conservatory
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conservatory¹
- /kənˈsɜː.və.tɹi/ UK
- /kənˈsɝ.vəˌt(ɔ.)ɹi/ US
Where it comes from
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”).
adjective more conservatory · most conservatory
- Having the quality of preserving from loss, decay, or injury.
- Relating to conservation.
conservatory²
- /kənˈsɜː.və.tɹi/ UK
- /kənˈsɝ.vəˌt(ɔ.)ɹi/ US
Where it comes from
From Medieval Latin cōnservātōrium directly and via French conservatoire and Italian conservatorio, from cōnservātus (“conserved, preserved”) + -ōrium (“-ory: forming related nouns”).
noun conservatories
- 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.
- A school or clinic for orphans.
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A music school.
Similar: music school
- A storehouse, a repository.
- An icehouse, a warehouse for ice.
- A cistern, an artificially collected body of water.
- A reservoir, an artificially maintained body of water.
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A greenhouse, a glass-walled building for cultivating delicate plants.
Similar: greenhouse, hothouse, orangery, planthouse
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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.
Similar: sunroom, solarium, Florida room
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A drama school.
Similar: academy of drama, drama school, theater school, theatre school
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: conservatoire, hothouse, indoor garden, conservation, preservation, conservancy, protective, protection, reserve, measure, confirmation, interim, precautionary, precaution, museum, graduate
Translations
Every language
adj having the quality of preserving from loss, decay, or injury
| Français | conservatoire |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | konservatorisch |
| Italiano | conservatorio |
noun school of music or drama — see also music school
| Español | conservatorio |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 음악학교 eumakhakgyo |
| 日本語 | コンサーヴァトーリ konsāvatōri, 音楽学校 ongaku gakkō |
| 中文 | 音樂學校 /音乐学校 yīnyuè xuéxiào |
| Português | conservatório |
| Français | conservatoire, école de musique, école supérieure de musique, académie de musique f école d'art dramatique, école de théâtre, école supérieure de théâtre |
| Deutsch | Konservatorium, Musikkonservatorium, Musikakademie, Musikhochschule, Hochschule für Musik, Musikschule |
| Italiano | conservatorio |
| Ελληνικά | ωδείο odeío |
| Русский | консервато́рия konservatórija |
noun a greenhouse or hothouse for the display of plants
| 한국어 | 온실 onsil |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 温室 onshitsu |
| 中文 | 溫室 /温室 wēnshì |
| Français | serre |
| Deutsch | Wintergarten, Gewächshaus, Pflanzenschauhaus |
| Русский | оранжере́я oranžeréja, тепли́ца teplíca |
noun a glass-walled and -roofed room in a house — see also sunroom, solarium
| Français | véranda |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Wintergarten |
| Русский | зи́мний сад zímnij sad |
Talk about this word "conservatory." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/conservatory. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. conservatory. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/conservatory "conservatory." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/conservatory.Cite this
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title = {conservatory},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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