Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bibliothecary

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bib-lio-the-cary
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A librarian.

Archaic

adj

Of or relating to libraries.

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin bibliothēcārius (“librarian”), from bibliothēca (“library”) + -ārius, from Ancient Greek βῐβλῐοθήκη (bĭblĭothḗkē, “library”), from βῐβλῐ́ον (bĭblĭ́on) + θήκη (thḗkē). Compare French bibliothécaire and Italian and Spanish bibliotecario. By surface analysis, bibliotheca + -ary or bibliothec + -ary.

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What does bibliothecary mean?
A librarian.
Where does bibliothecary come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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