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bibliothèque

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[bee-blee-aw-tek, bib-lee-uh-tek] / bi bli ɔˈtɛk, ˈbɪb li əˌtɛk /

noun

French.
bibliothèques plural
  1. a library.


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On y déjeune très bien et pas cher; tu comprends que c'est pour les gens de lettres qui travaillent à la bibliothèque.

From Philip Gilbert Hamerton An Autobiography, 1834-1858, and a Memoir by His Wife, 1858-1894 by Hamerton, Philip Gilbert

Les Manuscrits de Léonard de Vinci de la bibliothèque de l'Institut.

From The Age of the Reformation by Smith, Preserved

In the corner diagonally opposite, appeared, in direct family communion, the properties of the kitchen and the bibliothèque.

From Devil Stories An Anthology by Various

Assidu à la bibliothèque, il fréquentait aussi le marché, s'arrêtant de préférence devant les contadines, qui vendent des pommes d'or, et prêtant l'oreille à leur libres propos.

From Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations by Powys, John Cowper

Yet, at the same time, he does not substantially possess, perhaps, much more than the master of a petite bibliothèque, on which the outlay has not been a hundredth part of his own.

From The Book-Collector A General Survey of the Pursuit and of those who have engaged in it at Home and Abroad from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Hazlitt, William Carew

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