bibliothèque

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bibliothēca (“library”), originally from Ancient Greek βιβλιοθήκη (bibliothḗkē, “book-room”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.bli.jɔ.tɛk/

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Noun

bibliothèque f (plural bibliothèques)

1. library
2. bookcase

Derived terms

• discothèque

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: библиотека (biblioteka)
• → Danish: bibliotek
• → Dutch: bibliotheek
  • Afrikaans: biblioteek
  • → Indonesian: bibliotek
• → English: bibliotheke
• → German: Bibliothek
• → Latvian: bibliotēka
• → Lithuanian: biblioteka
• → Lower Sorbian: biblioteka
• → Norwegian: bibliotek
• → Polish: biblioteka
• → Russian: библиоте́ка (bibliotéka), вивлио́фика (vivliófika) (obsolete)
• → Serbo-Croatian: библиоте́ка (bibliotéka)
• → Swedish: bibliotek
• → Ukrainian: бібліоте́ка (bibliotéka)
• → Upper Sorbian: biblioteka

Related terms

• bibliothécaire m or f

See also

• librairie

Further reading

• “bibliothèque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bibliothēca (“library”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek βιβλιοθήκη (bibliothḗkē, “book-room”).

Noun

bibliothèque f (plural bibliothèques)

1. (Jersey) library
2. (Jersey) bookcase