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wax museum

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A museum featuring lifelike statues made of wax.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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  • Arabic: مَتْحَف شَمْع (matḥaf šamʕ) — museum featuring statues made of wax
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蠟像館 /蜡像馆 (làxiàngguǎn) — museum featuring statues made of wax
  • Czech: panoptikum — museum featuring statues made of wax
  • Dutch: panopticum — museum featuring statues made of wax
  • Dutch: wassenbeeldenmuseum — museum featuring statues made of wax
  • Finnish: vahakabinetti — museum featuring statues made of wax
  • French: musée de cire — museum featuring statues made of wax
  • Georgian: ცვილის მუზეუმი (cvilis muzeumi) — museum featuring statues made of wax
  • Georgian: ცვილის ფიგურების მუზეუმი (cvilis pigurebis muzeumi) — museum featuring statues made of wax
  • German: Wachsfigurenkabinett — museum featuring statues made of wax
  • German: Panoptikum — museum featuring statues made of wax
  • Hebrew: מוּזֵאוֹן שַׁעֲוָה (muze'ón sha'avá) — museum featuring statues made of wax
  • Hungarian: viaszmúzeum — museum featuring statues made of wax
  • Icelandic: vaxmyndasafn — museum featuring statues made of wax
  • Italian: museo delle cere — museum featuring statues made of wax
  • Japanese: 蝋人形館 (rōningyō-kan) — museum featuring statues made of wax
  • Korean: 밀랍 인형 박물관 (millap inhyeong bangmulgwan) — museum featuring statues made of wax
  • Korean: 밀랍 박물관 (millap bangmulgwan) — museum featuring statues made of wax
  • Polish: gabinet figur woskowych — museum featuring statues made of wax
  • Polish: panoptikum — museum featuring statues made of wax
  • Portuguese: museu de cera — museum featuring statues made of wax
  • Romanian: muzeu de ceară — museum featuring statues made of wax
  • Russian: музе́й восковы́х фигу́р (muzéj voskovýx figúr) — museum featuring statues made of wax
  • Spanish: museo de cera — museum featuring statues made of wax
  • Swedish: vaxkabinett — museum featuring statues made of wax