noun
Meaning 1
Alternative letter-case form of Wunderkammer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
wunderkammer
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
-
UK: /ˈvʊndəˌkamə/
-
UK: vo͝onʹdər-kăm'ər
-
US: /ˈvʊndɚˌkɑmɚ/
-
US: vo͝onʹdər-kä'mər
-
rhymes with -æmə(ɹ)
-
rhymes with -ɑːmə(ɹ)
noun
Meaning 2
A cabinet of scientific curiosities, especially during the late Renaissance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cabinet of curiosities, kunstkammer, kunstkabinett
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A place where a collection of curiosities and rarities is exhibited.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From German Wunderkammer (literally “room of wonders”).
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Danish: raritetskabinet — a cabinet of scientific curiosities in the late Renaissance
- Danish: kunstkabinet — a cabinet of scientific curiosities in the late Renaissance
- Danish: kunstkammer — a cabinet of scientific curiosities in the late Renaissance
- Dutch: rariteitenkabinet — a cabinet of scientific curiosities in the late Renaissance
- Dutch: kunstkabinet — a cabinet of scientific curiosities in the late Renaissance
- Finnish: kuriositeettikabinetti — a cabinet of scientific curiosities in the late Renaissance
- French: cabinet de curiosités — a cabinet of scientific curiosities in the late Renaissance
- German: Wunderkammer — a cabinet of scientific curiosities in the late Renaissance
- German: Kunstkammer — a cabinet of scientific curiosities in the late Renaissance
- German: Kuriositätenkabinett — a cabinet of scientific curiosities in the late Renaissance
- German: Kunstkabinett — a cabinet of scientific curiosities in the late Renaissance
- Italian: wunderkammer — a cabinet of scientific curiosities in the late Renaissance
- Italian: camera delle meraviglie — a cabinet of scientific curiosities in the late Renaissance
- Japanese: 驚異の部屋 (kyōi no heya) — a cabinet of scientific curiosities in the late Renaissance
- Malay: ajaibkhanah — a cabinet of scientific curiosities in the late Renaissance
- Polish: kunstkamera — a cabinet of scientific curiosities in the late Renaissance
- Polish: gabinet osobliwości — a cabinet of scientific curiosities in the late Renaissance
- Russian: кабине́т ре́дкостей (kabinét rédkostej) — a cabinet of scientific curiosities in the late Renaissance
- Russian: кунстка́мера (kunstkámera) — a cabinet of scientific curiosities in the late Renaissance
- Spanish: cuarto de maravillas — a cabinet of scientific curiosities in the late Renaissance
- Swedish: kuriosakabinett — a cabinet of scientific curiosities in the late Renaissance