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stu⋅di⋅o

[stoo-dee-oh, styoo-]
–noun, plural -di⋅os.
1. the workroom or atelier of an artist, as a painter or sculptor.
2. a room or place for instruction or experimentation in one of the performing arts: a dance studio.
3. a room or set of rooms specially equipped for broadcasting radio or television programs, making phonograph records, filming motion pictures, etc.
4. all the buildings and adjacent land required or used by a company engaged in the production of motion pictures.
5. studio apartment.

Origin:
1800–10; 1910–15 for def. 4; < It < L studium; see study
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stu·di·o   (stōō'dē-ō, styōō'-)   
n.   pl. stu·di·os
  1. An artist's workroom.

  2. A photographer's establishment.

  3. An establishment where an art is taught or studied: a dance studio.

    1. A room, building, or group of buildings where movies, television shows, or radio programs are produced.

    2. A room or building where tapes and records are produced.

  4. A company that produces films.

  5. A studio apartment.


[Italian, from Latin studium, eagerness, application; see study.]
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Word Origin & History

studio 
1819, "work-room of a sculptor or painter," from It. studio "room for study," from L. studium (see study). Motion picture sense first recorded 1911; radio broadcasting sense 1922; television sense 1938. Studio apartment first recorded 1903.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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