biblioteko

From Latin bibliothēca (“library”), from Ancient Greek βιβλιοθήκη (bibliothḗkē).

• IPA^(key): /biblioˈteko/

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• Hyphenation: bib‧lio‧te‧ko
• Rhymes: -eko

biblioteko (accusative singular bibliotekon, plural bibliotekoj, accusative plural bibliotekojn)

1. a building or room housing a book collection, library
   • 1998, E. A. Poe, trans. Edwin Grobe La Murdoj de Kadavrejo-Strato, Project Gutenberg transcription

     Nia unua renkontiĝo okazis ĉe malmultkonata biblioteko de Monto-Martiro-Strato

     Our first meeting was at an obscure library in the Rue Montmartre

2. (computing) a library (of subroutines, procedures, etc.)

• librejo (“any place where books are kept”)

• libro (“book”)

• bibliotekisto (“librarian”)

• librovendejo (“bookstore”)

Borrowed from Esperanto biblioteko, French bibliothèque, German Bibliothek, Italian biblioteca, Russian библиоте́ка (bibliotéka), Spanish biblioteca, from Latin bibliothēca (“library”), from Ancient Greek βιβλιοθήκη (bibliothḗkē).

• IPA^(key): /bi.bli.oˈte.ko/, /bi.bljoˈte.ko/

biblioteko (plural biblioteki)

1. library