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con·serv·a·to·ry

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n-sur-vuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] Pronunciation Key noun, plural -ries, adjective

–noun

1.	a school giving instruction in one or more of the fine or dramatic arts; specifically, a school of music.

2.	a greenhouse, usually attached to a dwelling, for growing and displaying plants.

3.	Archaic. a place where things are preserved.

–adjective

4.	serving or adapted to conserve; preservative.

[Origin: 1555–65; < L conservā(re) (see conserve) + -tory²; in the sense “music school” < F or It; see conservatoire

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con·ser·va·to·ry Audio Help (kən-sûr'və-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. con·ser·va·to·ries

A greenhouse, especially one in which plants are arranged aesthetically for display, as at a botanical garden.
A school of music or dramatic art.

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conservatory

"greenhouse," 1664, from conserve (q.v.). In sense "school for performing arts" it is recorded from 1842, from It. conservatorio or Fr. conservatoire, originally "hospital for foundlings in which musical education was given."

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conservatory
noun
1.	the faculty and students of a school specializing in one of the fine arts
2.	a schoolhouse with special facilities for fine arts
3.	a greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner

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conservatory1 [kənˈsəːvətri, (American) -to:ri] noun — plural conˈservatories

a kind of greenhouse, or a glass-walled part of a building, in which plants are grown

Arabic:	دَفيئَة زُجاجِيَّه
Chinese (Simplified):	温室
Chinese (Traditional):	溫室
Czech:	skleník
Danish:	vinterhave
Dutch:	serre
Estonian:	triiphoone, talveaed
Finnish:	kasvihuone
French:	serre
German:	das Gewächshaus
Greek:	θερμοκήπιο
Hungarian:	üvegház, melegház
Icelandic:	gróðurhús, *-skáli
Indonesian:	rumah kaca
Italian:	serra

Japanese:	温室
Latvian:	siltumnīca; oranžērija
Lithuanian:	oranžerija
Norwegian:	drivhus, vinterhage
Polish:	cieplarnia
Portuguese (Brazil):	estufa
Portuguese (Portugal):	estufa
Romanian:	seră
Russian:	оранжерея
Slovak:	skleník
Slovenian:	rastlinjak
Spanish:	invernadero
Swedish:	drivhus
Turkish:	limonluk, sera

conservatory2 [kənˈsəːvətri, (American) -to:ri] noun

a school of music, art etc

Arabic:	مَعْهَد موسيقي
Chinese (Simplified):	艺术（音乐）学校
Chinese (Traditional):	藝術, *音樂學校
Czech:	konzervatoř
Danish:	konservatorium
Dutch:	conservatorium
Estonian:	konservatoorium
Finnish:	konservatorio
French:	conservatoire
German:	das Konservatorium
Greek:	ωδείο, σχολή καλών τεχνών
Hungarian:	konzervatórium
Icelandic:	tónlistarskóli
Indonesian:	sekolah musik
Italian:	conservatorio

Japanese:	音楽学校
Latvian:	konservatorija
Lithuanian:	konservatorija
Norwegian:	konservatorium
Polish:	konserwatorium
Portuguese (Brazil):	conservatório
Portuguese (Portugal):	conservatório
Romanian:	conservator
Russian:	консерватория
Slovak:	konzervatórium
Slovenian:	konservatorij
Spanish:	conservatorio
Swedish:	konservatorium
Turkish:	konservatuar