different between depository vs museum

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin d?posit?rium, from Latin d?positum, past participle of d?p?n?.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??p?z?t?i/
• (US) IPA^(key): /d??p?z?t??i/

Noun

depository (plural depositories)

1. A place where something is deposited, as for storage, safekeeping, or preservation; a repository.
   • 1776, United States Declaration of Independence

     He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.

2. A trustee; a depositary.

Antonyms

• nondepository

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• musæum (archaic)

Etymology

From Latin m?s?um (“library, study”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (Mouseîon), shrine of the Muses (????? (Moûsa)).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /mju??zi??m/
• (US) IPA^(key): /mju?zi.?m/, /mju?zæ?m/
• Rhymes: -i??m

Noun

museum (plural museums or musea)

1. A building or institution dedicated to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical, cultural or artistic value.

Usage notes

The plural "musea" has always been very rare in English.

Derived terms

• open-air museum

Related terms

Translations

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch museum, from Latin museum.

Noun

museum (plural [please provide])|museums

1. museum

Danish

Etymology

Via Latin m?s?um from Ancient Greek ???????? (Mouseîon, “a shrine of the Muses”), derived from ????? (Moûsa, “Muse”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [mu?s???m]

Noun

museum n (definite singular museet, indefinite plural museer, definite plural museerne)

1. museum

Declension

References

• “museum” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin museum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?my?ze?.?m/
• Hyphenation: mu?se?um

Noun

museum n (plural musea or museums, diminutive museumpje n)

1. museum

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: museum
• ? Indonesian: museum

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch museum, from Latin museum, from Ancient Greek ???????? (Mouseîon, “a shrine of the Muses”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [m??sj?m], [mu?se?m]
• Hyphenation: mu?sé?um

Noun

museum (plural museum-museum, first-person possessive museumku, second-person possessive museummu, third-person possessive museumnya)

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

Alternative forms

• musium
• muzium (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

Affixed terms

Compounds

Further reading

• “museum” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ???????? (Mouseîon, “a shrine of the Muses”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /mu??se?.um/, [mu??s?e????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mu?se.um/, [mu?s???um]

Noun

m?s?um n (genitive m?s??); second declension

1. museum

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

References

• museum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• museum in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia?^[1]
• museum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• museum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• musé

Noun

museum n (definite singular museet, indefinite plural museer, definite plural musea or museene)

1. a museum

Derived terms

• friluftsmuseum
• kunstmuseum

References

• “museum” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• muse, musé

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??se??m/

Noun

museum n (definite singular museet, indefinite plural museum, definite plural musea)

1. a museum

Derived terms

• friluftsmuseum
• kunstmuseum

References

• “museum” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin museum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??se???m/

Noun

museum n

1. a museum

Usage notes

As the first part of a compound, the form musei- is used.

Declension

Related terms

References

• museum in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

West Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /my?se??m/

Noun

museum n (plural museums or musea, diminutive museumke)

1. museum