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English

Etymology
From AF. librarie, from OF. librairie.

Pronunciation
IPA|UK [�laɪbɹ�ɹi], US [�laɪbɹ�ɹi]
SAMPA|UK /"laIbr@ri/, US /"laIbrEri/
audio|en-us-library.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
wikipedia
en-noun|libraries

1. An institution which holds books and/or other forms of stored information for use by certain people. It is usual, but not a defining feature of a library, for it to be housed in rooms of a building, to lend items of its collection to members either with or without payment, and to provide various other services for its community of users.
2. A collection of books or other forms of stored information. An individual may refer to his collection of books and other items as his library.
3. record library
4. computer science A collection of subprograms used to develop software.

Translations
trans-top|institution which holds books
Czech: knihovna f
trans-mid
Faroese: bókasavn n
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trans-top|personal collection of books
Czech: knihovna f
trans-mid
Faroese: bókasavn n
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trans-top|collection of subprograms
Czech: knihovna f
trans-mid
Faroese: bókasavn n
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Translations to be checked
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Afrikaans: biblioteek f (1,2), boekerij f (1,2)
Albanian: biblioteka g|Albanian
Arabic: ARchar|��تبة (máktaba) f
Basque: liburutegia
Belarusian: б�бл�����на� (bib�ijate�naja) f
Bosnian: biblioteka#Bosnian|biblioteka f
Breton: levraoueg
Bulgarian: библио�ека (biblioteka) f
Catalan: biblioteca f
Chinese: �书� (túshūgu�n)
Cornish: lyverva
Croatian: knjižnica f
Danish: bibliotek g|Danish
Dutch: bibliotheek f (1,2), boekerij f (1,2)
Esperanto: biblioteko
Estonian: raamatukogu
Filipino: silid-aklatan
Finnish: kirjasto
Flemish: bibliotheek
French: bibliothèque f (1,2); (for sense 3, see record library)
German: Bibliothek f (1), Bücherei f (2)
Greek: βιβλιοθήκη (vivliothíki) f
Greenlandic: atuagaa
Hebrew: ספר�� (sifriyá) f
Hungarian: könyvtár
Icelandic: bókasafn n
Ido: biblioteko
Indonesian: perpustakaan
Irish: leabharlann g|Irish
Italian: biblioteca f (1,2); (for sense 3, see record library)
Japanese: ��館 (toshókan), �� (s�sho), ������ (raiburarii)
Khmer: KMchar|��������� (bŭnn�lai)
Korean: ��� (doseogwan)
Latin: bibliotheca|biblioth�ca f, librarium n
Latvian: bibliot�ka g|Latvian
Lithuanian: biblioteka g|Lithuanian
trreq|Lower Sorbian
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Macedonian: библио�ека (bibliotéka) f
Malay: perpustakaan
Maltese: bibljoteka f, librerija f
Manx Gaelic: lioaragh
M�ori: whare pukapuka
Mongolian: ном�н �ан (nomiin san)
Northern Sami: girjerádju
Norwegian: bibliotek g|Norwegian
Old English: bochus|b�chūs (1), bochord|b�ch�rd (2)
Persian: FAchar|کتابخا��
Polish: biblioteka f (1,2)
Portuguese: biblioteca f
Punjabi: ਪ�ਸਤ�ਾਲਾ m
Romanian: bibliotec� f
Romansh: biblioteca f
Russian: библио�ека (bibliotéka) f
Scots: leebrary
Scottish Gaelic: leabharlann g|Scottish Gaelic
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: библио�ека#Serbian|библио�ека f
:Roman: biblioteka#Serbian|biblioteka f
Sesotho: laeborari
Slovak: knižnica f
Slovene: knjižnica f
Spanish: biblioteca f (1,2)
Swedish: bibliotek n
Tagalog: aklatan
Thai: Thai|ห�อ�สมุ� (hông sàmòot)
Tsonga: layiburari
Tswana: laeborari
Turkish: kütüphane
Ukrainian: б�бл�о�ека (bibliotéka) f
trreq|Upper Sorbian
Venda: laiburari
Vietnamese: thư vi�n, phòng ��c sách
Welsh: llyfrgell g|Welsh

Derived terms
librarian

See also
bookshop, bookstore
record library
public library

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