🇫🇷 francese

musée

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
masculine

le musée

museum

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musée
/lə myze/
← masculine feminine →

Come si dice musée in francese?

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/lə myze/

How do you pronounce musée in francese?

musée is pronounced /lə myze/ in francese.

Frasi di esempio

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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Perché è 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.

Come si dice museum in francese?

In francese, museum si dice le musée — masculine.

Genere nelle altre lingue

LinguaParolaArticoloGenere
🇪🇸 Spanishmuseoelmasculine
🇮🇹 Italianmuseoilmasculine

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