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conservatory en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /kənˈsɜː.və.tɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /kənˈsɝ.vəˌt(ɔ.)ɹi/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Medieval Latin cōnservātōrius directly and via French conservatoire, from cōnservāre (“to conserve, to preserve”) + -torius (“-atory: forming related adjectives”) and/or conservator (“conservator, preserver, protector”) + -ius (“-y: forming related adjectives”).

Meanings

1. Having the quality of preserving from loss, decay, or injury.
2. (rare) Relating to conservation.

Forms

Translations (4)

fr conservatoire (having the quality of preserving from loss, decay, or injury) · la conservatorius (having the quality of preserving from loss, decay, or injury) · it conservatorio (having the quality of preserving from loss, decay, or injury) · de konservatorisch (having the quality of preserving from loss, decay, or injury)

conservatory en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /kənˈsɜː.və.tɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /kənˈsɝ.vəˌt(ɔ.)ɹi/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Medieval Latin cōnservātōrium directly and via French conservatoire and Italian conservatorio, from cōnservātus (“conserved, preserved”) + -ōrium (“-ory: forming related nouns”).

Meanings

1. (obsolete) A medicine, especially a magical preservative.
   • The auncient Catholyke fathers... were not afrayde to call this Supper... the foode of immortalitie... and the conseruatory to euerlastyng lyfe. 1563, John Jewel, The Seconde Tome of Homelyes..., sig. IIII.i.v
   • ...a tree appointed to be the cure of diseases and a conservatory of life... 1655, Jeremy Taylor, Vnum Necessarium, page 371:
2. (qualifier:chiefly historical Italian contexts) A school or clinic for orphans.
3. (US) A music school.
4. (archaic) A storehouse, a repository.
5. (obsolete) An icehouse, a warehouse for ice.
6. (obsolete) A cistern, an artificially collected body of water.
7. (obsolete) A reservoir, an artificially maintained body of water.
8. (uncommon) A greenhouse, a glass-walled building for cultivating delicate plants.
9. (Ireland, UK) A solarium, a glass-walled and glass-roofed room in a house.
   • Joyce Barnaby: It's a lovely cottage in Badger's Drift. It's got two bedrooms, two living rooms and a conservatory. DCI Tom Barnaby: Conservatory? Sounds like something out of Cluedo. Cully Barnaby: Colonel Mustard with the candlestick in the conservatory. 1999 September 12, Anthony Horowitz et al., “Dead Man's Eleven”, in Midsomer Murders:
10. A drama school.

Forms

Deriveds

conservatorylike

Synonyms

hothouse · academy of drama (drama school) · theater school (drama school) · greenhouse · theatre school (drama school) · solarium · planthouse · orangery · Florida room · music school (music school) · sunroom · drama school (drama school)

Translations (84)

