muséum
French, noun/my.ze.ɔm/
muséum is spelled M-U-S-É-U-M (6 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written French, the 15,113th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Muséum is a French masculine noun meaning “a scientific museum, like that of natural history” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Musée, lieu d’exposition de collections d’œuvres d’art ou d’objets divers”.
What does muséum mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea scientific museum, like that of natural history
Le Muséum d'Histoire naturelle
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Musée, lieu d’exposition de collections d’œuvres d’art ou d’objets divers. 2. Musée scientifique consacré aux sciences naturelles et à leur enseignement.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of muséum
- muséums plural
- musæum alternative
- musée
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce muséum?
- /my.ze.ɔm/
- \my.ze.ɔm\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is muséum in French?
muséum appears 3.2 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).