pinacoteca
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /pi.nə.koˈtə.kə/
- (Central) IPA(key): /pi.nə.kuˈtɛ.kə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /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.
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Further reading
- “pinacoteca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
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)
- art gallery
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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014