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A dedicated space in a library, or similar institution of learning, set aside for reading.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: athenaeum
Antonyms: none provided
A reference library.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a room set aside for reading
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: room
Narrower terms: newsroom
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
قَاعَة ٱلْمُطَالَعَة
(qāʕat al-muṭālaʕa)
— space set aside for reading
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Armenian:
ընթերցասրահ
(əntʻercʻasrah)
— space set aside for reading
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Basque:
irakurgela
— space set aside for reading
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Bulgarian:
читалня
(čitalnja)
— space set aside for reading
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Catalan:
sala de lectura
— space set aside for reading
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Chinese Mandarin:
閱覽室 /阅览室
(yuèlǎnshì)
— space set aside for reading
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Chinese Mandarin:
閱讀室 /阅读室
(yuèdúshì)
— space set aside for reading
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Chinese Mandarin:
圖書室 /图书室
(túshūshì)
— space set aside for reading
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Czech:
čítárna
— space set aside for reading
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Danish:
læsesal
— space set aside for reading
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Dutch:
leeszaal
— space set aside for reading
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Estonian:
lugemissaal
— space set aside for reading
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Finnish:
lukusali
— space set aside for reading
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French:
salle de lecture
— space set aside for reading
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German:
Lesesaal
— space set aside for reading
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Greek:
αναγνωστήριο
(anagnostírio)
— space set aside for reading
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Hungarian:
olvasóterem
— space set aside for reading
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Italian:
sala di lettura
— space set aside for reading
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Japanese:
読書室
(dokushoshitsu)
— space set aside for reading
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Japanese:
閲覧室
(etsuranshitsu)
— space set aside for reading
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Korean:
독서실
(dokseosil)
— space set aside for reading
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Korean:
열람실
(yeollamsil)
— space set aside for reading
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Latvian:
lasītava
— space set aside for reading
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Macedonian:
читалница
(čitalnica)
— space set aside for reading
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Macedonian:
читална
(čitalna)
— space set aside for reading
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Pannonian Rusyn:
читальня
(čitalʹnja)
— space set aside for reading
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Plautdietsch:
Lässtow
— space set aside for reading
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Polish:
czytelnia
— space set aside for reading
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Portuguese:
sala de leitura
— space set aside for reading
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Russian:
чита́льный зал
(čitálʹnyj zal)
— space set aside for reading
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Russian:
чита́льня
(čitálʹnja)
— space set aside for reading
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Scottish Gaelic:
seòmar-leughaidh
— space set aside for reading
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Serbo-Croatian:
čitaónica
— space set aside for reading
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Slovene:
čitalnica
— space set aside for reading
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Slovene:
bralnica
— space set aside for reading
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Spanish:
sala de lectura
— space set aside for reading
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Swedish:
läsesal
— space set aside for reading
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Tagalog:
silid-basahan
— space set aside for reading
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Unami:
èhènta ahkënsink
— space set aside for reading