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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesático
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ático
"Guardamos las cajas viejas en el ático."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A space or room just below the roof of a building; a garret.
"We store all our old holiday decorations up in the attic."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the ancient Greek district of Attica (Ἀττική), associated with Athens. The architectural sense evolved from the 'attic order', a low decorative story above the main columns of a classical facade, eventually coming to mean the uppermost room just beneath the roof of a house.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Attic" is said worldwide
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grenier
Transliteration: grenier
"Nous avons rangé les vieux cartons dans le grenier."
Dachboden
Transliteration: Dachboden
"Wir haben alte Möbel auf dem Dachboden gelagert."
soffitta
Transliteration: soffitta
"Abbiamo trovato una vecchia foto nella soffitta."
ático
Transliteration: ático
"Guardamos las cajas viejas en el ático."
sótão
Transliteration: sótão
"Encontramos caixas empoeiradas no sótão."
अटारी
Transliteration: ataari
"हमने पुराने बक्से अटारी में रखे हैं।"
阁楼
Transliteration: gé lóu
"我们在阁楼里存放了旧箱子。"
다락방
Transliteration: darakbang
"우리는 오래된 상자들을 다락방에 보관합니다."
屋根裏部屋
Transliteration: yaneura-beya
"私たちは古い箱を屋根裏部屋にしまいました。"
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