Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

conservatory

/kənˈsɝ.vəˌt(ɔ.)ɹi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.30 in modern English

Syllables: con-ser-va-to-ry
IPA: /kənˈsɝ.vəˌt(ɔ.)ɹi/

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having the quality of preserving from loss, decay, or injury.

adj

Relating to conservation.

noun

A medicine, especially a magical preservative.

Obsolete

noun

A school or clinic for orphans.

noun

A music school.

American usage

noun

A storehouse, a repository.

Archaic

noun

An icehouse, a warehouse for ice.

Obsolete

noun

A cistern, an artificially collected body of water.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"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..."
"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."

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”).

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: cōnservātōrius, conservatoire, cōnservātōrium, conservatorio

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /kənˈsɝ.vəˌt(ɔ.)ɹi/
British English: /kənˈsɜː.və.tɹi/

Usage

Obsolete
American usage
Archaic
British usage

Inflected Forms

more conservatory (comparative) most conservatory (superlative) conservatories (plural)

Derived Forms

conservatorylike

Synonyms

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

Questions

How do you pronounce conservatory?: The recorded pronunciation is /kənˈsɝ.vəˌt(ɔ.)ɹi/.
What does conservatory mean?: Having the quality of preserving from loss, decay, or injury.
Where does conservatory come from?: It is traced to French.

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