English
Noun
public library (plural public libraries)
- A library provided essentially as a public service rather than as a commercial venture.
Antonyms
- private library Either of: a library often open to the public, but privately funded, or one's personal library.
Translations
library provided as a public service
- Danish: folkebibliotek n
- Dutch: openbare bibliotheek f
- Estonian: rahvaraamatukogu, avalik raamatukogu
- Finnish: kirjasto (fi), yleinen kirjasto
- French: bibliothèque publique f
- German: öffentliche Bibliothek f
- Greek:
- Ancient Greek: δημοσία βιβλιοθήκη f (dēmosía bibliothḗkē)
- Hungarian: közkönyvtár (hu)
- Latvian: publiskā bibliotēka f, sabiedriskā bibliotēka f
- Polish: biblioteka publiczna f
- Portuguese: biblioteca pública f
- Russian: публи́чная библиоте́ка f (publíčnaja bibliotéka), обще́ственная библиоте́ка f (obščéstvennaja bibliotéka)
- Swedish: folkbibliotek (sv) n
- Ukrainian: публі́чна бібліоте́ка f (publíčna bibliotéka)
- Welsh: llyfrgell gyhoeddus (cy) f
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