conservatory

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kənˈsɜː.və.tɹi/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /kənˈsɝ.vəˌt(ɔ.)ɹi/

Etymology 1

From 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.
   • c. 1656, Jeremy Taylor, Of Original Sin:

     a conservatory of life

2. A storehouse.

Etymology 2

Anglicized form of French conservatoire; ultimately equivalent to Etymology 1

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

Derived terms

• conservatorylike

Translations

a greenhouse or hothouse for the display of plants

Bulgarian: оранже́рия f (oranžérija) Chinese: Mandarin: 溫室 / 温室 (zh) (wēnshì) Czech: skleník (cs) m, zimní zahrada (cs) f Finnish: talvipuutarha (fi) French: serre (fr) f German: Wintergarten (de) m, Gewächshaus (de) n, Pflanzenschauhaus n Japanese: 温室 (ja) (おんしつ, onshitsu) Korean: 온실(溫室) (ko) (onsil) Norwegian: Bokmål: vinterhage (no) m Ottoman Turkish: لیمونلق (limonluk) Russian: оранжере́я (ru) f (oranžeréja), тепли́ца (ru) f (teplíca) Slovak: skleník m Swedish: växthus (sv) n, vinterträdgård c, orangeri (sv) n (trees) Turkish: limonluk (tr)

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

Czech: zimní zahrada (cs) f, veranda f Dutch: serre (nl) f French: véranda (fr) f German: Wintergarten (de) m Russian: зи́мний сад (zímnij sad)

school of music or drama — see also music school

Armenian: կոնսերվատորիա (hy) (konservatoria) Belarusian: кансервато́рыя f (kansjervatóryja), кансэрвато́рыя f (kanservatóryja) Bulgarian: консервато́рия f (konservatórija) Catalan: conservatori (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 音樂學校 / 音乐学校 (yīnyuè xuéxiào) Czech: konzervatoř (cs) f 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 Hungarian: konzervatórium (hu) Ido: konservatorio (io) Italian: conservatorio m Japanese: コンサーヴァトーリ (konsāvatōri), 音楽学校 (おんがくがっこう, ongaku gakkō) Korean: 음악학교(音樂學校) (eumakhakgyo) Polish: konserwatorium (pl) n Portuguese: conservatório (pt) m Russian: консервато́рия (ru) f (konservatórija) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: конзерваторијум m Roman: konzervatorijum m Slovak: konzervatórium n Spanish: conservatorio (es) m Swedish: konservatorium (sv) n Tagalog: konserbatoryo Ukrainian: консервато́рія f (konservatórija) Volapük: musigakadäm (vo) (music) Yiddish: קאָנסערוואַטאָריע f (konservatorye)