アトリウム

Japanese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin atrium, possibly via English atrium.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) アトリ​ウム [àtóríꜜùmù] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [a̠to̞ɾʲiɯ̟ᵝmɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

アトリウム • (atoriumu) 

1. (architecture, historical) an atrium: a kind of large living room in ancient Roman residential architecture
2. (architecture) an atrium: a large enclosed area within a building, usually with a high ceiling

References

• “アトリウム”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, “Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia”)‎^[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
• “アトリウム”, in 百科事典マイペディア (Hyakka Jiten Maipedia, “Encyclopedia Mypedia”)‎^[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 2009
• “アトリウム”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎^[3] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
• “アトリウム”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎^[4] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
• “アトリウム”, in 世界大百科事典 第２版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainihan, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition”)‎^[5] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998