
- museums
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