консерватория

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian conservatorio.[1] Compare Ukrainian консервато́рія (konservatórija), Belarusian кансервато́рыя (kansjervatóryja).

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Noun

консервато́рия (konservatórijaf inan (genitive консервато́рии, nominative plural консервато́рии, genitive plural консервато́рий)

  1. conservatory, conservatoire (music academy)
    • 1896, Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov], “II”, in Моя жизнь; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., My Life, 1920:
      Про неё́ говори́ли, что она́ учи́лась петь в петербу́ргской консервато́рии и бу́дто да́же це́лую зи́му пе́ла в ча́стной о́пере.
      Pro nejó govoríli, što oná učílasʹ petʹ v peterbúrgskoj konservatórii i búdto dáže céluju zímu péla v částnoj ópere.
      It was said she had studied singing at the Petersburg Conservatoire, and even sang for a whole winter in a private opera.

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References

  1. ^ Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “консерватория”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa