public library

English

Noun

public library (plural public libraries)

1. A library provided essentially as a public service rather than as a commercial venture.

Antonyms

• private library Either of: a library often open to the public, but privately funded, or one's personal library.

Translations

library provided as a public service

• Danish: folkebibliotek n
• Dutch: openbare bibliotheek f
• Estonian: rahvaraamatukogu, avalik raamatukogu
• Finnish: kirjasto (fi), yleinen kirjasto (fi)
• French: bibliothèque publique f
• German: öffentliche Bibliothek f
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: δημοσία βιβλιοθήκη f (dēmosía bibliothḗkē)

• Hungarian: közkönyvtár (hu)
• Latvian: publiskā bibliotēka f, sabiedriskā bibliotēka f
• Polish: biblioteka publiczna f
• Portuguese: biblioteca pública f
• Russian: публи́чная библиоте́ка f (publíčnaja bibliotéka), обще́ственная библиоте́ка f (obščéstvennaja bibliotéka)
• Swedish: folkbibliotek (sv) n
• Ukrainian: публі́чна бібліоте́ка f (publíčna bibliotéka)
• Welsh: llyfrgell gyhoeddus (cy) f