pinacoteca

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Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

pinacoteca f (plural pinacoteques)

  1. 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.

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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)

  1. art gallery, especially one devoted to paintings
  2. pinacotheca

Descendants

  • Cimbrian: pinakotèk

Further reading

  • pinacoteca in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

Noun

pinacoteca f (plural pinacoteche)

  1. art gallery

Portuguese

Pinacoteca de São Paulo

Etymology

From Latin pinacothēca, from Ancient Greek πινακοθήκη (pinakothḗkē, picture gallery, literally tablet box).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

pinacoteca f (plural pinacotecas)

  1. art gallery, pinacotheca

Further reading

Spanish

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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/
  • Rhymes: -eka
  • Syllabification: pi‧na‧co‧te‧ca

Noun

pinacoteca f (plural pinacotecas)

  1. art gallery, especially one devoted to paintings
    Synonym: galería

Further reading