different between study vs museum

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st?di/
• Rhymes: -?di

Etymology 1

From Middle English studien, from Old French estudier (Modern French étudier) from Medieval Latin studi?re and Latin stud?re, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd- (“to push, hit”). Displaced native Old English cneordlæcan.

Verb

study (third-person singular simple present studies, present participle studying, simple past and past participle studied)

1. (usually academic) To review materials already learned in order to make sure one does not forget them, usually in preparation for an examination.

2. (academic) To take a course or courses on a subject.

3. To acquire knowledge on a subject with the intention of applying it in practice.

4. To look at minutely.

5. To fix the mind closely upon a subject; to dwell upon anything in thought; to muse; to ponder.
   • July 10, 1732, Jonathan Swift, letter to Mr. Gay and The Duchess of Queensberry

     I found a moral first, and studied for a fable.

6. To endeavor diligently; to be zealous.

   • And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you […]

Conjugation

Synonyms

• con
• elucubrate
• research
• revise
• swot

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English studie, from Old French estudie (Modern French étude), from Latin studium (“zeal, dedication, study”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd- (“to push, hit”). Doublet of studio.

Noun

study (countable and uncountable, plural studies)

1. Mental effort to acquire knowledge or learning.
   • 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond

     During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant […]

   • 1699, William Temple, Heads designed for an essay on conversations

     Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.
2. The act of studying or examining; examination.
3. Any particular branch of learning that is studied; any object of attentive consideration.
   • 1762, Edmund Law, An extract from A serious call to a devout and holy life

     The Holy Scriptures, especially the New Testament, are her daily study.
5. A room in a house intended for reading and writing; traditionally the private room of the male head of household.

   • his cheery little study

6. An artwork made in order to practise or demonstrate a subject or technique.

7. The human face, bearing an expression which the observer finds amusingly typical of a particular emotion or state of mind.

8. (music) A piece for special practice; an étude.
9. (academic) An academic publication.

10. One who commits a theatrical part to memory.
11. (obsolete) A state of mental perplexity or worried thought.
12. (archaic) Thought, as directed to a specific purpose; one's concern.

Synonyms

• (private male room): cabinet, closet (archaic)

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:study

Coordinate terms

• (private male room): boudoir (female equivalent)

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Dusty, Dutys, Duyst, dusty

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