attic

See also: Attic

English

Etymology

From the practice of decorating the top storey of building façades in the Attic architectural style.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈætɪk/
Rhymes: -ætɪk

Noun

attic (plural attics)

The space, often unfinished and with sloped walls, directly below the roof in the uppermost part of a house or other building, generally used for storage or habitation.
We went up to the attic to look for the boxes containing our childhood keepsakes.

Translations

space, often unfinished and with sloped walls, directly below the roof

Albanian: papafingo f, hatull (sq) f
Arabic: عِلِّيَّة‎‎ f (ʿilliyya)
Moroccan Arabic: صطيحة‎‎ f (ṣṭiḥa)
Armenian: ձեղնահարկ (hy) (jełnahark)
Azerbaijani: çardaq (az), mansarda
Belarusian: гары́шча n (harýšča), манса́рда f (mansárda), гара́ f (hará)
Breton: mañsardenn f, grignol (br) f, solier (br) f
Bulgarian: тава́н (bg) m (taván), манса́рда f (mansárda)
Burmese: သင်္ဘောကြမ်း (my) (sangbhau:kram:)
Catalan: golfes (ca) f pl, àtic m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 閣樓 (zh), 阁楼 (zh) (gélóu), 頂樓 (zh), 顶楼 (zh) (dǐnglóu)
Czech: půda (cs) f, podkroví (cs) n, podstřeší n
Danish: loftsrum
Dutch: zolder (nl) m
Esperanto: mansardo (eo)
Estonian: pööning
Faroese: loft n
Finnish: vintti (fi), ullakko (fi)
French: grenier (fr) m, combles (fr) m pl, mansarde (fr) f
Galician: rocho (gl) m, faiado (gl) m, sobrado m, zapón m, faillo m
Georgian: მანსარდა (mansarda), სხვენი (sxveni)
German: Dachgeschoss (de) n, Dachboden (de) m, Estrich (de) m (Switzerland)
Greek: σοφίτα (el) f (sofíta)
Hebrew: עֲלִיַת גַג / עליית גג‎‎ f (aliat gag)
Hindi: अटारी (hi) f (aṭārī)
Hungarian: padlás (hu)
Icelandic: háaloft n, þakhæð f, loft (is) n, ris n, rishæð f, (informal) hanabjálki m
Ido: atiko (io)
Indonesian: loteng (id)
Irish: áiléar m
Italian: soffitta (it) f, solaio (it) m
Japanese: 屋根裏 (やねうら, yaneura)
Kazakh: шатыр (şatır)
Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Korean: 다락방 (ko) (darakbang)
Kyrgyz: чердак (çerdak), чатыр (ky) (çatır)
Lao: ຄ່ວນ (khūan)
Latvian: mansards m
Lithuanian: palėpė f

Macedonian: поткровје n (potkrovje), таван m (tavan)
Malay: loteng
Jawi: لوتيڠ‎‎
Mongolian: дээвэр чердак (deever čerdak)
Norman: mansarde f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: loft (no) n

Nynorsk: loft n
Old East Slavic: чердакъ m (čerdakŭ), чардакъ m (čardakŭ)
Ottoman Turkish: طوان‎‎ (tavan)
Persian: زیرشیروانی‎‎ (zir-(e)-širvâni)
Plautdietsch: Bowabän m
Polish: strych (pl) m, poddasze (pl) n, attyka (pl) f, mansarda (pl) f
Portuguese: sótão (pt) m
Romanian: pod (ro), mansardă (ro)
Russian: черда́к (ru) m (čerdák), манса́рда (ru) f (mansárda)
Scottish Gaelic: seòmar-mullaich m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: та̀ван m, поткровље n, поткровница f, мансарда f

Roman: tàvan (sh) m, potkrovlje (sh) n, potkrovnica (sh) f, mansarda (sh) f
Slovak: podkrovie n, manzarda f
Slovene: podstrešje (sl) n
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: najśpa f
Spanish: ático (es) m, desván (es) m
Swedish: vind (sv) c
Tajik: please add this translation if you can
Telugu: అటక (te) (aṭaka)
Thai: ห้องใต้หลังคา (hông dtâi lăng-kaa), ห้องเพดาน (hông pay-daan)
Turkish: tavanarası (tr), çatı katı (tr)
Turkmen: üçek
Ukrainian: гори́ще n (horýšče), манса́рда f (mansárda)
Urdu: اٹاری‎‎ (ur) f (aṭārī)
Uzbek: cherdak (uz), mansarda
Venetian: solèr (vec) m
Vietnamese: gác (vi), gác xép (vi)
Volapük: nufalucem (vo), masadacem (vo)
Walloon: gurnî (wa) m
Welsh: taflod f

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