Terminology record for aquarium
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| Record No.: | 258/en/477 |
| Author: | ELAD D. F. |
| Creation date: | |
| Last updated: | 2023-04-10 00:00:00 |
| 🇫🇷 FRENCH | |||||||
| DOMAINE |
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| VEDETTE | * Aquarium statut : recommandé
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| PARTIE DU DISCOURS | nom masculin | ||||||
| ÉTYMOLOGIE | Aquarium | ||||||
| SOURCE DE L'ETYMOLOGIE |
Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary (8th ed.) (2010). | ||||||
| DÉFINITION |
Réservoir transparent, à paroi en verre et monté sur un bâti, dans lequel sont élevés des animaux, des plantes aquatiques. | ||||||
| PLURIEL | Aquariums ; | ||||||
| SOURCE DE DÉFINITION | Fishterm | ||||||
| 🇬🇧 ENGLISH | |||||||
| SUBJECT FIELD |
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| TERM | * Aquarium status: recommended
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| PART OF SPEECH | noun | ||||||
| PLURAL | Aquariums ; | ||||||
| ETYMOLOGY | Mid 19th cent.: from Latin, neuter of aquarius ‘of water’, on the pattern of vivarium. | ||||||
| ETYMOLOGY SOURCE |
Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary (8th ed.) (2010). Antidote bilingual 10 v2.1 (2019). | ||||||
| DEFINITION |
a tank with generally transparent, glass walls that is filled with water and houses fish, plants, or other animals that live in water. | ||||||
| DEFINITION SOURCE |
Antidote bilingual 10 v2.1 (2019). Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary (8th ed.) (2010). | ||||||
| Notes | Origin of aquariumsThe term aquarium was first used by Philip Gosse, a 19th-century British naturalist. This work and a better scientific understanding of the relationships between plants, animals, and oxygen greatly extended aquarium usage. The first public aquarium in London, England, was established in 1853.Uses of aquarium📄 Read more | ||||||
