bibliotecario

See also: bibliotecário

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin bibliothēcārius (“librarian”). By surface analysis, biblioteca (“library”) +‎ -ario.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.bljo.teˈka.rjo/
• Rhymes: -arjo
• Hyphenation: bi‧blio‧te‧cà‧rio

Noun

bibliotecario m (plural bibliotecari, feminine bibliotecaria)

1. librarian

Related terms

• biblioteca

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek βῠ́βλος (bŭ́blos)

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)?

Ancient Greek -ιον (-ion)

Ancient Greek βυβλίον (bublíon)

Ancient Greek βῐβλῐ́ον (bĭblĭ́on)

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰeh₁ti

Ancient Greek τίθημι (títhēmi)

Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē)

Ancient Greek -θήκη (-thḗkē)

Ancient Greek βῐβλῐοθήκη (bĭblĭothḗkē)bor.

Latin bibliothēca

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -ārius

Late Latin bibliothēcāriusbor.

Spanish bibliotecario

Borrowed from Late Latin bibliothēcārius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bibljoteˈkaɾjo/ [bi.β̞ljo.t̪eˈka.ɾjo]

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• Rhymes: -aɾjo
• Syllabification: bi‧blio‧te‧ca‧rio

Noun

bibliotecario m (plural bibliotecarios, feminine bibliotecaria, feminine plural bibliotecarias)

1. professional librarian

Related terms

• biblioteca

Further reading

• “bibliotecario”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025