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attic en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• [ˈæɾɪk]
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈætɪk/

Etymology

From the practice of decorating the top storey of building facades in the Attic architectural style. From French attique, from Latin atticus, from Ancient Greek Ἀττικός (Attikós).

Meanings

1. The space, often unfinished and with sloped walls, directly below the roof in the uppermost part of a house or other building, generally used for storage or habitation.
   • We went up to the attic to look for the boxes containing our childhood keepsakes.
   • In my Wonderland, I'm back on my Alice Back in my palace, I'm fly like Aladdin Serving my fans all my dope, 'cause they addicts Haters mad 'cause I'm on top like an attic And if it's beef then we're shooting sporadic Game is like Disney, my words are like magic 2018, “Cash Maniac”, performed by Denzel Curry:
2. A storey or a parapet above the cornice of a classical façade, often decorated.
3. (slang) A person's head or brain.
   • […] was a diminutive, forked-radish sort of a young man, very fashionably attired, or, as he would say, kiddily togg'd; and, though it was scarcely noon, he was rather queer in the attic; that is to say, not exactly sober. 1875, John Wight, Mornings at Bow Street, page 105:

Forms

Deriveds

atticful · atticky · attic door · atticlike · attic ladder · atticless · toys in the attic · squirrels in the attic

Relateds

atelier

Synonyms

loft · upper storey · garret · garret · top floor

Translations (152)

es desván (space directly below the roof) · de Estrich (space directly below the roof) · pt sótão (space directly below the roof) · ky чатыр (space directly below the roof) · pl poddasze (space directly below the roof) · tr tavanarası (space directly below the roof) · cs podkroví (space directly below the roof) · ast sombráu (space directly below the roof) · te అటక (space directly below the roof) · sh najže (space directly below the roof) · ko 다락방 (space directly below the roof) · rsk подкровє (space directly below the roof) · eo mansardo (space directly below the roof) · pl mansarda (space directly below the roof) · ja 屋根裏 (space directly below the roof) · af solder (space directly below the roof) · be манса́рда (space directly below the roof) · hu manzárd (space directly below the roof) · es sobrado (space directly below the roof) · ga áiléar (space directly below the roof) · mk поткровје (space directly below the roof) · is hanabjálki (space directly below the roof) · sh поткровница (space directly below the roof) · uz cherdak (space directly below the roof) · sk manzarda (space directly below the roof) · vec solèr (space directly below the roof) · br mañsardenn (space directly below the roof) · uk гори́ще (space directly below the roof) · km ស្កាក (space directly below the roof) · es zaquizamí (space directly below the roof) · hi अटारी (space directly below the roof) · de Dachgeschoss (space directly below the roof) · it soffitta (space directly below the roof) · lo ຄ່ວນ (space directly below the roof) · cmn 閣樓 /阁楼 (space directly below the roof) · fr combles (space directly below the roof) · it attico (space directly below the roof) · vi gác (space directly below the roof) · lad musandara (space directly below the roof) · mk таван (space directly below the roof) · uk а́ттик (space directly below the roof) · hy ձեղնահարկ (space directly below the roof) · sh мансарда (space directly below the roof) · rsk мансарда (space directly below the roof) · ro mansardă (space directly below the roof) · br solier (space directly below the roof) · vo nufalucem (space directly below the roof) · is ris (space directly below the roof) · sh tàvan (space directly below the roof) · lt palėpė (space directly below the roof) · ro pod (space directly below the roof) · tr çatı katı (space directly below the roof) · tk üçek (space directly below the roof) · kk шатыр (space directly below the roof) · pdt Bowabän (space directly below the roof) · gl sobrado (space directly below the roof) · is loft (space directly below the roof) · bg тава́н (space directly below the roof) · sv vind (space directly below the roof) · ru черда́к (space directly below the roof) · ms لوتيڠ (space directly below the roof) · cy taflod (space directly below the roof) · orv чардакъ (space directly below the roof) · pl strych (space directly below the roof) · ms loteng (space directly below the roof) · sh mansarda (space directly below the roof) · sh та̀ван (space directly below the roof) · es buhardilla (space directly below the roof) · fr mansarde (space directly below the roof) · fi ullakko (space directly below the roof) · gl faillo (space directly below the roof) · it solaio (space directly below the roof) · gl caramanchón (space directly below the roof) · ru крыша (slang: person's head) · sv loft (space directly below the roof) · mn дээвэр чердак (space directly below the roof) · uk стрих (space directly below the roof) · fi attika (architecture: storey or parapet above cornice) · ary صطيحة (space directly below the roof) · gl rocho (space directly below the roof) · sq papafingo (space directly below the roof) · cs podstřeší (space directly below the roof) · io atiko (space directly below the roof) · cs půda (space directly below the roof) · ru башня (slang: person's head) · sh potkrovlje (space directly below the roof) · ur اٹاری (space directly below the roof) · my သင်္ဘောကြမ်း (space directly below the roof) · ky чердак (space directly below the roof) · az çardaq (space directly below the roof) · ka სხვენი (space directly below the roof) · th ห้องเพดาน (space directly below the roof) · az mansarda (space directly below the roof) · sl podstrešje (space directly below the roof) · vi gác xép (space directly below the roof) · fi vintti (slang: person's head) · sh поткровље (space directly below the roof) · gd seòmar-mullaich (space directly below the roof) · es covacha (space directly below the roof) · ota طوان (space directly below the roof) · bho अटारी (space directly below the roof) · br grignol (space directly below the roof) · ast sobráu (space directly below the roof) · th ห้องใต้หลังคา (space directly below the roof) · ar عِلِّيَّة (space directly below the roof) · he עליית גג (space directly below the roof) · is háaloft (space directly below the roof) · rsk пойд (space directly below the roof) · sq hatull (space directly below the roof) · fr grenier (space directly below the roof) · xsv riklas (space directly below the roof) · lv mansards (space directly below the roof) · lad mosandara (space directly below the roof) · sh potkrovnica (space directly below the roof) · ru чердак (slang: person's head) · be гара́ (space directly below the roof) · be гары́шча (space directly below the roof) · he עֲלִיַת גַג (space directly below the roof) · nb loft (space directly below the roof) · fa زیرشیروانی (space directly below the roof) · es ático (space directly below the roof) · vo masadacem (space directly below the roof) · ka მანსარდა (space directly below the roof) · gl faiado (space directly below the roof) · wa gurnî (space directly below the roof) · izh cerdakka (space directly below the roof) · ast somberáu (space directly below the roof) · uk манса́рда (space directly below the roof) · ca golfes (space directly below the roof) · ca àtic (space directly below the roof) · is rishæð (space directly below the roof) · nrf mansarde (space directly below the roof) · nn loft (space directly below the roof) · is þakhæð (space directly below the roof) · nl zolder (space directly below the roof) · el σοφίτα (space directly below the roof) · de Dachboden (space directly below the roof) · ru манса́рда (space directly below the roof) · uz mansarda (space directly below the roof) · be падда́шак (space directly below the roof) · sk podkrovie (space directly below the roof) · id loteng (space directly below the roof) · orv чердакъ (space directly below the roof) · ast guardilla (space directly below the roof) · da loftsrum (space directly below the roof) · hu padlás (space directly below the roof) · gl zapón (space directly below the roof) · fi vintti (space directly below the roof) · dsb najśpa (space directly below the roof) · et pööning (space directly below the roof) · bg манса́рда (space directly below the roof) · fo loft (space directly below the roof)