musée du Louvre
The Louvre Museum in French is musée du Louvre.
The term refers to the national art museum located in Paris, France.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase musée du Louvre literally means museum of the Louvre.
How does it change in a sentence?
In French, the definite article le is used before the name of the museum, as in le Musée du Louvre.
Did you know?
- One theory suggests Louvre comes from the Latin lupus for 'wolf', because the original fortress was built on a site used as a wolf hunting den.
Examples in context
- La Tour Eiffel est dans la même ville que le Musée du Louvre.The Eiffel Tower is in the same city as the Louvre Museum.This sentence is useful for noting that the Eiffel Tower and the musée du Louvre are in the same city.Tatoeba #526508 by Micsmithel, translation #479194 by CK
- Je prévois de visiter le Musée du Louvre pendant mes vacances à Paris.I plan to visit the Louvre Museum during my vacation in Paris.
- Le Louvre est l'un des musées les plus célèbres du monde.The Louvre is one of the most famous museums in the world.
- On devrait se retrouver devant le musée du Louvre demain.We should meet in front of the Louvre Museum tomorrow.
- Le musée du Louvre est magnifique.The Louvre museum is magnificent.
- Nous allons visiter le musée du Louvre demain.We are going to visit the Louvre museum tomorrow.
Example conversation
Manon and Hugo are planning their sightseeing in Paris.
- ManonOn va au musée du Louvre demain ?Shall we go to the Louvre Museum tomorrow?
- HugoOui, c'est une excellente idée !Yes, that is an excellent idea!
- ManonIl faut réserver les billets en ligne.We need to book the tickets online.
- HugoJe m'en occupe tout de suite, Manon.I will take care of it right now, Manon.
Sources
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries Louvre, du, musée, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
