museo
il museo
museum
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How do you say museo in Italian?
How do you pronounce museo in Italian?
museo is pronounced /il muˈzɛːo/ 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?
Museo 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 museum?
The Italian word for museum is il museo — masculine.
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