conservatory

C1 Topic:House & Home

US /kənˈsɝ.vəˌt(ɔ.)ɹi/ UK /kənˈsɜː.və.tɹi/ See IPA manual

Freq #17761

Meanings

1

noun
A room with glass walls and roof attached to a house, used for plants or relaxing.

They had breakfast in the sunny conservatory overlooking the garden.
2

noun
A school that gives advanced training in music or other fine arts.

She studied the violin at a famous conservatory in Vienna.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a room with glass walls and... greenhouse hothouse

2 noun · a school that gives... conservatoire

Word family

Forms conservatories

Derived forms conservatorylike

Etymology

Anglicized form of French conservatoire; ultimately equivalent to Etymology 1

conservatoire French

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Topics

House & Home Word Formation & Derivatives

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# conservatory

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /kənˈsɝ.vəˌt(ɔ.)ɹi/
**IPA (UK):** /kənˈsɜː.və.tɹi/
**Frequency rank:** 17761

## Meanings
1. A room with glass walls and roof attached to a house, used for plants or relaxing.
2. A school that gives advanced training in music or other fine arts.

## Examples
- They had breakfast in the sunny conservatory overlooking the garden.
- She studied the violin at a famous conservatory in Vienna.

## Derived Forms
- conservatorylike

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: conservatoire

## Etymology
Anglicized form of French conservatoire; ultimately equivalent to Etymology 1

## AI Etymology
Conservatory has the etymology Anglicized form of French conservatoire; ultimately equivalent to Etymology 1. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix. In present-day use, it can mean a room with glass walls and roof attached to a house, used for plants or relaxing, or a school that gives advanced training in music or other fine arts. Derived formations include conservatorylike.

## Topics
- House & Home
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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