muse

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• myo͞oz
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• Received-Pronunciation: /mjuːz/
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• Canada, General-American: /mjuz/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /mjʉːz/
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• homophone: mews
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• homophone: Meuse
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• rhymes with -uːz
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• /mjuːz/
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• CMU ARPABET: M Y UW1 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Shan မူႇၸေႊ (mùu tse᷈e).

From Middle French muse, from Latin Mūsa, from Ancient Greek Μοῦσα (Moûsa).

From Middle English musen, from Old French muser.

From French musse. See muset.

From Middle English Muse, from Latin Musa, from Ancient Greek Μοῦσα (Moûsa).

149 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Asturian: musa — a source of inspiration
• Belarusian: му́за (múza) — a source of inspiration
• Breton: awen — a source of inspiration
• Bulgarian: му́за (múza) — a source of inspiration
• Catalan: musa — a source of inspiration
• Chinese Mandarin: 繆斯 /缪斯 (Miùsī) — a source of inspiration
• Czech: múza — a source of inspiration
• Danish: muse — a source of inspiration
• Dutch: muze — a source of inspiration
• Esperanto: muzo — a source of inspiration
• Finnish: muusa — a source of inspiration
• Finnish: runotar — a source of inspiration
• French: muse — a source of inspiration
• French: égérie — a source of inspiration
• Galician: musa — a source of inspiration
• German: Muse — a source of inspiration
• Greek: μούσα (moúsa) — a source of inspiration
• Hebrew: מוזה (múza) — a source of inspiration
• Hungarian: múzsa — a source of inspiration
• Indonesian: ilham — a source of inspiration
• Interlingua: musa — a source of inspiration
• Italian: muse — a source of inspiration
• Japanese: ミューズ (myūzu) — a source of inspiration
• Korean: 뮤즈 (myujeu) — a source of inspiration
• Latin: Mūsa — a source of inspiration
• Luxembourgish: Muse — a source of inspiration
• Macedonian: муза (muza) — a source of inspiration
• Māori: manawakura — a source of inspiration
• Norwegian Bokmål: muse — a source of inspiration
• Occitan: musa — a source of inspiration
• Polish: muza — a source of inspiration
• Portuguese: musa — a source of inspiration
• Romanian: muză — a source of inspiration
• Russian: му́за (múza) — a source of inspiration
• Serbo-Croatian: му́за — a source of inspiration
• Serbo-Croatian: múza — a source of inspiration
• Slovak: múza — a source of inspiration
• Spanish: musa — a source of inspiration
• Spanish: numen — a source of inspiration
• Spanish: estro — a source of inspiration
• Swedish: musa — a source of inspiration
• Turkish: esin — a source of inspiration
• Ukrainian: му́за (múza) — a source of inspiration
• Welsh: awen — a source of inspiration
• Armenian: մուսա (musa) — one of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts
• Belarusian: му́за (múza) — one of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts
• Breton: muzenn f muzezed — one of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts
• Bulgarian: му́за (múza) — one of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts
• Chinese Mandarin: 繆斯 /缪斯 (Miùsī) — one of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts
• Coptic: ⲡⲉⲣⲓⲇⲱⲛ (peridōn) — one of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts
• Coptic: ⲙⲟⲩⲥⲁ (mousa) — one of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts
• Czech: múza — one of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts
• Danish: Muse — one of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts
• Dutch: muse — one of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts
• Dutch: Nadenken — one of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts
• Esperanto: Muzo — one of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts
• Finnish: muusa — one of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts
• French: muse — one of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts
• French: Muse — one of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts
• Georgian: მუზი (muzi) — one of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts
• German: Muse — one of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts
• Greek: μούσα (moúsa) — one of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts
• Ancient Greek: Μοῦσα (Moûsa) — one of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts
• Interlingua: musa — one of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts
• Irish: Bé — one of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts
• Italian: Musa — one of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts
• Italian: musa — one of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts
