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le musée
museum
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How do you say musée in French?
How do you pronounce musée in French?
musée is pronounced /lə myze/ in French.
Example sentences
Le musée national est fermé le lundi.
The national museum is closed on Mondays.
Ce musée archéologique est très ancien et intéressant.
This archaeological museum is very old and interesting.
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Why is it masculine?
Musée is masculine. While it does derive from Latin "museum" (borrowed from Greek "mouseion"), the gender assignment in French is better explained by the French suffix "-ée" (from Latin "-ata"). However, "musée" is actually an exception: most French nouns ending in "-ée" are feminine (e.g., "journée", "année"), but "musée" is masculine. This irregularity is due to its Latin neuter ending "-eum" (later masculine in Latin) being reanalyzed in French, where it became associated with the masculine "é" ending found in past participles and some masculine nouns.
What is the French word for museum?
The French word for museum is le musée — masculine.
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