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Definition: Athenaeum |
AthenaeumNoun1. A literary or scientific association for the promotion of learning. 2. A place where reading materials are available. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "athenaeum" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1822. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Athenæum (the review so called) was founded by James Silk Buckingham in 1829. It was named after the institution founded by Hadrian, where works of art and learning were dedicated to Athene. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: AthenaeumSynonym: atheneum (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Athenaeum |
| English words defined with "athenaeum": Athenaea, Atheneums. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Athenaeum" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Manx (athenaeum). |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Chautauqua Lake from Athenaeum Hotel. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Athenaeum Hotel, Chatauqua [sic]. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Athenaeum, Boston, Mass. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Wadsworth Athenaeum, Hartford, Conn. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Martha Washington, Athenaeum portrait. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Athenaeum" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 85.00% of the time. "Athenaeum" is used about 20 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 85% | 17 | 85,106 |
| Noun (proper) | 15% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 20 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "athenaeum"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | литературен клуб, библиотека (library). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | βιβλιοθήκη (bookcase, library, whatnot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | athéné temploma. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | ateneo (university), societ letteraria, biblioteca (library). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | shamyr lioaragh (library), shamyr lhaih, lioarlann, athenaeum. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | athenaeumay ateneu. (various references) ateneu. (various references) атенеум. (various references) ateneum. (various references) ateneo. (various references) kütüphane (Bibliotheca, bookcase, library), fen kulübü, edebiyat kulübü. (various references) câu lạc bộ văn học, câu lạc bộ khoa học phòng đọc sách thư viện. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "athenaeum": athenaeums. (additional references) | |
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"Athenaeum" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Achenbaum, anthenaeum, Athenae, Athenaion, athenaum, Atheneum. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "athenaeum" (pronounced a'thunē"um) |
| 3 | -ē" u m | coliseum, colosseum, mausoleum, museum. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-e-h-m-n-t-u" | |
-1 letter: atheneum. | |
-2 letters: emanate, enemata, manatee, manteau, methane. | |
-3 letters: anthem, ethane, hamate, heaume, hetman, humane, humate, mantua, unmeet, untame. | |
-4 letters: ament, antae, atman, eaten, enate, enema, haunt, haute, human, manat, manta, meant, menta, neath, neume, thane, theme, unhat, unmet. | |
-5 letters: ahem, amah, amen, anta, ante, atma, aunt, eath, emeu, etna, haem, haen, haet, hame, hant, hate. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-e-h-m-n-t-u" | |
+1 letter: athenaeums. | |
+3 letters: methaqualone. | |
+4 letters: exanthematous, methaqualones. | |
+5 letters: amateurishness, hemagglutinate. | |
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