conservatory
AdjektivSubstantivin Dialogen belegt
- Vereinigtes Königreich//kənˈsɜː.və.tɹi//
- Vereinigte Staaten//kənˈsɝ.vəˌt(ɔ.)ɹi//
Having the quality of preserving from loss, decay, or injury.
Adjektiv
- 1
Having the quality of preserving from loss, decay, or injury.
- 2
seltenRelating to conservation.
Herkunft
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”).
Substantiv
- 1
veraltetA 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.
...a tree appointed to be the cure of diseases and a conservatory of life...
- 2
A school or clinic for orphans.
- 3
A music school.
- 4
altertümlichA storehouse, a repository.
- 5
veraltetAn icehouse, a warehouse for ice.
- 6
veraltetA cistern, an artificially collected body of water.
- 7
veraltetA reservoir, an artificially maintained body of water.
- 8
A greenhouse, a glass-walled building for cultivating delicate plants.
- 9
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.
- 10
A drama school.
Herkunft
From Medieval Latin cōnservātōrium directly and via French conservatoire and Italian conservatorio, from cōnservātus (“conserved, preserved”) + -ōrium (“-ory: forming related nouns”).
Formen
- Plural
- conservatories
- Komparativ
- more conservatory
- Superlativ
- most conservatory
conservatory · Having the quality of preserving from loss, decay, or injury.
conserve · Wilderness where human development is prohibited.consider · To think about seriously.considerable · Significant; worth considering.