noun
Meaning 1
A music academy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
conservatoire
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US: /kənˈsɝvətwɑr/
noun
Meaning 2
a schoolhouse with special facilities for fine arts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: conservatory
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: school, schoolhouse
Narrower terms: art school, music school
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French conservatoire. Doublet of conservatory.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: կոնսերվատորիա (konservatoria) — school or educational institution that teaches music
- Belarusian: кансерваторыя (kansjervatóryja) — school or educational institution that teaches music
- Bulgarian: консервато́рия (konservatórija) — school or educational institution that teaches music
- Chinese Mandarin: 音樂學校 /音乐学校 (yīnyuè xuéxiào) — school or educational institution that teaches music
- Dutch: conservatorium — school or educational institution that teaches music
- Finnish: konservatorio — school or educational institution that teaches music
- French: conservatoire — school or educational institution that teaches music
- French: école de musique — school or educational institution that teaches music
- French: école supérieure de musique — school or educational institution that teaches music
- French: académie de musique — school or educational institution that teaches music
- German: Konservatorium — school or educational institution that teaches music
- German: Musikkonservatorium — school or educational institution that teaches music
- German: Musikakademie — school or educational institution that teaches music
- German: Hochschule für Musik — school or educational institution that teaches music
- German: Musikschule — school or educational institution that teaches music
- German: höhere Musikschule — school or educational institution that teaches music
- German: Musikhochschule — school or educational institution that teaches music
- Ido: konservatorio — school or educational institution that teaches music
- Italian: conservatorio — school or educational institution that teaches music
- Japanese: コンサーヴァトーリ (konsāvatōri) — school or educational institution that teaches music
- Kazakh: консерватория (konservatoriä) — school or educational institution that teaches music
- Kyrgyz: консерватория (konservatoriya) — school or educational institution that teaches music
- Portuguese: conservatório — school or educational institution that teaches music
- Russian: консервато́рия (konservatórija) — school or educational institution that teaches music
- Swedish: konservatorium — school or educational institution that teaches music
- Turkish: konservatuvar — school or educational institution that teaches music
- Ukrainian: консерваторія (konservatorija) — school or educational institution that teaches music
- Volapük: musigakadäm — school or educational institution that teaches music
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