biblioteca

Borrowed from Latin bibliothēca, from Ancient Greek βιβλιοθήκη (bibliothḗkē, “library”).

• IPA^(key): /bibljoˈteka/
• Syllabification: bi‧blio‧te‧ca
• Rhymes: -eka

biblioteca f (plural bibliotecas)

1. library

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “biblioteca”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Borrowed from Latin bibliothēca, from Ancient Greek βιβλιοθήκη (bibliothḗkē, “library”).

• IPA^(key): /bibljoˈteka/ [bi.β̞ljoˈt̪e.ka]

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• Rhymes: -eka
• Syllabification: bi‧blio‧te‧ca

biblioteca f (plural biblioteques)

1. library

• bibliotecariu

Borrowed from Latin bibliothēca, from Ancient Greek βιβλιοθήκη (bibliothḗkē, “library”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [bi.βli.uˈtɛ.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [bi.bli.oˈtɛ.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [bi.bli.oˈte.ka]

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biblioteca f (plural biblioteques)

1. library

• bibliotecari

• “biblioteca”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “biblioteca”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “biblioteca” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “biblioteca” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Probably borrowed from Spanish biblioteca, from Latin bibliothēca, from Ancient Greek βιβλιοθήκη (bibliothḗkē, “library”).

• IPA^(key): /bibljoˈteka/
• Rhymes: -eka
• Syllabification: bi‧blio‧te‧ca

biblioteca f (plural bibliotecas)

1. library

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Learned borrowing from Latin bibliothēca, from Ancient Greek βιβλιοθήκη (bibliothḗkē, “library”).

• IPA^(key): /bibljoˈtɛka/ [bi.β̞ljoˈt̪ɛ.kɐ]
• Rhymes: -ɛka
• Hyphenation: bi‧blio‧te‧ca

biblioteca f (plural bibliotecas)

1. library

   Nas vacacións aproveito para ir ler á biblioteca.

   I take the opportunity to go read at the library in the holidays.

• “biblioteca”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Borrowed from Latin bibliothēca, from Ancient Greek βιβλιοθήκη (bibliothḗkē, “library”). By surface analysis, biblio- +‎ -teca.

• IPA^(key): /bi.bljoˈtɛ.ka/

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  • Hyphenation: bi‧blio‧tè‧ca
• (nonstandard) IPA^(key): /bi.bloˈtɛ.ka/, /bi.bjoˈtɛ.ka/
  • Hyphenation: bi‧blio‧tè‧ca
• Rhymes: -ɛka

biblioteca f (plural biblioteche)

1. library
2. bookcase

• bibliotecario

• bibliotheca (obsolete)

Borrowed from Latin bibliothēca, from Ancient Greek βιβλιοθήκη (bibliothḗkē, “library”).

• Rhymes: -ɛkɐ
• Hyphenation: bi‧bli‧o‧te‧ca

biblioteca f (plural bibliotecas)

1. library
   • 2000, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Câmara Secreta [Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets] (Harry Potter; 2), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 217:

     Quando tiver uma dúvida, vá à biblioteca

     When you have a doubt, go to the library.

• biblio-
• bibliotecário

• IPA^(key): [bib.li.oˈte.ka]

biblioteca f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of bibliotecă

Borrowed from Latin bibliothēca, from Ancient Greek βιβλιοθήκη (bibliothḗkē, “library”).

biblioteca f (plural bibliotecas)

1. library

Borrowed from Latin bibliothēca, from Ancient Greek βιβλιοθήκη (bibliothḗkē, “library”).

• IPA^(key): /bibljoˈteka/ [bi.β̞ljoˈt̪e.ka]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eka
• Syllabification: bi‧blio‧te‧ca

biblioteca f (plural bibliotecas)

1. library
2. bookcase

   Synonym: estantería

• → Tagalog: bibliyoteka

• “biblioteca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024