• Japanese: ムーサ (Mūsa) — one of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts
• Korean: 무사 — one of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts
• Latin: Mūsa — one of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts
• Latin: Camēna — one of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts
• Luxembourgish: Muse — one of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts
• Macedonian: муза (muza) — one of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts
• Polish: muza — one of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts
• Portuguese: musa — one of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts
• Russian: му́за (múza) — one of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts
• Serbo-Croatian: му́за — one of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts
• Serbo-Croatian: múza — one of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts
• Slovak: múza — one of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts
• Slovene: muza — one of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts
• Spanish: Musa — one of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts
• Swahili: Muza — one of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts
• Swedish: Musa — one of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts
• Thai: มิวส์ — one of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts
• Turkish: Müz — one of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts
• Ukrainian: му́за (múza) — one of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts
• Bulgarian: замислям се (zamisljam se) — to become lost in thought
• Czech: dumat — to become lost in thought
• Czech: přemítat — to become lost in thought
• Czech: hloubat — to become lost in thought
• Czech: uvažovat — to become lost in thought
• Dutch: mijmeren — to become lost in thought
• Dutch: nadenken — to become lost in thought
• Finnish: pohtia — to become lost in thought
• Finnish: haikailla — to become lost in thought
• Finnish: mietiskellä — to become lost in thought
• Finnish: tuumia — to become lost in thought
• French: songer — to become lost in thought
• German: grübeln — to become lost in thought
• German: nachsinnen — to become lost in thought
• German: sinnieren — to become lost in thought
• Indonesian: melamun — to become lost in thought
• Indonesian: termenung — to become lost in thought
• Italian: meditare — to become lost in thought
• Japanese: 熟考する (jyukkōsuru) — to become lost in thought
• Japanese: 瞑想する (meisōsuru) — to become lost in thought
• Māori: whakaaroaro — to become lost in thought
• Middle English: musen — to become lost in thought
• Polish: dumać — to become lost in thought
• Portuguese: divagar — to become lost in thought
• Russian: заду́мываться (zadúmyvatʹsja) — to become lost in thought
• Russian: заду́маться (zadúmatʹsja) — to become lost in thought
• Scottish Gaelic: meòraich — to become lost in thought
• Slovak: dumať — to become lost in thought
• Slovak: rozjímať — to become lost in thought
• Turkish: düşünceye dalmak — to become lost in thought
• Turkish: derin derin düşünmek — to become lost in thought
• Turkish: düşüncelere dalmak — to become lost in thought
• Ukrainian: задуматися (zadumatysja) — to become lost in thought
• Ukrainian: замислитися (zamyslytysja) — to become lost in thought
• Finnish: lausua — to say with due consideration
• German: sinnieren — to say with due consideration
• German: nachdenklich sagen — to say with due consideration
• German: nachsinnen — to say with due consideration
• Polish: zastanawiać się — to say with due consideration
• Scottish Gaelic: meòraich — to say with due consideration
• Slovak: dumať — to say with due consideration
• Slovak: rozjímať — to say with due consideration
• Ukrainian: розмірко́вувати (rozmirkóvuvaty) — to say with due consideration
• Ukrainian: роздумувати (rozdumuvaty) — to say with due consideration
• Bulgarian: размишлявам (razmišljavam) — to think on; to meditate on
• Czech: uvažovat — to think on; to meditate on
• Czech: přemítat — to think on; to meditate on
• Czech: hloubat — to think on; to meditate on
• Czech: dumat — to think on; to meditate on
• Dutch: stilstaan bij — to think on; to meditate on
• German: nachsinnen — to think on; to meditate on
• German: sinnieren — to think on; to meditate on
• Māori: huritao — to think on; to meditate on
• Māori: hurihuri — to think on; to meditate on
• Māori: taute — to think on; to meditate on
• Middle English: musen — to think on; to meditate on
• Spanish: cavilar — to think on; to meditate on
• Spanish: meditar — to think on; to meditate on
• Ukrainian: задуматися (zadumatysja) — to think on; to meditate on
• Ukrainian: замислитися (zamyslytysja) — to think on; to meditate on
• Bulgarian: чудя се (čudja se) — to wonder at
• Middle English: musen — to wonder at
• Ukrainian: дивуватися (dyvuvatysja) — to wonder at