conservatoire
/kənˈsɝvətwɑr/noun
conservatoire is a noun meaning “A music academy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-O-N-S-E-R-V-A-T-O-I-R-E, and it appears about once in every 4 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of conservatoire is conservatoires.
What does conservatoire mean?
noun
- 1
A music academy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce conservatoire?
- US /kənˈsɝvətwɑr/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of conservatoire
- conservatoires plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is conservatoire?
Conservatoire appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 59,387th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Conservatoire in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense school or educational institution that teaches music:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | conservatoire, école de musique, école supérieure de musique, académie de musique |
| German | Konservatorium, Musikkonservatorium, Musikakademie, Hochschule für Musik, Musikschule, höhere Musikschule |
| Portuguese | conservatório |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does conservatoire come from?
Borrowed from French conservatoire. Doublet of conservatory.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).