library
An institution which holds books and/or other forms of media for use by the public or…An institution which holds books and/or other forms of media for use by the public or qualified people often lending them out, as well as providing various other services for its users.
» This book belongs to the library.
Dieses Buch gehört der Bibliothek.
Dieses Buch gehört der Bücherei.
Эта книга принадлежит библиотеке.
Это библиотечная книга.
Ця книжка належить до бібліотеки.
Це бібліотечна книжка.
Meaning
8 sensesAn institution which holds books and/or other forms of media for use by the public or qualified people often lending them out, as well as providing various other services for its users.
She went to exchange her books at her local library.
Bibliothek, Bücherei
библиоте́каbibliotéka
бібліоте́каbibliotéka, книгозбі́рняknyhozbírnja, книгозбі́рknyhozbír
(broadly)Any institution that lends out its goods for use by the public or a community.
You can check out a bandsaw from the tool library.
A collection of books or other forms of stored information.
Bibliothek
библиоте́каbibliotéka
бібліоте́каbibliotéka, книгозбі́рknyhozbír
a building that houses a collection of books and other materials
A collection of information or reference materials not in book form.
She has the most impressive record library I've ever seen.
a collection of literary documents or records kept for reference or borrowing
A room dedicated to storing books.
a room where books are kept
A collection of software routines that provide functionality to be incorporated into or used by a computer program.
A collection of DNA material from a single organism or relative to a single disease.
The deck or draw pile.
Bibliothek
библиоте́каbibliotéka
Examples
1448 sentencesThis book belongs to the library.
Ця книжка належить до бібліотеки. — deniko
ruЭта книга принадлежит библиотеке. — Xitsa
deDieses Buch gehört der Bibliothek. — al_ex_an_der
We live near a big library.
Ми живемо поруч із великою бібліотекою. — deniko
ruМы живём рядом с большой библиотекой. — Biga
deWir wohnen in der Nähe einer großen Bibliothek. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
See you tomorrow at the library.
Побачимося завтра в бібліотеці. — aandrusiak
ruУвидимся завтра в библиотеке. — benutzer
deBis morgen in der Bücherei! — Sprachprofi
Tom is still at the library.
Том ще в бібліотеці. — deniko
ruТом всё ещё в библиотеке. — odexed
Tom has gone to the library.
Том пішов до бібліотеки. — deniko
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English librarie, from Anglo-Norman librarie, from Old French librairie, fromFrom Middle English librarie, from Anglo-Norman librarie, from Old French librairie, from Latin librarium (“bookcase, chest for books”), from librarius (“concerning books”), from liber (“the inner bark of trees; paper, parchment, book”), probably derived from a Proto-Indo-European base *leub(ʰ)- (“to strip, to peel”). Displaced native Middle English bochous, bokhus (literally “book house”), from Old English bōchūs (compare bookhouse).
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Forms
plural: librariesSynonyms
7 synonyms- a depository built to contain books and other materials for reading and study:depository library
- (computing) a collection of standard programs and subroutines that are stored and available for immediate use:program librarysubroutine library
Word family
46 related wordsCollocations
12 patterns- in the library
- to the library
- at the library
- of the library
- from the library
- the local library
- the library is
- library on monday
- local library
- into the library
- school library
- the school library