glyptotheca

English

Etymology

From French glyptothèque, from Ancient Greek γλυπτός (gluptós, “carved, engraved”) + Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē, “box or chest”).

Noun

glyptotheca (plural glyptothecas or glyptothecae)

1. a room or building devoted to displaying works of sculpture.

Translations

room or building devoted to sculpture

• Danish: glyptotek n
• Dutch: glyptotheek (nl) n
• Finnish: glyptoteekki (fi)
• French: glyptothèque (fr)
• German: Glyptothek (de)
• Polish: gliptoteka
• Russian: глиптотека (ru) (gliptoteka)
• Spanish: gliptoteca (es)
• Swedish: glyptotek (sv)
• Ukrainian: гліптотека (hliptoteka)
• Uzbek: gliptoteka

References

“glyptotheca”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.