noun
Meaning 1
A room or building devoted to displaying works of sculpture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: glyptotheque
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
glyptotheca
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History
Etymology
From French glyptothèque, from Ancient Greek γλυπτός (gluptós, “carved, engraved”) + Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē, “box or chest”).
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Danish: glyptotek — room or building devoted to sculpture
- Dutch: glyptotheek — room or building devoted to sculpture
- Finnish: glyptoteekki — room or building devoted to sculpture
- French: glyptothèque — room or building devoted to sculpture
- German: Glyptothek — room or building devoted to sculpture
- Greek: γλυπτοθήκη (glyptothíki) — room or building devoted to sculpture
- Polish: gliptoteka — room or building devoted to sculpture
- Russian: глиптоте́ка (gliptotéka) — room or building devoted to sculpture
- Spanish: gliptoteca — room or building devoted to sculpture
- Swedish: glyptotek — room or building devoted to sculpture
- Ukrainian: гліптотека (hliptoteka) — room or building devoted to sculpture
- Uzbek: gliptoteka — room or building devoted to sculpture