pinacoteca
Catalan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [pi.nə.kuˈtɛ.kə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [pi.nə.koˈtɛ.kə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [pi.na.koˈte.ka]
Noun
pinacoteca f (plural pinacoteques)
- art gallery
- 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 11, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:
- Però, com sempre, es mirava en Batís al balcó, els trets, el meu plor, l'assalt al far, amb la distància que un quadre de motius bèl·lics genera en l'espectador de pinacoteca.
- But, as usual, she watched Batís on the balcony, the shots, my weeping, and the assault on the lighthouse with a distance which a painting with warlike motifs would provoke in an art gallery visitor.
Further reading
- “pinacoteca”, 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
Italian
Etymology
From Latin pinacotheca, from Ancient Greek πινακοθήκη (pinakothḗkē). By surface analysis, pinaco- + -teca.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pi.na.koˈtɛ.ka/
- Rhymes: -ɛka
- Hyphenation: pi‧na‧co‧tè‧ca
Noun
pinacoteca f (plural pinacoteche)
- art gallery, especially one devoted to paintings
- pinacotheca
Descendants
- → Cimbrian: pinakotèk
Further reading
- pinacoteca in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Piedmontese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pinakuˈteka/
Noun
pinacoteca f (plural pinacoteche)
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin pinacothēca, from Ancient Greek πινακοθήκη (pinakothḗkē, “picture gallery”, literally “tablet box”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pi.na.koˈtɛ.kɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pi.na.koˈtɛ.ka/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pi.nɐ.kuˈtɛ.kɐ/
- Rhymes: -ɛkɐ
Noun
pinacoteca f (plural pinacotecas)
Further reading
- “pinacoteca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin pinacothēca, from Ancient Greek πινακοθήκη (pinakothḗkē, “picture gallery”, literally “tablet box”), from πίναξ (pínax, “board, plank, tablet”) + θήκη (thḗkē, “box, chest”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pinakoˈteka/ [pi.na.koˈt̪e.ka]
- Rhymes: -eka
- Syllabification: pi‧na‧co‧te‧ca
Noun
pinacoteca f (plural pinacotecas)
- art gallery, especially one devoted to paintings
- Synonym: galería
Further reading
- “pinacoteca”, 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