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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin ātrium (“entry hall”), from Etruscan.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
atrium (plural atria or atriums)
- (architecture) A central room or space in ancient Roman homes, open to the sky in the middle; a similar space in other buildings.
- (architecture) A square hall lit by daylight from above, into which rooms open at one or more levels.
- (anatomy) A cavity, entrance, or passage.
- an atrium of the infundibula of the lungs
- (biology) Any enclosed body cavity or chamber.
- (anatomy) An upper chamber of the heart that receives blood from the veins and forces it into a ventricle. In higher vertebrates, the right atrium receives blood from the superior vena cava and inferior vena cava, and the left atrium receives blood from the left and right pulmonary veins.
- (anatomy) A microscopic air sac within a pulmonary alveolus.
- (palynology) A cavity inside a porate aperture of a pollen grain formed by the separation of the sexine and nexine layers, widening toward the interior of the grain.
- 1965, Janet Kircher Warter, Palynology of a Lignite of Lower Eocene (Wilcox) Age from Kemper County[1], page 52:
- Nexine 0.5μ thick, separating from the sexine about 5μ from the pore and forming a deep, well-defined atrium.
Synonyms[edit]
- (room in Roman homes): cavaedium
Meronyms[edit]
- (chamber of the heart): left atrium, right atrium
Holonyms[edit]
- (chamber of the heart): heart
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
central room in Roman homes
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square hall lit from above
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body cavity
one of two upper chambers of the heart
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Further reading[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Etruscan[edit]
Romanization[edit]
atrium
- Romanization of 𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌖𐌌
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
atrium
Declension[edit]
Inflection of atrium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | atrium | atriumit | ||
genitive | atriumin | atriumien | ||
partitive | atriumia | atriumeja | ||
illative | atriumiin | atriumeihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | atrium | atriumit | ||
accusative | nom. | atrium | atriumit | |
gen. | atriumin | |||
genitive | atriumin | atriumien | ||
partitive | atriumia | atriumeja | ||
inessive | atriumissa | atriumeissa | ||
elative | atriumista | atriumeista | ||
illative | atriumiin | atriumeihin | ||
adessive | atriumilla | atriumeilla | ||
ablative | atriumilta | atriumeilta | ||
allative | atriumille | atriumeille | ||
essive | atriumina | atriumeina | ||
translative | atriumiksi | atriumeiksi | ||
abessive | atriumitta | atriumeitta | ||
instructive | — | atriumein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms[edit]
- (square hall): valopiha
Derived terms[edit]
compounds
Further reading[edit]
- “atrium”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin ātrium. Doublet of aître.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
atrium m (plural atriums)
Further reading[edit]
- “atrium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Indonesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Dutch atrium, from Latin ātrium (“entry hall”), from Etruscan.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
atrium (first-person possessive atriumku, second-person possessive atriummu, third-person possessive atriumnya)
- atrium:
- Synonym: serambi
- (architecture) a central room or space in ancient Roman homes, open to the sky in the middle; a similar space in other buildings.
- Synonym: beranda
- (anatomy) cavity, entrance, or passage.
- (anatomy) one of two upper chambers of the heart.
Further reading[edit]
- “atrium” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
- Either from Ancient Greek αἴθριον (aíthrion, “under the sky, open”) (see αἰθήρ (aithḗr, “clear sky, heaven”)),
- or related to Latin āter, Umbrian 𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌖 (atru), Oscan 𐌀𐌀𐌃𐌝𐌓𐌉𐌉𐌔 (aadíriis), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₁tr-yom,
- or from Etruscan 𐌀𐌈𐌓𐌄 (aθre, “atrium, temple, house, domus”).
Related to Etruscan 𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌖𐌌 (atrium).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈaː.tri.um/, [ˈäːt̪riʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.tri.um/, [ˈäːt̪rium]
Noun[edit]
ātrium n (genitive ātriī or ātrī); second declension
- a welcoming room in a Roman villa; reception hall, main court
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.665–666:
- It clāmor ad altā / ātria
- An outcry goes up to the height of the [palace] halls.
(Translations vary – Mackail, 1885: “the high halls”; Knight, 1956: “the palace-roof”; Fitzgerald, 1981: “the high chambers”; West, 1990: “the high walls of the palace”; Ahl, 2007: “high through the courtyard’s open roof”; Ruden, 2021: “to the rooftop”.)
- An outcry goes up to the height of the [palace] halls.
- It clāmor ad altā / ātria
- a hall, court in a temple
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | ātrium | ātria |
Genitive | ātriī ātrī1 |
ātriōrum |
Dative | ātriō | ātriīs |
Accusative | ātrium | ātria |
Ablative | ātriō | ātriīs |
Vocative | ātrium | ātria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Inherited:
- Borrowed:
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- “ātrĭum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “atrium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- atrium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- ātrĭum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 182/3.
- “atrium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “atrium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- “ātrium” on page 199 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “atrium”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 67
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Noun[edit]
atrium n (definite singular atriet, indefinite plural atrier, definite plural atria or atriene)
- (architecture) an atrium
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Noun[edit]
atrium n (definite singular atriet, indefinite plural atrium, definite plural atria)
- (architecture) an atrium
Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
atrium n
- (architecture) atrium (a square hall lit by daylight from above, into which rooms open at one or more levels)
- (architecture, Ancient Rome) atrium (a central room or space in ancient Roman homes, open to the sky in the middle; a similar space in other buildings)
- (anatomy) atrium (one of two upper chambers of the heart)
- Synonym: przedsionek
Declension[edit]
Declension of atrium
Derived terms[edit]
adjective
Further reading[edit]
- atrium in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- atrium in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
atrium n (uncountable)
Declension[edit]
declension of atrium (singular only)
singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) atrium | atriumul |
genitive/dative | (unui) atrium | atriumului |
vocative | atriumule |
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