conservatory

English

Etymology 1

conserve +‎ -atory

Adjective

conservatory (comparative more conservatory, superlative most conservatory)

1. Having the quality of preserving from loss, decay, or injury.
2. (rare) Relating to conservation.

Noun

conservatory (plural conservatories)

1. (obsolete) That which preserves from injury.
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     a conservatory of life

2. A storehouse.

Etymology 2

Anglicized form of French conservatoire; ultimately equivalent to Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈsɜː(ɹ).və.tri/
• IPA^(key): /kənˈsɝ.vəˌtɔ.ri/

Noun

conservatory (plural conservatories)

1. A large greenhouse or hothouse for the display of plants

   Synonyms: greenhouse, hothouse, orangery, planthouse

2. (chiefly UK, Ireland) A glass-walled and -roofed room in a house

   Synonyms: sunroom, solarium, Florida room

3. A school of music or drama

   Synonym: conservatoire

Translations

a greenhouse or hothouse for the display of plants

• Bulgarian: оранжерия (oranžerija)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 溫室／温室 (zh) (wēnshì), 温室 (zh) (wēnshì)

• Finnish: talvipuutarha
• French: serre (fr) f
• German: Wintergarten (de) m, Gewächshaus (de) n, Pflanzenschauhaus n
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• Japanese: 温室 (ja) (おんしつ, onshitsu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vinterhage (no) m

• Russian: оранжере́я (ru) f (oranžeréja), тепли́ца (ru) f (teplíca)
• Swedish: växthus (sv) n, vinterträdgård c, orangeri (sv) n (trees)

a glass-walled and -roofed room in a house — see also sunroom,‎ solarium

• French: véranda (fr) f
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• German: Wintergarten (de) m
• Russian: зимний сад (zimnij sad)

school of music or drama

• Bulgarian: консервато́рия f (konservatórija)
• Catalan: conservatori (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 音樂學校／音乐学校, 音乐学校 (yīnyuè xuéxiào)

• Danish: konservatorium n, musikkonservatorium (da) n
• Dutch: conservatorium (nl) n
• Esperanto: konservatorio
• Finnish: konservatorio (fi)
• French: conservatoire (fr) m, école de musique f, école supérieure de musique f, académie de musique f (Belgium) école d’art dramatique f, école de théâtre f, école supérieure de théâtre f
• German: Konservatorium (de) n (music), Musikkonservatorium n, Musikakademie f, Musikhochschule f, Hochschule für Musik f, Musikschule (de) f, höhere Musikschule f, Schauspielschule (de) f (drama), Schule für Schauspiel f, Schauspielakademie f, Akademie für Schauspielkunst f, Theaterschule f, Theaterfachschule f, Schule des Theaters f, Theaterakademie f
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• Ido: konservatorio (io)
• Italian: conservatorio m
• Japanese: コンサーヴァトーリ (konsāvatōri)
• Portuguese: conservatório (pt) m
• Russian: консервато́рия (ru) f (konservatórija)
• Serbo-Croatian: конзерваторијум m, konzervatorijum m
• Spanish: conservatorio (es) m
• Swedish: konservatorium (sv) n
• Volapük: musigakadäm (vo) (music)
• Yiddish: קאָנסערוואַטאָריע f (konservatorye)