conservatoire
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French conservatoire. Doublet of conservatory.
Noun
[edit]conservatoire (plural conservatoires)
Synonyms
[edit]- college of music
- conservatory
- conservatory of music
- musical school
- music conservatory
- music school
- school of music
Translations
[edit]school or educational institution that teaches music
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Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From conserver + -(at)oire (adjective-forming suffix), a learned formation built on the supine stem cōnservāt- of Latin cōnservāre, like the noun conservation. Corresponds to the Medieval Latin adjective cōnservātōrius.
Adjective
[edit]conservatoire (plural conservatoires)
- conservative
- Synonym: conservateur
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From conserver + -(at)oire (masculine-noun-forming suffix), a learned formation built on the supine stem cōnservāt- of Latin cōnservāre. Corresponds to the post-Classical Latin neuter noun of place cōnservātōrium.
Noun
[edit]conservatoire m (plural conservatoires)
- conservatory (for the maintenance of tradition)
- music academy
Descendants
[edit]- → English: conservatoire
- → Turkish: konservatuvar
Further reading
[edit]- “conservatoire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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