tr limonluk (a greenhouse or hothouse for the display of plants) · pl konserwatorium (school of music or drama — see also music school) · de Musikschule (school of music or drama — see also music school) · fr académie de musique f école d'art dramatique (school of music or drama — see also music school) · de Theaterschule (school of music or drama — see also music school) · da musikkonservatorium (school of music or drama — see also music school) · fr école de musique (school of music or drama — see also music school) · ja 音楽学校 (school of music or drama — see also music school) · la conservatorium (a glass-walled and -roofed room in a house — see also sunroom, solarium) · ko 온실 (a greenhouse or hothouse for the display of plants) · cs zimní zahrada (a greenhouse or hothouse for the display of plants) · de Gewächshaus (a greenhouse or hothouse for the display of plants) · be кансэрвато́рыя (school of music or drama — see also music school) · yi קאָנסערוואַטאָריע (school of music or drama — see also music school) · sv orangeri (a greenhouse or hothouse for the display of plants) · cmn 溫室 /温室 (a greenhouse or hothouse for the display of plants) · de höhere Musikschule (school of music or drama — see also music school) · hu konzervatórium (school of music or drama — see also music school) · cs konzervatoř (school of music or drama — see also music school) · de Akademie für Schauspielkunst (school of music or drama — see also music school) · de Musikakademie (school of music or drama — see also music school) · da konservatorium (school of music or drama — see also music school) · de Schule des Theaters (school of music or drama — see also music school) · be кансервато́рыя (school of music or drama — see also music school) · de Musikkonservatorium (school of music or drama — see also music school) · cs zimní zahrada (a glass-walled and -roofed room in a house — see also sunroom, solarium) · es conservatorio (school of music or drama — see also music school) · eo konservatorio (school of music or drama — see also music school) · de Konservatorium (school of music or drama — see also music school) · bg зимна градина (a glass-walled and -roofed room in a house — see also sunroom, solarium) · ru оранжере́я (a greenhouse or hothouse for the display of plants) · tl konserbatoryo (school of music or drama — see also music school) · fi konservatorio (school of music or drama — see also music school) · eo oranĝerio (a greenhouse or hothouse for the display of plants) · ru консервато́рия (school of music or drama — see also music school) · de Musikhochschule (school of music or drama — see also music school) · ja コンサーヴァトーリ (school of music or drama — see also music school) · ko 음악학교 (school of music or drama — see also music school) · sh конзерваторијум (school of music or drama — see also music school) · cs skleník (a greenhouse or hothouse for the display of plants) · sk konzervatórium (school of music or drama — see also music school) · de Wintergarten (a greenhouse or hothouse for the display of plants) · ca conservatori (school of music or drama — see also music school) · pt conservatório (school of music or drama — see also music school) · sv vinterträdgård (a greenhouse or hothouse for the display of plants) · nl conservatorium (school of music or drama — see also music school) · io konservatorio (school of music or drama — see also music school) · cmn 音樂學校 /音乐学校 (school of music or drama — see also music school) · fr école supérieure de musique (school of music or drama — see also music school) · uk консервато́рія (school of music or drama — see also music school) · de Schauspielakademie (school of music or drama — see also music school) · eo forcejo (a greenhouse or hothouse for the display of plants) · nl serre (a glass-walled and -roofed room in a house — see also sunroom, solarium) · fi talvipuutarha (a greenhouse or hothouse for the display of plants) · vo musigakadäm (school of music or drama — see also music school) · de Pflanzenschauhaus (a greenhouse or hothouse for the display of plants) · la conservatorium (school of music or drama — see also music school) · hy կոնսերվատորիա (school of music or drama — see also music school) · de Schule für Schauspiel (school of music or drama — see also music school) · it conservatorio (school of music or drama — see also music school) · de Theaterfachschule (school of music or drama — see also music school) · el ωδείο (school of music or drama — see also music school) · fr école supérieure de théâtre (school of music or drama — see also music school) · fr conservatoire (school of music or drama — see also music school) · sv konservatorium (school of music or drama — see also music school) · ru зи́мний сад (a glass-walled and -roofed room in a house — see also sunroom, solarium) · de Wintergarten (a glass-walled and -roofed room in a house — see also sunroom, solarium) · nb vinterhage (a greenhouse or hothouse for the display of plants) · bg оранже́рия (a greenhouse or hothouse for the display of plants) · de Theaterakademie (school of music or drama — see also music school) · ota لیمونلق (a greenhouse or hothouse for the display of plants) · de Schauspielschule (school of music or drama — see also music school) · la conservatorium (a greenhouse or hothouse for the display of plants) · de Hochschule für Musik (school of music or drama — see also music school) · fr véranda (a glass-walled and -roofed room in a house — see also sunroom, solarium) · ru тепли́ца (a greenhouse or hothouse for the display of plants) · sv växthus (a greenhouse or hothouse for the display of plants) · sh konzervatorijum (school of music or drama — see also music school) · fr école de théâtre (school of music or drama — see also music school) · fr serre (a greenhouse or hothouse for the display of plants) · ja 温室 (a greenhouse or hothouse for the display of plants) · sk skleník (a greenhouse or hothouse for the display of plants) · cs veranda (a glass-walled and -roofed room in a house — see also sunroom, solarium) · bg консервато́рия (school of music or drama — see also music school)