biblioteca

See also: bibliotèca and bibliotecă

Aragonese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bibliothēca, from Ancient Greek βιβλιοθήκη (bibliothḗkē, “library”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bibljoˈteka/
• Rhymes: -eka
• Syllabification: bi‧blio‧te‧ca

Noun

biblioteca f (plural bibliotecas)

1. library

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “biblioteca”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bibliothēca, from Ancient Greek βιβλιοθήκη (bibliothḗkē, “library”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bibljoˈteka/, [bi.β̞ljoˈt̪e.ka]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eka
• Hyphenation: bi‧blio‧te‧ca

Noun

biblioteca f (plural biblioteques)

1. library

Related terms

• bibliotecariu

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bibliothēca, from Ancient Greek βιβλιοθήκη (bibliothḗkē, “library”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [bi.βli.uˈtɛ.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [bi.bli.oˈtɛ.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [bi.bli.oˈte.ka]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

biblioteca f (plural biblioteques)

1. library

Related terms

• bibliotecari

Further reading

• “biblioteca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “biblioteca”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “biblioteca” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “biblioteca” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Fala

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Spanish biblioteca, from Latin bibliothēca, from Ancient Greek βιβλιοθήκη (bibliothḗkē, “library”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bibljoˈteka/

Noun

biblioteca f (plural bibliotecas)

1. library

References

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin bibliothēca, from Ancient Greek βιβλιοθήκη (bibliothḗkē, “library”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biβljʊˈtɛkɐ/

Noun

biblioteca f (plural bibliotecas)

1. library

   Nas vacacións aproveito para ir ler á biblioteca.

   I take the opportunity to go read at the library in the holidays.

Related terms

• bibliotecario

Further reading

• “biblioteca”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bibliothēca, from Ancient Greek βιβλιοθήκη (bibliothḗkē, “library”). By surface analysis, biblio- +‎ -teca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.bljoˈtɛ.ka/

  • Audio:

    (file)

  • Hyphenation: bi‧blio‧tè‧ca
• (nonstandard) IPA^(key): /bi.bloˈtɛ.ka/, /bi.bjoˈtɛ.ka/
  • Hyphenation: bi‧blio‧tè‧ca
• Rhymes: -ɛka

Noun

biblioteca f (plural biblioteche)

1. library
2. bookcase

Derived terms

• bibliotecario

Portuguese

biblioteca

Alternative forms

• bibliotheca (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bibliothēca, from Ancient Greek βιβλιοθήκη (bibliothḗkē, “library”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bi.bli.oˈtɛ.kɐ/ [bi.blɪ.oˈtɛ.kɐ], (faster pronunciation) /bi.bljoˈtɛ.kɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bi.bli.oˈtɛ.kɐ/ [bi.blɪ.oˈtɛ.kɐ], (faster pronunciation) /bi.bljoˈtɛ.kɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /bi.bli.oˈtɛ.ka/ [bi.blɪ.oˈtɛ.ka], (faster pronunciation) /bi.bljoˈtɛ.ka/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bi.bli.uˈtɛ.kɐ/ [bi.βli.uˈtɛ.kɐ], (faster pronunciation) /bi.bljuˈtɛ.kɐ/ [bi.βljuˈtɛ.kɐ]

• Rhymes: -ɛkɐ
• Hyphenation: bi‧bli‧o‧te‧ca

Noun

biblioteca f (plural bibliotecas)

1. library
   • 2000, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e a Câmara Secreta [Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets] (Harry Potter; 2), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 217:

     Quando tiver uma dúvida, vá à biblioteca

     When you have a doubt, go to the library.

Related terms

• biblio-
• bibliotecário

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bib.li.oˈte.ka]

Noun

biblioteca f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of bibliotecă

Romansch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bibliothēca, from Ancient Greek βιβλιοθήκη (bibliothḗkē, “library”).

Noun

biblioteca f (plural bibliotecas)

1. library

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bibliothēca, from Ancient Greek βιβλιοθήκη (bibliothḗkē, “library”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bibljoˈteka/ [bi.β̞ljoˈt̪e.ka]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eka
• Syllabification: bi‧blio‧te‧ca

Noun

biblioteca f (plural bibliotecas)

1. library
2. bookcase

   Synonym: estantería

Derived terms

• biblioteca digital
• ratón de biblioteca

 

Related terms

• bibliotecario

 

Descendants

• → Tagalog: bibliyoteka

Further reading

• “biblioteca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014