conservatorio

See also: conservatório

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian conservatorio, from the musical education provided there for orphans, from Medieval Latin conservatorium, from conservatus (“conserved, preserved”) + -orium (“-ory”).

Noun

conservatorio (plural conservatorios or conservatori)

1. (historical Italian contexts) A hospital or school for orphans.
2. (Italian contexts) Synonym of music school.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin conservatorium, from conservatus + -orium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kon.ser.vaˈtɔ.rjo/
• Rhymes: -ɔrjo
• Hyphenation: con‧ser‧va‧tò‧rio

Noun

conservatorio m (plural conservatori)

1. conservatory, conservatoire (music academy)

Descendants

• → English: conservatorio, conservatory
• → Russian: консервато́рия (konservatórija)
  • → Azerbaijani: konservatoriya
  • → Kazakh: консерватория (konservatoriä)
  • → Kyrgyz: консерватория (konservatoriya)
  • → Turkmen: konserwatoriýa
  • → Uzbek: konservatoriya
• → Ukrainian: консервато́рія (konservatórija)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konseɾbaˈtoɾjo/ [kõn.seɾ.β̞aˈt̪o.ɾjo]
• Rhymes: -oɾjo
• Syllabification: con‧ser‧va‧to‧rio

Noun

conservatorio m (plural conservatorios)

1. music academy

Further reading

• “conservatorio”, 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