different between vivarium vs aquarium

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin v?v?rium.

Noun

vivarium (plural vivariums or vivaria)

1. A place artificially arranged for keeping or raising living animals.

Translations

References

• vivarium in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin v?v?rium. Doublet of vivier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi.va.?j?m/

Noun

vivarium m (plural vivariums)

1. vivarium

Further reading

• “vivarium” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Etymology

From v?vus (“living thing”) +? -?rium (“place for”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /u?i??u?a?.ri.um/, [u?i??u?ä??i???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vi?va.ri.um/, [vi?v???ium]

Noun

v?v?rium n (genitive v?v?ri? or v?v?r?); second declension

1. park, preserve, enclosure

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Related terms

• v?v?rius
• v?v?
• v?vus

Descendants

References

• vivarium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vivarium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vivarium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• vivarium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vivarium in Samuel Ball Platner (1929) , Thomas Ashby, editor, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aqu?rium, neuter of aqu?rius (“of or pertaining to water”), from aqua +? -arium. Doublet of ewer; see also Aquarius.

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: ?-kwâr??-?m, IPA^(key): /??kwe?i?m/, /-??i?m/

Noun

aquarium (plural aquaria or aquariums)

1. A tank, often made of glass, for keeping live fish or other aquatic animals.

   Synonym: (informal) fish tank

2. A public place where live fish and other aquatic animals are exhibited.

Usage notes

The plural aquaria is generally considered more formal than aquariums.

Derived terms

• aquariumlike
• nonaquarium
• seaquarium

Translations

Further reading

• aquarium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aqu?rium. Influenced by English aquarium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a??k?a?.ri.?m/
• Hyphenation: aqua?ri?um
• Rhymes: -a?ri?m

Noun

aquarium n (plural aquaria or aquariums, diminutive aquariumpje n)

1. aquarium
2. (obsolete) water basin, water tank

Derived terms

• zeeaquarium

Related terms

• aker

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aqu?rium. Doublet of évier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.kwa.?j?m/
• Homophone: aquariums

Noun

aquarium m (plural aquariums)

1. aquarium
2. (slang) a clambake (an instance of smoking in an enclosed space)

Further reading

• “aquarium” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Adjective

aqu?rium

1. nominative neuter singular of aqu?rius

References

• aquarium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)