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Meaning of Attic | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈætɪk

Definitions

  1. 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.
  2. Clipping of Attic Greek, the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Attica, Euboea, and the northern coast of the Aegean Sea.
    abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
  3. A person's head or brain.
    slang

Equivalents

Afrikaans solder
العربية السّندرة علية
Azərbaycanca çardaq
Беларуская гара
Български таван
Català àtic golfes
Čeština hůra podkroví podstřeší půda
Cymraeg taflod
Esperanto mansardo
Gaeilge áiléar
Gàidhlig seòmar-mullaich
Galego faiado rocho sobrado zapón
हिन्दी अटारी अट्टा
Magyar manzárd padlás
Հայերեն ձեղնահարկ
Bahasa Indonesia loteng
日本語 天井裏 屋根裏
Қазақша шатыр
한국어 다락 다락방
Kurdî rîş rîs
Кыргызча чатыр
ລາວ ຄວນ
Latviešu mansards
Македонски поткровје таван
Bahasa Melayu loteng لوتيڠ
မြန်မာဘာသာ သင်္ဘောကြမ်း
Nederlands zolder
Polski attyka góra mansarda poddasze strych
Português sótão
Română mansardă pod
Svenska loft vind
اردو اٹاری
Tiếng Việt gấc gác xép

Examples

“We went up to the attic to look for the boxes containing our childhood keepsakes.”
“In my Wonderland, I'm back on my Alice Back in my palace, I'm fly like Aladdin Serving my fans all my dope, 'cause they addicts Haters mad 'cause I'm on top like an attic And if it's beef then we're shooting sporadic Game is like Disney, my words are like magic”
“[…] was a diminutive, forked-radish sort of a young man, very fashionably attired, or, as he would say, kiddily togg'd; and, though it was scarcely noon, he was rather queer in the attic; that is to say, not exactly sober.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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