🇮🇹 Italian

musei

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masculine

i musei

museums

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musei
/i muˈzɛːi/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say musei in Italian?

IPA
/i muˈzɛːi/

How do you pronounce musei in Italian?

musei is pronounced /i muˈzɛːi/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il museo archeologico è molto grande e affascinante.

The archaeological museum is very large and fascinating.

Questo museo moderno espone quadri straordinari.

This modern museum displays extraordinary paintings.

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Why is it masculine?

Musei is masculine because it derives from Latin "musaeum," which was borrowed from Greek "mouseion" (temple of the Muses), and Latin neuter nouns ending in "-eum" typically became masculine in Italian. The word retained masculine gender through this linguistic evolution from Latin to Romance languages.

What is the Italian word for museums?

The Italian word for museums is i musei — masculine.

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