-eum

Borrowed from Latin -ēum, from Ancient Greek -εῖον (-eîon), originating in the substantivized neuter of -εῖος (-eîos, adjective suffix).

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.əm/

-eum (noun-forming suffix, plural -ea)

1. Noun-forming suffix found in words of Greek origin meaning “place or building associated with a specific purpose or person” (indicated by the root word)

   ‎Mausol(us) + ‎-eum → ‎Mausoleum

   ‎Mus(e) + ‎-eum → ‎museum

   ‎prytan(is) + ‎-eum → ‎prytaneum

   ‎od(e) + ‎-eum → ‎odeum

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [e.ũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [e.um]

-eum

1. inflection of -eus:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular

Borrowed from Ancient Greek -εῖον (-eîon), originating in the substantivized neuter of -εῖος (-eîos, adjective suffix).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈeː.ũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛː.um]

-ēum n (genitive -ēī); second declension

1. Noun-forming suffix found in words of Greek origin meaning “place or building associated with a specific purpose or person” (indicated by the root word)

   ‎Mausōl(us) + ‎-ēum → ‎Mausōlēum

   ‎Mūs(a) + ‎-ēum → ‎Mūsēum

   ‎prytan(is) + ‎-ēum → ‎prytanēum

Second-declension noun (neuter).

• Catalan: -eu
• → English: -eum
• → German: -eum
• Italian: -eo
• Middle French: -ee m
  • French: -ée m
• Portuguese: -éu
• Spanish: -eo